Dear Mr Lammy, As survivors in the UK about to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, we are troubled by your position on Rwanda and eastern DR Congo. You declare ...

No, this is not Ukraine—we are describing the tragic events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2021, Rwanda backed a rebellion in the Congo, the fifth time it has done so in the past 30 ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar for much-anticipated talks in a ...

After talks in Qatar, the two countries’ presidents said they were committed to an unconditional truce between Congo’s army and a rebel group that Rwanda denies backing. By Elian Peltier and ...

Thousands of children have been subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict-battered eastern Congo over the course ...

He was referring to diplomatic tensions with countries accusing Rwanda of involvement in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kagame criticized international pressure over the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ceasefire this week by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents as the ...

Jonathan Beloff, who has studied Rwanda’s political, security and foreign policies for nearly two decades, explains. Belgium ...

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Qatari mediators hosted a second round of talks on Friday between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and separately met ...

pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over their role in invading eastern Congo and plundering its mineral wealth. By Elian Peltier Elian Peltier has traveled ...