Great Lakes Region

The US's decision to impose sanctions on Kigali's Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd has once again brought international sanctions policy in the Great Lakes region into focus. Washington…

US partiality towards one party risks subverting mediator role in Washington Process

Sources said Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa discussed Kabila’s predicament in Zimbabwe in August and agreed that the treason charges were not fair

The international relations department was not aware of the rebels’ presence in South Africa

Opposition officials in the DRC have accused the government of blocking their attempts to travel to the forum hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation

Economic integration would lead to trade and economic growth and contribute to social stability

Countries such as Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC must learn from the devastating 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

The Centre of Research in Natural Sciences (CRSN) in South Kivu has miraculously survived decades of war, natural disasters and chronic underfunding

Conflict in Africa — and the world — is on the rise. The continent needs to take concrete measures to stop the escalating violence

President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC

Defeated M23 rebels in the Congo are poised to sign a peace deal with the government, in what is hoped will be a turning point to end decades of war.

Jacob Zuma has reiterated at a joint SADC and Great Lakes Region summit that "security and stability" in the areas are integral to the meeting.

Africa’s Great Lakes region now has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades.

Another element of the military and political dynamic aimed at bringing peace to the Great Lakes region was put in place recently.