By taking Goma, the M23 and Rwanda crossed a Rubicon, as Kinshasa’s leaders cannot brook an all-out invasion of North and ...

As for Angola and Zimbabwe, they both sided with Congo in 1998 when Rwanda launched the Second Congo War, aimed at ousting Kabila. Although Angola has brokered peace talks between Rwanda and Congo for ...

Congo’s mining industry, which is also the world’s second-biggest source of copper, is dominated by Chinese companies. A ...

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In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed and the fighting has sparked an ominous war of words between DR Congo and its neighbour, Rwanda. So how did DR Congo - the ...

But while Rwanda appears peaceful at home, it is fueling war across the border. Thousands of Rwandan troops have invaded eastern Congo alongside fighters from M23, which is under Rwanda’s ...

He has so far refused to do so. She emphasizes only a dialogue between DR Congo and Rwanda could overcome the acute crisis phase and perhaps prevent a major war. Congolese soldiers abandon Goma.

The Second Congo War, known also as Africa’s World War ... One documented case that tanked relations between Rwanda and the DRC was when orders from FARDC General Dieugentil Nzambe were leaked ...

Only between nine ... the capital of Rwanda, deny. As fighting intensifies, thousands have been displaced, peacekeepers have been killed, and fears of a wider regional war grow. At the heart of the ...

The UK says it will also suspend future defense training assistance and demands that Kigali withdraw its troops from Congo.

This spectre of a “wider regional war” is also echoed in Ugandan ... completed her Master’s thesis on the link between the Rwanda and Congo wars from an African perspective, stating that ...