DRC is a member of the SADC and the East Africa Community, or EAC, while Rwanda is an EAC member.

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have described the crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as more than just a national emergency, calling it "a ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Goma last week, according to early estimates provided by the UN peacekeeping operation in ...

In a joint statement, the organisations urged the African Union, the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take decisive measures to ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.

A military court in DRC has issued an international arrest warrant for Corneille Nangaa over war crimes and treason.

Germany is attempting to transform its army, including boosting its numbers of army recruits and reservists, in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.