Alexander BesantMay 23, 2013 10:59

M23 rebels in eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire Thursday in light of a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Brazilian general to head UN's DR Congo peacekeeping mission

Jill LangloisApril 25, 2013 08:15

The general, 60, who has been credited with bringing a Haiti slum under control, will come out of retirement to lead 20,000 troops, including a new combat force with the task of targeting rebels in the east of the country.

Bosco Ntaganda: DR Congo warlord appears before ICC

Jill LangloisMarch 26, 2013 08:26

The Rwanda-born warlord, known as "The Terminator," was also accused of using child soldiers during his years of fighting in the eastern region of DR Congo.

Bosco Ntaganda, DR Congo's 'Terminator' warlord, in ICC custody

Jessica PhelanMarch 22, 2013 10:29

It is the first time any suspect has handed himself in to the ICC.

Tom FentonJanuary 31, 2013 07:14

Obama’s cautious foreign policy has proved right so far

Commentary: Events, not intentions, will shape his record in the second term.

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US President Barack Obama waves to supporters after his victory speech at McCormick Place on election night Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago, Ill. The president was sworn in for his second term in office on Jan. 21, 2013, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Obama’s first term failed to live up to the expectations of the left wing of his party, which hoped for a more radical change in domestic policy. His second term is likely to disappoint another important constituency — the media and foreign policy elites in Washington, D.C.

Vava TampaDecember 8, 2012 09:46

To save Congo, US and Britain must stop Rwandan and Ugandan support of militia gangs

Political reform in Kinshasa is essential to keeping the country from failing.

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Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, following renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo town on Nov. 22. (Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images)

KINSHASA, Congo --- “To Save Congo, Let It Fall Apart” is the preposterously tiled op-ed in The New York Times by J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council. In his piece, published November 30, he asserts that Congo’s circumstantial factors, such as artificial boundaries and dysfunctional status quo, are the reasons that country remains swamped by militia gangs of every stripe.

M23 rebels declare truce for UN Secretary General visit to DRC

Brazilian general to head UN's DR Congo peacekeeping mission

Bosco Ntaganda: DR Congo warlord appears before ICC

Bosco Ntaganda, DR Congo's 'Terminator' warlord, in ICC custody

Obama’s cautious foreign policy has proved right so far

To save Congo, US and Britain must stop Rwandan and Ugandan support of militia gangs

Congo M23 rebels withdraw from Goma

Congo plane crash kills 20

UK stops £21 million aid payment to Rwanda

UN extends arms embargo on Congo rebels