For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

Considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women's rights, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action has been reprinted in this special edition, which also includes a copy of ...

Hamas weighs US-brokered ceasefire deal, Russia strikes Kyiv hard, and Congress passes major cuts. Here's your July 4th ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

President Paul Kagame has reiterated Rwanda’s commitment to self-reliance and national sovereignty, noting that the country cannot depend on the shifting interests of external powers. Speaking to ...

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said he was “thankful” for U.S. mediation in his country’s conflict with neighboring Congo following last week’s agreement in Washington, but warned that its success ...

The agreement on the first-ever UN Strategic Plan for Forests was forged at a special session of the UN Forum on Forests held in January 2017 and provides an ambitious vision for global forests in ...

The UN Public Service Day celebrates the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlights the contribution of public service in the development process; recognizes the work of ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province, followed by Bukavu in ...

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with ...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ditched the nuclear missile launch button for a rubber ring Tuesday, parking himself—cigarettes and soda to hand—beside the twin waterslides of his shiny new Wonsan ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hailed the opening of a new beach resort in his country as a “great success” as he looks to drive tourism in the sealed-off nation.