The summit brings together leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as tensions between Rwanda and Congo reach a boiling point.

An immediate cessation of hostilities and taking positive action to allow meaningful dialogue so as to end the escalating insecurity in eastern DR Congo was the main call made in opening remarks by ...

The meeting comes amid escalating violence in the DRC, where rebel groups under the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) have taken control of key cities, including Goma in North Kivu and Nyabibwe ...

A joint summit of leaders from eastern and southern Africa is underway in Tanzania as African governments try to find a ...

Rising casualties in the strife-torn Kivu sees citizens pile pressure on leaders to get their men out of the killing fields.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi joined a summit in Tanzania on Saturday where ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key city of Goma in a blitz offensive in the mineral-rich region ...

Leaders of Central Africa demanded the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group stop its offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and called on Friday for the opening of an aid pipeline.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional ...

As M23 continues its destructive march, the upcoming EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...