On July 15, 1994, an unprecedented 250,000 Rwandan refugees crossed from Gisenyi (now Rubavu) into Goma, in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo--DRC).

CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties.

The agreement marks a breakthrough in talks and intends to attract billions of dollars of Western investment to a region rich ...

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While leaders hail a recent peace deal between Rwanda and the DR Congo as a diplomatic breakthrough, observers say ...

Domestic power struggles between President Tshisekedi and former president Kabila will likely complicate difficult ...

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement mediated by the US on Friday, potentially putting an end to ...

A peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending decades of conflict in eastern DRC paves the way for “a new era of stability”, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi ...

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) ( is pleased to announce its 20th Plenary Assembly, ...

From critical minerals to M23 and grassroots exclusion, experts weigh in on whether the US-brokered deal can succeed.