The Rwanda-backed M23 has in recent weeks seized two major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the ...
The statement was one of many in recent weeks coming from the United States, United Nations, the DRC and Human Rights Watch, among others, to accuse Rwanda of supporting Congo’s M23 rebels.
The latest developments come as M23 rebels intensify their war against DRC's armed forces, capturing the city of Goma. The conflict in Africa is among the issues on the agenda at the G20 foreign ...
As Rwandan-backed M23 fighters continue to make significant advances in eastern DRC, having captured the cities of Goma and Bukavu, the conflict is now triggering warnings from the UN Security ...
The recent advances made by the group were not surprising, as the DRC, the United Nations and many foreign governments say the fighters are heavily armed and supported by Rwanda, a country with a ...
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
Earlier this month DRC's foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner urged the three clubs to end their "blood-stained" sponsorship agreements with "Visit Rwanda", questioning the morality of such ...
“Everybody is really worried,” said Sara Rosenberg, who volunteered at the two-decade-old Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) in Lwiro village in DRC’s South Kivu province, where ...
Kabarebe, a former Rwandan general, is a Rwandan government liaison to M23 who orchestrates RDF support for the armed group and manages its generation of revenue from the DRC's mineral resources ...
He insisted that the escalation in Eastern DRC must be stopped but only through political dialogue between DRC and Rwanda. One of Africa's most richly endowed countries in terms of mineral wealth.
In a statement by the US State Department, Gen Kabarebe, Kanyuka and two companies are linked to violence and human rights abuses in eastern DRC. “The United States is sanctioning today two ...