KAMPALA, Uganda — A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments ...

The summit brings together leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as tensions between Rwanda and Congo reach a boiling point.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

As Africa's diplomatic powerhouse, South Africa continues to shape continental and global policy through its strategic ...

Kenya has joined other East African Community and Southern African Development Community member States in calling for cessation and ceasefire in the conflict prone eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Liberia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Lewis Brown, has called on all Liberians to unite in support of the country’s bid ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

Spokesman for the UN secretary general Stephane Dujarric reiterated that since the onset of clashes in the DRC, three peacekeepers have been killed ...