An African country that's the 11th largest in the world also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.

The former US administration says Rwandan President Paul Kagame's government rebuffed a proposed peace incentive for a deal between DR Congo and Rwanda. The Congolese government in Kinshasa and United Nations experts accuse neighboring Rwanda of supporting the group with Rwandan troops and weapons.

The former US administration has said the government of Rwandan President Paul Kagame rebuffed a proposed peace incentive for a deal between Congo and

"We tried to offer positive incentives. A genuine framework -- fundamentally negotiated by the parties -- exists, and at the moment, Rwanda seems to have walked away," she said. Rwanda-backed ...

The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over control of strategic minerals like those present in the Congo.

The M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have expanded their control over the provincial capital of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo following their invasion on Monday. After the early-morning incursion,

With 13 South African soldiers dead and an undisclosed number wounded, President Cyril Ramaphosa is in desperate pursuit of an urgent ceasefire to extricate the trapped troops.

The winner, who must get support either by consensus or at least two-thirds of the 55 African heads of state, will succeed former Chad prime minister Moussa Faki.

Calling for sustained calm, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says health workers ready to offer humanitarian health relief - Anadolu Ajansı

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, is a rare infection most commonly found in parts of central and east Africa. The seventh confirmed UK case was recorded in a person who had recently travelled to Uganda.

Burundi faces serious climate and environmental challenges. The biggest is the country's overdependence on the use of biomass (firewood). The second is outdated agricultural practices that have led to deforestation.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) vast mineral resources, essential for global industries, are central to the escalating conflict in the region, with Western demand exacerbating local tensions.