Conflict still occurs over shared waters; however, since the late 1800s, and particularly since the end of World War II, cooperation has been the dominant interaction between countries in the world’s ...

President Félix Tshisekedi is now approaching foreign governments for assistance in fighting this war and staying in power. His increasingly desperate manoeuvres include dangling the DRC’s immense ...

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. Planning is moving forward for a boutique ...

The hotel is planned for the site of Yoshi’s Cafe, a French-Japanese restaurant that was a Lakeview fixture until it closed in 2021.

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

The M23 took control of South Kivu provincial capital Bukavu over a ... a town on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika, which faces Burundi's economic capital, Bujumbura. Residents in the ...

In South Kivu, OCHA said humanitarian assessments over the last 10 days indicated that more than 10,000 displaced people returned from Idjwi island in Lake Kivu due to dire conditions. The displaced ...

They have captured Bukavu, which is the capital of South Kivu province. This is a major victory for the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group, who now have total control over the Lake Kivu region, which borders ...

We just wish there was a luxury hotel.’ Most of what’s here are roadside motels and cottage communities,” said Ed Rocco, general manager of the Lake Estate. “We have the Omni Mount ...

The rebels captured Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in late January and took Bukavu on 16 February. Now, they appear to be heading for Uvira, a strategic city on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. By 18 ...

about 45 kilometres from Bukavu in South Kivu province, M23 fighters are continuing their advance further south, towards Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Sporadic gunfire, looting and ...

Recent gains have given M23 control of Lake Kivu following its lightning offensive in the east. According to the UN, the latest fighting has led to an exodus of more than 50,000 Congolese to ...