As part of a book project on the mechanisms of genocide ideology in eastern DR Congo's North Kivu Province, Harvard scholar Bojana Coulibaly and her research partner travelled to the region to ...

In response to a request from the Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB), the Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) carried out a Financial Sector ...

On March 17, the European Union stepped up to help with the growing humanitarian crisis by dropping €200,000 in emergency aid ...

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

The Regional Anti-Corruption Platform for Eastern Africa brings together anti-corruption practitioners from across the region, facilitating the sharing of experiences to fast-track the implementation ...

Large-scale infrastructure projects across Africa are attracting billions of dollars in investment. They're also replicating ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its largest such influx in ...

This time, Kinshasa has sought help from Burundi, which dispatched thousands ... Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have scrambled to try to end the fighting. Clashes have continued despite ...

The 25-year-old clung on to a black bin bag with some possessions as he used the strong currents to navigate his way across the Rusizi river, which forms the border between DR Congo and Burundi. This ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

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