Tag: Great Lakes

The African Union lacks a coherent strategy that can reduce tensions between countries and improve security coordination. Security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the...

Pierre Nkurunziza’s sudden death on 9 June ends the political career of a sports teacher who ascended to the presidency of Burundi via a...

Regional tensions in the Great Lakes are reaching an alarming level, with neighbours Rwanda and Uganda publicly raising the tone over the past few...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is in Kampala, Uganda, for a meeting aimed at discussing the peace and security situation...

The death toll from inter-communal fighting between two clans in South Sudan's Great Lakes region reached at least 170, an official said,...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it was stepping up its work in the Lake Chad region,...

African leaders and international envoys appealed to Congo's government and M23 rebels on Monday to stop fighting and embrace a peace deal...

African leaders and international envoys appealed to Congo's government and M23 rebels on Monday to stop fighting and embrace a peace deal...

The United States said on Monday renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels risked dragging...

Ambassador Welile Nhlapo, national security adviser to President Jacob Zuma has been appointed South Africa's Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region...

A string of unrelated grenade attacks that killed four people and wounded several others across Rwanda showed the need to reduce the...