The emirate is increasingly involved in mediating conflict across the continent, where it has growing influence. But not all of its forays into mediation have been successful.

Gnassingbé has come to take the pulse of the Great Lakes conflict and understand the contours of the Luanda Process.

Withdrawal of the terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to start on as yet unspecified date – will be by road. This is a point from ...

The US peace bid in the Democratic Republic of Congo will involve cash for investments into the mineral sector, just as much ...

US President Donald Trump argued before Congress in favor of reducing the budget for USAID, the agency responsible for international development assistance. Illustrating his point, Trump singled out ...

By Jason Mitchell The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering the United States significant mining rights in exchange for military support. In February 2025, President Félix Tshisekedi wrote to ...

Since late 2021, the province of North Kivu, home to Rubaya, has been torn by violent clashes between DRC government troops and members of the March 23 Movement (M23), a rebel group Kinshasa says is ...

A Congolese General arrested after AFC/M23 rebels seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in eastern DR Congo in late January, has died, according to reports.

Christian Kalamo, a civil society leader in the North Kivu province that includes Goma, said at least one body was seen on the streets on Saturday. “It is difficult to know if it is the ...

The new baby gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a name thanks to TODAY viewers. Beni's name, which was revealed April 8 on the show, comes from the name of territory ...

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled what he says is a major transport boost to stop the North being "held to ransom" by a Victorian-era system. The prime minister said the £2.15bn investment was a ...