Belgium has successfully pushed the EU to impose sanctions on its former colony, Rwanda, over its military involvement in DR Congo. Rwanda has not taken the decision lightly.The tensions had been ...

Kristof Titeca, a Belgian academic specialising in the African Great Lakes region, told AFP that Belgium has played a key ...

Belgium said on Friday that while it still considers Rwanda a key player in the region and well-placed to resolve the conflict in eastern Congo, it cannot be complacent about Rwanda’s violation ...

Rwanda last month severed relations with Belgium following criticism of its actions in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- a move that is already having unexpected consequences.

Rwanda is a former Belgian colony. The latest peace push by Qatar comes after the Gulf state successfully brokered a surprise meeting last month between Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul ...

Belgium's foreign minister told AFP that Rwanda's "legitimate" security concerns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could not justify its former colony's backing for the M23 armed group. In ...