The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of D’idjwi Island in D’idjwi territory, South Kivu province, eastern ...

Africa's beautiful lakes not only serve as key sources of water, food and transportation, but also act as borders—both ...

Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu.

“It is peaceful here, unlike over there,” said Exauce Shalako, a 20-year-old man from Goma who was lounging on the shore of Lake Kivu in Rwanda one afternoon this month. Mr.

Shell casings from automatic weapons littered the plot, leftovers from the conflict between the Congolese army and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group that had until recently riven their Sake hometown.

The European Investment Bank is holding off on decisions to finance the $760m Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Central Africa, ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have entered Bukavu, a major city in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The resurgence comes after east and southern African leaders called on their ... The capture of Bukavu would give full control of Lake Kivu to the M23 and Rwandan troops. Almost 300 Congolese ...

Restore Local, an initiative dedicated to accelerating locally led land restoration across Africa, has officially been ...