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President Trump’s top officials are raising alarm that violence on the ground in eastern Congo is outpacing U.S. efforts to implement a peace deal to end 30 years of conflict between the Democratic ...

Former President Kabila’s Trial Exposes Country’s Democratic Crisis The military court tried Kabila in absentia and without defense counsel, in violation of the right to a fair trial under ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are expanding their territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo despite multiple peace agreements meant to end the fighting. Peace talks overseen by the US and Qatar ...

A Ukrainian lawmaker shared a list of the names of 39 Cuban mercenaries he said died fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Screenshot. More than a thousand Cubans have signed contracts to ...

On balance, it's probably a good thing we have little cause to use the word 'fief' anymore. But I do wish I had a few more excuses to deploy it, if only because it's such an enjoyable word to say.

With mercenaries increasingly seen as a go-to solution for some of the world's most devilish security problems, Blackwater founder and Donald Trump donor Erik Prince is reported to be pitching his ...

Johannesburg — At least 60 people were killed in an attack by machete-wielding members of an ISIS-affiliated rebel group in Eastern Congo on Monday night, local officials said Tuesday. The attack was ...

Johannesburg — The Minister of Health for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Samuel Roger Kamba, confirmed last week an outbreak of the highly infectious Zaire strain of Ebola virus disease in the ...

This article is reserved for War on the Rocks members. Join our community to unlock exclusive insights and analysis. In his 2023 article, “Mercenary Shocks: What the War in Ukraine Will Eventually ...

LIMA, Peru—Edwin Ajahuana, a mine owner from high in the Andes, spent 23 hours traveling by road to meet the mercenary he hoped could protect his workers and assets. At the bougainvillea-adorned ...

The recent visit to Ecuador and Peru by former US Navy SEAL and mercenary contractor Erik Prince is cause for alarm throughout the region. The billionaire Prince is the founder of Blackwater, an ...