Clashes between pro-government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels reached Goma in east Congo, residents told Reuters on Saturday, as each side blamed the other for the worst violence in the area's ...

United Nations agency says crisis has seen over four million people cross country’s ...

The conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by Bukavu in February, spreading their footprint in the ...

A new report from Frontline AIDS finds that cases in the region have surged by 116 percent since 2010 amid war and little ...

The World Health Organization calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is poor sanitation and a lack of ...

One study by the United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad) last year found that poor transport infrastructure in Africa significantly hinders trade by increasing costs, reduces competitiveness, ...

Activists allege that authorities have deliberately dragged their feet over prosecutions of individuals believed to have ...

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji has been ranked the richest man in East Africa in Forbes' 2025 list and the only East ...