Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The UN Human Rights Council is considering whether to launch an investigation into alleged abuses committed in eastern Congo ...

The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu, fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.The civilian ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

How politics in Kinshasa combines with international power politics to undermine regional efforts for peace in DRC THE LAST ...

Congo accuses Rwanda of aiding the M23 rebels and sending soldiers to join them, but Kigali says Kinshasa has scuppered peace efforts and is failing to stop eastern militia from threatening its ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...

Thirteen soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces -- from South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay -- have been killed in recent ...

As the Congolese Foreign Minister recently called for, states could also have restricted Rwanda's ability to export minerals mined from M23-controlled areas. And of course, Uganda could stop ...

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...

France has slammed a series of attacks on diplomatic missions in Kinshasa, fuelled by tensions over the M23 rebel conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

NEWS ANALYSIS. The capture of Goma by the M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army forces has positioned Kigali as the dominant ...