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RECSA coordinates the implementation on prevention and control of weapons.

A Ugandan armed group that killed dozens of schoolchildren last week is expanding its operations in Democratic Republic of Congo with funding from Islamic State, a UN group of experts said on Tuesday.

Twenty-five people including children have died in an overnight "terrorist attack" on a school in western Uganda by the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces militia, the national police spokesman said Saturday.It is not the first attack on a school in Uganda attributed to the militia.

Almost one million people have fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo so far this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday

Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula honours his beautiful and troubled country through dance. The prolific award-winning artist, who's been a fixture of dance festivals in Avignon, Brussels and Johannesburg…

Rebels use sharp knives to kill victims they attacked in homes, says security officer

The number of wild mountain gorillas, who are at risk from humans, is increasing for the first time in years. This is thanks to the efforts of conservationists like Uganda's first-ever wildlife veterinarian,…

The EACRF, deployed last November, had their mandate extended last week after a summit of the EAC in Burundi said they would be added another six months

A 30-member group walked more than 3,000km from DR Congo to Namugongo

East Africa's leaders have agreed to extend until September the mandate of a regional military force deployed to quell violence in the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.