United Nations peacekeeping troops in Democratic Republic of Congo have launched operations against a Rwandan Hutu rebel militia operating along Congo’s border with Rwanda, the UN commander said on Tuesday. Defeating Rwandan FDLR insurgents, who have long been used as a pretext for intervention in Congo by neighbouring Rwanda, is …

Kenyans marched demanding greater national security on Tuesday following last week’s massacre by Somalia’s Shabaab Islamists, ahead of a candlelit vigil on the final day of mourning for the 148 people killed by the militants. Tuesday’s demonstration, with at least 200 students marching through central Nairobi waving placards, comes as …

A Nairobi court on April 7 ordered five Kenyans and a Tanzanian to be detained for 30 days while police investigate possible connections to last week’s university massacre. The court agreed to state lawyers’ request for the extended detention period, which usually would last 24 hours before the detainee has …