July 19

• East Africa: Tracking Illegal Ivory - From Congo to Uganda to Kenya?

  When Kenyan customs officers on July 8 confiscated about 3,500kgs of elephant ivory alleged to have been smuggled into the country from Uganda, the ministry of Wildlife and related... Read more »

June 28

• Uganda: Will World Bank Buy Peace in DR Congo? [analysis]

  The recent joint visit to the Great Lakes Region by the UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to support a peace deal in DR Congo and promote... Read more »

April 05

• Congo-Kinshasa: Ntaganda's Surrender in Rwanda [opinion]

  On March 26, 2013, war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda appeared for preliminary proceedings before the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the judges set the date for the case to... Read more »

March 29

• Congo-Kinshasa: No Peace After Ntaganda

  US official says removal of 'The Terminator' not a peace guarantee for eastern DR Congo Read more »

February 26

• Africa: Africa News Round Up

  In the Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will urge the Security Council to approve a force to fight rebels according to a draft report seen on Monday, Reuters... Read more »

February 25

• Africa: Africa News Round Up

  We start off this mornings news round up in Ethiopia where leaders from Africa's Great Lakes regional nations have signed a new peace deal aimed at bringing stability to the... Read more »

February 20

• Africa: Africa News Round Up

  In Tunisia, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced his resignation at a news conference in Tunis, Aljazeera reports. Read more »

February 13

• Africa: Africa News Round Up

  In Paris, two French charity workers have been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally trying to fly 103 African children from Chad to France in 2007, the BBC reports. Read more »

February 07

• Rwanda: Kagame Speaks Out On Third Term, Drones, Crisises

  Rwanda's President Paul Kagame recently held his first press briefing since the start of the year, and the Independent's OSTINE ARINAITWE picks out the major themes which the... Read more »

February 06

• Africa: Africa News Round Up

  In Kenya, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former Public Service boss Francis Muthaura want their cases at the ICC referred to the pre-trial chamber after the prosecution... Read more »

January 28

• Uganda: Parliament Is Not a Rubber Stamp-Speaker

  Rose Mukantabana is Rwanda's first Speaker of Parliament. The Independent's Ostine Arinaitwe interviewed her about the role and its challenges as Rwanda plans parliamentary... Read more »

• Uganda: Heavy Guns Not Solution in DR Congo - President

  President Paul Kagame says heavy investments in military as a solution to conflicts cannot bring about sustainable solutions. Read more »

January 20

• Congo-Kinshasa: Controversy at Peace Talks Over UN Sanctions

  UN accused of flip-flopping as it promises free passage for rebel delegation. Read more »

January 16

• Uganda: Otunnu Blames Museveni Regime On DR Congo

  Opposition Uganda People's Congress president Olara Otunnu believe that president Museveni and his regime have a role in the rebellion between the rebels of M23 and government... Read more »

January 10

• Congo-Kinshasa: Soldiers Storm Radio Station

  Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should bring to account soldiers involved in a raid on a radio station in the eastern town of Kabambare, and the arbitrary detention... Read more »

January 09

• Africa: News Round Up

  In the DRC, M23 rebels have declared a unilateral ceasefire ahead of a second round of peace talks with the government, the BBC reports. Read more »

December 23, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma After M23

  Tourism and trade boom in a city threatened by war, volcanic eruptions: Read more »

December 16, 2012

• Uganda: Shattered Families, Raped Lives in DR Congo

  Refugees recount M23's invasion, rapes and murder: Read more »

December 11, 2012

• Uganda: Uganda Re-Opens Bunagana Border

  Bunagana border post has been re-opened following one month of closure. Read more »

December 08, 2012

• Rwanda: Kagame Speaks Out On Kabila

  Rwandan president explains why, to him, the M23, the DRC government, and the international community, are all ideologically bankrupt Read more »

December 06, 2012

• Uganda: Eastern DR Congo Conflict Resolution Process to Resume

  The three heads of states of Rwanda, Dr Congo and Uganda are yet to meet tomorrow to chat a way forward on how to meet the demands of the M23 rebels. Read more »

December 04, 2012

• Uganda: 4,000 Great Lakes Region Troops to Contain Insurgency in DR Congo

  A total of 10 countries in the Great Lakes Region including (Angola, Congo Brazzaville, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda and Burundi) have resolved to form a... Read more »

November 30, 2012

• Uganda: Kagame, Kabila, Museveni, M23 Meetings

  The unreported details: Read more »

November 24, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Under Pressure Over DR Congo

  The Secretary-General vaguely called "on all relevant States to use their influence on the M23 to bring about an end to the attacks" Read more »

November 23, 2012

• Uganda: M23 Leader Arrives in Kampala for Talks

  Colonel Sultani Makenga, the head of the M23 rebel group has arrived to Kampala for talks over the eastern DR Congo question. Read more »