KINSHASA, 5 September 2007 (IRIN) - The recent meeting between senior Rwandan and Congolese officials saw some agreement on strategies to minimise tension between the two countries, but did not ...

Conflict minerals have frequently been considered one of the leading causes of armed violence in eastern DRC (file photo) Major industries are seeking to alter the proposed US reporting rules on ...

BUKAVU, 1 August 2007 (IRIN) - Janet Furaha fled the violence in her home area of Kaniola in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) South Kivu province in May to live with relatives in Walungu, but ...

JOHANNESBURG, 17 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has said it will not "tolerate any behaviour" by its members that undermined its "good image and international ...

KINSHASA/GOMA, 26 May 2005 (IRIN) - A Soviet-era aircraft carrying 21 passengers and five crew crashed on Wednesday in a remote forest in the territory of Walungu, in Democratic Republic of Congo's ...