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President Paul Kagame has reiterated Rwanda’s commitment to self-reliance and national sovereignty, noting that the country cannot depend on the shifting interests of external powers. Speaking to ...
A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda said he was “thankful” for U.S. mediation in his country’s conflict with neighboring Congo following last week’s agreement in Washington, but warned that its success ...
The signing of a peace agreement between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Washington has ...
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement Washington to end fighting that has killed ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday, citing humanitarian grounds, but there was no sign of them giving up ...
The takeover of Goma is not without precedent. The M23 first emerged in 2012 as the latest in a string of Rwanda-supported armed groups operating in eastern DRC since the mid-1990's.
DRC’s government has called the takeover a “declaration of war” by neighboring Rwanda. Goma, a regional hub of over 2 million people, is on the DRC’s border with Rwanda.
Since the fall of Goma, Rwanda has also reacted angrily to calls for restraint from Western nations, accusing its critics of "victim-blaming" and turning a blind eye to what it says is Congo's ...
Rwanda security officials check people crossing from Congo in Gyseny, Rwanda, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, following M23 rebels' advances into eastern Congo's capital Goma.
UN cites reports Rwandan troops crossed border towards Bukavu Further territorial gains would raise risk of wider war Rwanda's Kagame furious at criticism over support for M23 Congo condemns ...