Kagame’s regime is funding rape, killings and torture by the M23 militia, who have now cut off the city of Goma. But he can be stopped

British and North American taxpayers are funding violence in DRC. What exactly do policymakers get in return for enabling all this suffering?

Despite its vast mineral wealth, corruption keeps the Congolese poor – and western governments help the regime stay in power

As Le Jeux de la Francophonie begin in Kinshasa, questions must be asked about the event’s value and France’s role in African affairs, writes Vava Tampa

As Rwandan-backed M23 rebels massacre and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who will hold them to account?

While the west races to investigate Russia’s war crimes, it continues to ignore atrocities perpetrated on DRC for 20 years

The French president sees himself as a break from old colonial ways. But his visit to the despot Paul Biya tells a different story

The UN has appealed for urgent support following attacks by militia groups on camps for internally displaced people. But money alone won’t solve the crisis

Only a UN tribunal, sponsored by the US president, can end the culture of impunity fuelling violence and poverty in the DRC

Lake Tanganyika sustains life for millions around its shores but ever more erratic weather threatens the entire Congo

The world has turned a blind eye to Denis Sassou Nguesso’s controversial re-election, which will extend his iron-fisted reign to more than 40 years

Despite accusations of war crimes in the central African country, the international community seems unmoved