THE West’s selective outrage when it comes to the treatment or perceived treatment of white African citizens is a stark ...

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned Rwanda against attacking it as tension rises over the deadly conflict in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

In the previous article in this series, we saw the pros and cons of the election process and the road to independence. In this article, the culmination of independence and the new dispensation will be ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a unilateral ceasefire in fighting with ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

It accuses Congo's military of joining forces with Hutu-led militias it says are bent on slaughtering Tutsis in Congo and ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...