Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

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

The Southern African Development Community (Sadc), a regional grouping of 16 countries, has also deployed a military force to eastern DR Congo, but it has been unable to halt the rebels. South Africa ...

as Congo accused Rwanda of ignoring calls for a ceasefire. Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have scrambled to try to end the fighting. Clashes have continued despite their calls for a ...