Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...

Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...

Gaps in securing Uganda’s embassy in Kinshasa are to blame for the attacks that forced the diplomats into hiding on January ...

The capture of the city has cut off the supply of goods to North Kivu, an emerging market for East African Community (EAC) member states.

Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Regional Cooperation John Mulimba has confirmed that Uganda’s Embassy ...

Economic rivalry and ethnic tensions lay at the center of the long-simmering conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the strategically located city of Goma has recently fallen to r ...

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies in West Nile region have urged the public to remain calm and be vigilant amid the upward fighting between the M23 Rebels and government forces in the ...

A nurse has died from Ebola in the Ugandan capital Kampala, the health ministry said Thursday. “An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation ...

Forty-five people have been arrested in west Africa over the past three months in operations targeting drugs trafficking and ...

The Ministry of Health Uganda revealed the man presented with a five-day history of "high fever, chest pain, and difficulty ...

East African Community leaders have urged DRC President Félix Tshisekedi to engage with M23 rebels to de-escalate the conflict.