The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...

CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including ...

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

In the last few weeks and months, terms like “human rights”, “peacekeeping”, the “international community”, and “territorial integrity” have become central to global discourse. However, the ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Justice Mugambe, 49, also a High Court judge in Uganda, was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a ...

Congolese authorities are hoping to conclude an agreement with the Trump administration on the country's mining resources in ...

A United Nations investigation concluded on Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal" acts in the Gaza Strip by ...

The Southern African Development Community leaders have directed the return of the troops still in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A Ugandan and United Nations judge was convicted in Britain on Thursday of forcing a young woman to work as a slave while she studied for a PhD at Oxford University.

African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...