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 ...

The Africa Business Leadership and Investment Summit (ABLIS) 2025 has been relocated to Accra, Ghana, due to escalating security concerns in East Africa. The event, now scheduled for 21-25 April 2025, ...

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...

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

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

The families of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

This war is not just a humanitarian catastrophe; it is a direct challenge to Africa’s ability to control its own destiny COMMENT | MIKE OMUODO | A phone vibration drew my attention to an incoming ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo ‘s key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a ...

The troops were part of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission deployed in 2023 to help the Kinshasa government quell unrest in the mineral-rich eastern region.

The M23 and Rwandan troops last week seized Goma -- the provincial capital of the mineral-rich Kivu region that has been blighted by conflict.