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

Commission, Dr Moussa Faki Mahamat, has welcomed decisions made by the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) and the East African Community (EAC) to hold a joint summit to find a lasting ...

Spread This NewsBy Mary Taruvinga  THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States have pledged support for ...

Map of territory controlled by the M23 rebels in the ... Some 15,000 peacekeepers are present in the DRC. In South Africa, ...

The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been a refuge ... 100 armed groups compete for land, loot and political influence. On January 26th the most ...

Holding an emergency meeting following advances by the 23 March Movement, or M23, towards the city of Goma in the Democratic ...

Africa, often called the cradle of civilisation, is a continent rich in resources, culture, and human capital. Despite its vast wealth, ...

For Angola, the objective is to map its oil and ... minerals extracted in the DRC and Zambia to the Atlantic Ocean. For Sergio Calundungo, the coordinator of the Political and Social Observatory ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... its rapid spread in eastern DRC, and the reporting of cases in several neighbouring countries are very worrying.