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Are journeys abroad by delegations of MEPs worth the expense? The European Parliament's budgetary control committee is looking at ways to cut the costs of such travel and...

Fifty years after gaining independence, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains deeply unstable. To limit the dangers, the help of China and the EU is needed. Next...

The many ties that bind the Democratic Republic of Congo to Belgium – and Europe – remain tragically entangled. By a cruel irony, Belgium will take over the rotating...

Democratic Republic of Congo condemns European development commissioner's critique as ‘racist' and ‘irresponsible'. Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner for...

EU says Yemenia Airways has responded adequately to safety recommendations since fatal crash. An airline whose plane crashed off the Comoros Islands in June with the loss of...

European states face a common, and interconnected, dilemma at the UN and in NATO – how to project force credibly. While Anders Fogh Rasmussen was spending his first day in...

The UN's special representative sets out what can be done to end the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bad news travels fast: my BlackBerry has become the...

Commissioner just can't stay away. There is still a month before Louis Michel takes leave of absence from the European Commission to campaign for the European Parliament...

EU may look to strengthen UN peacekeeping force instead. The Dutch and Swedish foreign ministers have said the EU is very unlikely to commit a peacekeeping force this year...

French president explains EU position on failings of the UN's forces; quality of EU's own forces lambasted. European leaders failed to bridge their differences today...

UN pleads for the EU to send stop-gap troops; UK and Germany reject use of EU's battlegroups. A resurgent rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has cut apart...

EU leaders are set to back proposals that would allow up to 60,000 EU troops to be deployed on a mission. Agreement on a set of French proposals to strengthen the European...

Decision on Congo force may be made this week; Zimbabwean blacklist extended. Africa occupied the centre of attention when EU foreign ministers met today in Brussels,...

The bloodshed in Congo may mark the end of European military interventions in Africa; the EU now has to work out how better to integrate its efforts with those of the UN and...

As the situation in Congo worsens, the EU must consider reinforcing the UN peacekeeping mission. The last time that the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in the...

While the international community might not be directly responsible for the current conflict in Congo, past failures mean it is obliged to intervene. ‘Something must be...

Diplomats say it is too early to send troops; ministers to discuss for mission to Somalia. EU foreign ministers will discuss next steps in diplomatic efforts to stave off...

Congo has been the second most important testing ground for the European Security and Defence Policy; like the Congolese, the EU needs a long-lasting peacekeeping presence in...

UK and French foreign ministers warn of regional conflict after visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. David Miliband, British foreign minister, and...

France calls for UN troops to be allowed to use force in Congo; UK says military role for the EU is not ruled out. France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has called...