While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...

The march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo risks escalating into a regional conflict, with countries such as ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

Significant minerals found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has significant minerals found in the region.Cobalt: The DRC holds over 70 per cent ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world’s coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which ...

Is it too late, asked Le Pays (Ouagadougou): have we "reached the point of no return" for another catastrophic conflict in ...

We'll look at the latest developments in the instability and violence in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed fighters are battling Congolese troops.

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried ... a foothold in the conflict-battered North Kivu province — which includes Goma — rich in minerals critical to much of the world’s ...