Rwandan-backed rebels have entered Bukavu, a major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The order triggered what was to become the first Congo War. Rwanda, Uganda, and Angola began backing the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo under Laurent-Desire Kabila ...

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 ...

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 ...