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Peace efforts must acknowledge the deeply political nature of the eastern DRC crisis, including the fallout from the collapsed power-sharing deal between Joseph Kabila and Félix Tshisekedi.
It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties.
THE Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) has applauded ...
The US-brokered negotiations aim to secure the Rwandan forces’ withdrawal from eastern DRC and end Rwanda’s support to AFC/M23.
Washington will host the heads of state of DR Congo and Rwanda in the “coming weeks,” his senior Africa adviser said on ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel militia launched an offensive four years ago on eastern DRC, capturing two key cities alongside ...
Rwanda, the primary backer of the M23 armed group, supported its offensive in eastern DRC with three to four thousand ground troops. As Goma fell , thousands of locals —many of whom were already ...
The roots of DRC-Rwanda tensions. The origins of the decades-long conflict in DRC can be traced back to post-colonial battles for power after the country’s independence from Belgium in 1960, ...
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.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday denounced Rwanda’s accusation that a Congolese fighter jet violated Rwandan airspace, alleging the aircraft was attacked by Rwandan forces in a ...