In Goma, power and running water are back in most residential areas. Residents of the metropolis in the east of the DR Congo have gone through a dramatic period since a rebel coalition, including the ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world’s coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

Aid operations to support people living in Goma – population two million – and in the long-term displacement camps in and ...

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage ...

Goma is a humanitarian relief hub for all of eastern DRC, and was the epicentre of a vast crisis before it fell. It hosted ...

The rebel M23 group has threatened to take over the capital of South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo following its ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

In 1996, when Professor Bernard Hibbitts first established JURIST, few could have foreseen the impact the project would have. Whether measured in terms of the individual lives it has touched, its ...