Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya and Stefania Okereke in London with Blessing Aderogba in Lagos. Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

Many of the world’s rare minerals are in the DRC. Western companies are heavily involved in mining them. They prefer a weak government in ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

This comes as military experts and political parties have united in demanding transparency and accountability over the ...

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution agreeing to establish a fact-finding mission on the ...

The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has confirmed receiving 14 captured fighters suspected to be members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) from the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 ...

The DA demands that Defence Minister Angie Motshekga immediately halt all wasteful spending in the SANDF, conduct lifestyle ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for another multinational Congo War and ...

The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have appointed Emmanuel Birato Rwihimba as the governor of South Kivu province in eastern ...

The discovery of 70 bodies in an abandoned Church reveals the severity of the violence afflicting the east of the Democratic ...

Rwanda's $640 million tourism industry faces significant threats due to its alleged support of M23 rebels in the Democratic ...

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe condemned the comments as “insulting, unacceptable,” and ignorant.