The 55-nation body meets from Friday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa with Africa facing devastating conflicts in the DRC and Sudan - as well as US President Donald Trump's cuts to US development ...

Condemnation has grown over Rwanda's military backing of the insurgency by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, near the border between the two nations. President Paul Kagame has become increasingly isolated ...

For decades, DRC, a Central African nation of more than 100 million people, has grappled with bloody militia violence, including ethnic and resource-driven armed rebellion by M23 and dozens of other ...

Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...

In a controversial interview, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie, joked that he would use a crude Afrikaans insult if Rwandan ...

Despite a regional summit to stop fighting in the eastern Congo, no resolution is in sight. The European Union is also trying to straddle its support for Rwanda, while tempering its forceful presence ...

In recent months the Rwandan-backed M23 Movement has swiftly seized scores of territory in the DRC's mineral-rich east in ...

To refresh our memories, we turn to Britannica, and the story, “Rwanda genocide of 1994.” Britannica says that in 1994 the majority Hutu population in Rwanda slaughtered “more than 800,000 ...

President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his stand that direct talks between President Felix Tshisekedi and all is opponents ...

The government has previously refused to negotiate. But with rebels seizing another major town, a deal is the only way to ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Leaders from east and southern Africa call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within ...