First Congo War News Today

Staff writer Deborah Solomon explains the roots of the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Rwanda shapes conflict in the region by using the Congolese Tutsi to centre its claims of a continued threat of genocide.

While social media has amplified calls for social justice in long-ignored parts of the world, it should only be the beginning of our activism.

On February 8, while the DR Congo's national anthem was being played, ahead of the semi-final match between Ivory Coast and The Democratic Republic of - BellaNaija.com. February 21, 2024

The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years.

In article for The Telegraph, Rwandan government official accuses extremists of ‘piggy-backing’ on criticism of the Bill by UK politicians

Progressives who oppose the Rwanda deportation policy are aligning themselves with genocide deniers, Rwanda’s government has claimed.

The author apportions Africa’s problem to a lack of unity among the 54 states

The DR Congo has a history of turbulent politics. Two of its governments have been overthrown violently: in 1965 and then in 1997.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, is a huge and varied country with a turbulent political history, which is currently ravaged by conflict in its east.