About 1,400 members of one of the groups responsible for the Rwandan genocide have failed to meet a deadline to disarm voluntarily. Read more »
United Nations, European Union and American envoys to the Great Lakes region have called for military action to force Rwandan rebels based in the Democratic Republic of Congo to ... Read more »
UN forces and the Congolese army have taken control of the main bases used by an armed group in the east of the country. Read more »
The Rwandan rebels who have been based in the Democratic Republic of Congo since taking part in the genocide of 1994 have shown no sign of voluntarily surrendering by the January 2 ... Read more »
A team of UN, AU and other special envoys on the Great Lakes region have called on the DR Congo government to "engage in robust military action' against all armed groups in the ... Read more »
The tech tools that led to the 'conflict minerals' provision of the 2009 Dodd-Frank Act can now be used to help attact the problems the law is designed to solve - conflict and ... Read more »
There are concerns for civilian population as the date line given for rebels to demobilize draws near. Read more »
Howard G. Buffett, an American philanthropist and son of billionaire Warren Buffett, has pledged to help Congolese refugees currently living the country's camps repatriate. Buffett ... Read more »
The country's second largest opposition party has agreed to join the government. Read more »
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has confirmed a 14-year jail term pronounced against Thomas Lubanga for recruiting child soldiers. Read more »
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