Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo ...

President Trump called on Russia and Ukraine to hold high-level negotiations to end the war, saying that talks toward a deal have gone well.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to work toward a peace agreement by May 2 after escalating violence ...

The deal raises hopes that the latest cycle of violence in a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide might ease, ...

South Africa's rand firmed on Friday as investors awaited clarity amid a dispute over the national budget that has rattled ...

The US State Department, in a wide-ranging political re-structuring of its policies, will eliminate 132 domestic offices, lay ...

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint ...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The high court filing ...

Russian plans for a naval base in Sudan to secure a foreign port are alarming the U.S. and risking new tensions with Moscow ...

The Navy’s first port calls to Libya in more than five decades this week, to Tripoli and Benghazi, likely are intended to ...