This introduction lays a foundation for the discussion of the East African Community and the battle for the soul of the DR ...

The rebel militia M23, backed by Rwanda, captured Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 27, marking a significant escalation in the conflict. M23 had briefly seized ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so ...

After a local backlash to bring refugees to the Chippewa Valley, the president’s suspension of refugee admissions and ...

A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early ...

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas who once served in Afghanistan, was flying an Islamic State flag during the assault ... which is gripped by a civil war.

A photo story featured in the issue put a human face to the war in Congo. Daniel Buuma’s humanising images juxtaposed with the dehumanising effects of war, poverty, and displacement foster ...

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.” KINSHASA, Congo -- Prominent human rights ...

PHOTOS: Rwanda-backed rebels enter outskirts of strategic city in what Congo calls 'declaration of war' Keita said M23 fighters were advancing and using residents “as human shields” as others ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped ... David Cikuru, who heads a civil society organization in Goma but recently moved ...

as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.” The M23 rebels announced the city’s ...

prompting the U.N. to warn of the risk of a broader regional war. Congo and its allies said on Saturday they had pushed back M23 fighters, who were advancing on the provincial capital Goma.