The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.

Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

Analysis - Rwanda's foreign affairs ministry suspended all diplomatic relations with Belgium in March 2025. Soon afterwards, ...

Belgian forces conquered Rwanda, a former German colony, in 1916 during the first world war. They got help from nearby ...

President Ramaphosa said that the SADC-East African community was working on securing a permanent ceasefire and getting ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed confidence that peace may soon be achieved in the long-standing conflict in the ...

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with 602 victims of ...

Peace and Security Council (PSC) was this week warned South Sudan is “on the brink of relapse into civil war” by Nicholas ...

Belgium became the primary western nation to help provide stability in Rwanda during the waning years of the Rwandan Civil War (1990-1994 ... involvement in eastern DRC. UN experts' reports ...