Defense chiefs from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) convened in Dar es Salaam on Sunday to discuss strategies for addressing the worsening ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

The decision aims to merge two processes that have struggled to end hostilities in eastern DRC, where the M23 rebel group has ...

The EAC and SADC are under growing pressure to translate diplomatic engagements into concrete action to prevent further destabilization in the region. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has requested an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council to address the ...

Chiefs of defence forces or nominated representatives from 13 African countries across two regional economic communities ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...

In addition to calling for the immediate reopening of the airport in Goma, the summit in Dar es Salaam also called for the drawing of “modalities for withdrawal of uninvited foreign armed groups ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Reuters ... In late January, the M23 rebels captured Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - the worst escalation of fighting in more than ...

The group took the strategic city of Goma, capital of North Kivu province ... Kagame took part in person at the summit in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam that brought together the eight ...

The decision on facilitators is both a compromise and meant to address the trust deficit that has existed in the last one ...

The ongoing conflict in the eastern region of the DRC continues to affect various sectors with Tanzanian transporters claiming that 80 percent of their trucks stranded in the country have ...