The meetings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam were in response to a directive issued by the ... securing key supply routes, reopening Goma Airport, and implementing a long-term security plan for Goma and ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has requested an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to address the ...

In addition to calling for the immediate reopening of the airport in Goma, the summit in Dar es Salaam also called for the drawing of “modalities for withdrawal of uninvited foreign armed groups” from ...

The decision on facilitators is both a compromise and meant to address the trust deficit that has existed in the last one ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

The resolutions this past weekend by leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) calling for direct talks between the Congolese government and ...

The ongoing conflict in the eastern region of the DRC continues to affect various sectors with Tanzanian transporters ...

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 ...

The group took the strategic city of Goma, capital of North Kivu province ... Kagame took part in person at the summit in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam that brought together the eight ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Reuters ... In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst escalation of fighting in more than ...

Leaders from Eastern and Southern African regional blocs gather in Tanzania on Saturday to seek a solution to the conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels have seized a major city in the ...

Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.