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The DRC economy is begging for regional trade in East Africa, with Uganda being the most advantaged, given its proximity

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - All armed groups in DR Congo have agreed to cease hostilities and come to the negotiating table with the government

Rebels in the DR Congo on Monday announced the reopening of a border post between DRC and Uganda they had seized on June 13

Belgium on Monday handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba — a tooth — to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial past.

A distressing video has been circulating that claimed to illustrate Congolese persecution at the hands of Rwandans, amid heightened tensions between the two countries. But all is not as it seems. Also,…

M23 has fought for years to control rich gold and platinum mines found in eastern Congo, where other rebel groups from Rwanda and Uganda are also active

A report has revealed that the operation was not successful in weakening the ADF rebels

The leaders of seven nations comprising the East African Community bloc will meet Monday to discuss the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-torn east, the Kenyan presidency said. The meeting comes as heavy fighting revives decades-old animosities between Kinshasa and Kigali, with the DRC blaming neighbouring Rwanda for the recent resurgence of the M23 rebel group. Rwanda has repeatedly denied backing the rebels while both countries have accused each ...

It is the latest escalation in the row between the two neighbours which have a decades-long history of fraught ties and has recently seen sporadic clashes on their shared border.

The winding road to Gisoro is like an African boa constrictor strangling the mountains