When you read Jan Vansina's books on Rwanda--such as Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom and Le Rwanda Ancien: Le Royaume Nyiginya--you are left wondering why he exerted so much effort ...

It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?

Foreign minister says Friday’s agreement has given ‘huge impetus’ for peace, but talks with M23 militia are critical ...

The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has said that several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that emerged before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong ...

Rwanda will on 7 April 2024 commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide during which Hutu extremists targeting the Tutsi minority slaughtered around 800,000 people in a massacre lasting 100 days.

Leaked reports, satellite images and interviews reveal the extent of Rwanda's shadow war in the Congo, as the U.S. tries to strike a deal for peace and access to the region's minerals.

The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu extremists killed an estimated one million minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement Washington to end fighting that has killed ...

Burundi experienced decades of ethnic violence and civil war up to 2005. Under a peace agreement signed in 2000, seats in the parliament are split 60-40 between the two ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi.