The African political leader’s autobiography, My Country, Africa, also offers a larger story of empire, oppression, and ...

General Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda, the only military president to have ruled Nigeria presented his much-awaited autobiography last week at Abuja. The presentation was well attended by political ...

M23 rebels handed over captured FDLR fighters to Rwandan authorities in Goma, DR Congo. The FDLR is a DR Congo-based militia ...

In partnership with the Léopoldville military boss, Major General Joseph Mobutu, Tshombe would like to go after Gizenga himself—if the U.N. were not in the way. “If others will leave us alone ...

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance in eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese ...

"Even under Mobutu, priority was given to the presidential guard." Under Mobutu's successors, Laurent and Joseph Kabila, the army was infiltrated by Rwanda, among other nations. "That is also the ...

Mobutu, at the time, had many regional enemies ... From left: Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, and Joseph Kabila of the DRC, address a news conference after meeting ...