How a colonial legacy continues to shape conflict and identity.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Rwandan Hutu rebels killed 14 civilians from a rival ethnic group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Thursday morning and wounded nine, the army said, in a sign of ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Rebels from M23, a rebel group backed by Rwanda, killed at least 140 people in July in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said. The resurgence of killings of mostly ...

Rebel fighters killed at least eight civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo before fleeing when Congolese troops arrived, local sources said, in a region where a spike in ethnic violence ...

In the previous article in this series, we saw how a so-called “Tutsi-based” monarchy was replaced with a “Hutu-based’ republic. The Hutu masses were used as pawns to further the interests of Hutu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People hold candles during a vigil for victims of the 1994 genocide at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda [Dai Kurokawa/EFE/EPA] ...