Eastern Congo in recent decades has been the setting for a conflict that has caused the highest death toll since World War II. Its last major regional upheaval broke out in 1998 as Congo's then ...

His successor, Laurent Kabila, was also installed by foreign powers. He ruled through the first and second Congo Wars until he was assassinated in 2001. His son succeeded him. A peace deal was ...

He warned that the “war will take a regional dimension.” With Rwanda and Congo each “drawing a line in the sand,” diplomacy faces a great challenge, said Mutiga with the International ...