The African continent is seeing some monumental changes, and is rife with conflict and potential.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda passed its final judgment on Wednesday, but not not everything has been resolved.
An international tribunal has acquitted a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo of committing war crimes, drawing critcism form human rights groups.
As crises unfold in the DRC and Rwanda, the U.S. can effect lasting change -- if it abandons short-term fixes.
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A leader of the DR Congo rebel group M23 said they would withdraw from Goma this week, but we've have heard that before.
M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have not left Goma, despite earlier reports from Uganda that they might.
Leaders in four countries neighboring the conflict-riddled Congo have called for rebels in the eastern part of the country to cease their attacks against the government and relinquish captured territory.
The M23 insurgency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could turn into another major war if international diplomats drag their feet.
The rebel group M23 launched an offensive against Goma, where DR Congo troops and U.N. peacekeepers are mounting a resistance.
The UK has suspended all financial aid to the Ugandan government over evidence of corruption and misuse.
Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda's opposition leader, was sentenced to eight years in prison for discussing Hutu-Tutsi rivalries.
Rwanda and Uganda have been supporting a violent rebellion in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a confidential UN report.
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The rebel group M23 is committing serious war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo with help from Rwanda, according to a Tuesday report from Human Rights Watch.
A new rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now within 30 miles of a regional capitol is threatening the country's tin mining industry.
Regional African leaders gathered at a summit in Uganda have failed to come to a consensus on deploying a coalition force to confront militia groups along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rebel uprising has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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Rwanda has denied that they are helping the Congolese rebels.
Republicans torpedo a treaty in the Senate, and the U.S. remains outside the bounds of a major international maritime agreement. Together with a few unsavory names
Seventeen months into the Syrian crisis, with numerous worsening instances of blood-chilling violence and massacre, everything still stays the same because the big players are waiting for the right moment to intervene.
Considering her South African roots and the many serious challenges facing the African Union today, Dlamini-Zuma will be under intense scrutiny in the coming weeks.