Members of FDLR armed group have operated in Congo for decades, believed to be active in some localities in eastern Congo - ...

Operational constraints and regional tensions prevent the UN peacekeeping mission from responding effectively to escalating violence in the DRC.

For decades, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been entangled in a complex and costly engagement in the ...

‘Maj’ Gilbert Ndayambaje, 49, one of the members of the DR Congo-based FDLR militia who were handed over to Rwandan authorities by AFC/M23 rebels on March 1, claims to have been forced into joining ...

These past few days have seen a flurry of activities from heads of states meetings and phone calls to diplomatic pronouncements and deployment of boots on the ground, all toward making the DR Congo ...

The end of the UN peacekeeping mission to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being heralded. But the massacre at a camp for displaced people on Sunday points to failures, experts say. Armed ...

However, the 1.5-billion dollar question is whether the UN and its Monusco and Monusco-FIB are willing to get out of the way despite their clear failure and unwillingness to fulfill their mandate from ...

With days before the vote, the electoral commission struggles to deploy required equipment to various polling stations due to a lack of aircraft. Given the urgency of the situation, the government has ...

Confronted since the end of July with a series of demonstrations demanding the departure of the UN Mission in DRC (Monusco), the Congolese authorities have decided to harden their tone. In a letter ...

‘Maj’ Gilbert Ndayambaje, 49, one of the members of the DR Congo-based FDLR militia who were handed over to Rwandan authorities by AFC/M23 rebels on March 1, claims to have been forced into joining ...

Remadji Hoinathy Senior Researcher, Central Africa and Lake Chad Basin, ISS Nirvaly Mooloo Research Officer, Central Africa and Lake Chad Basin, ISS The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has ...