December 3

• Rwanda: Cutting Aid Harms Rwanda and Does Not Help DRC - Mushikiwabo

  Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has expressed disappointment at the decision by the UK government to withhold the next payment of £21 million of general budget support,... Read more »

November 26

• Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame and Sassou-N'guesso Commend ICGLR Decisions On DRC Crisis

  Presidents Paul Kagame and Denis Sassou-N'guesso of Congo-Brazzaville on Saturday commended the decisions taken by the heads of state of the just concluded ICGLR summit in Kampala. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: 'All We Want Is Peace'

  It was Tuesday evening, a few hours after the M23 rebels had captured - or rather, walked into - Goma. While the situation had calmed down, it was immediately clear that Rubavu had... Read more »

November 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebels Lose Sake to Government Forces

  Sources in the DRC town of Sake about 30 km out of Goma say that the M23 rebels have been chased out of the town which they had captured on Wednesday. Read more »

November 23

• Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Leader to Hold Talks with Ugandan President?

  Events are moving fast in DRC two days after M23 rebels captured Goma city in North Kivu. Read more »

November 21

• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma Residents Return Home

  Security meeting scheduled later today in Goma Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda Calls for Political Dialogue As Goma Falls to M23

  The government in Kinshasa and M23 rebels should desist from further hostilities that have harmful repercussions not only on Congolese citizens but on Rwandans along the border... Read more »

• Rwanda: Rubavu Calms Down After M23 Take Goma

  Calm was returning to Rubavu town on the border with the DRC last evening, hours after the M23 rebels had captured Goma town, the capital of DRC's North Kivu Province. Read more »

November 20

• Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Soldiers Shell Rwandan Territory

  Three people were yesterday reportedly wounded after soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired heavy weapons rounds into Rwandan territory. Read more »

November 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Advances to Outskirts of Goma

  On Sunday after pushing back U.N. and government troops, the M23 rebels advanced to within 3 kilometers of Goma - a crucial provincial capital in eastern Congo - marking the first... Read more »

November 16

• Rwanda: Rwanda Calls On FARDC and M23 to Stop Renewed Fighting

  The government has urged the Congolese army (FARDC) and M23 to stop fighting and respect the decisions of the ICGLR on cessation of hostilities in DRC. Read more »

November 8

• Uganda: Uganda Police Chief Distances Self From M23

  Uganda's Inspector General of Police has denied any involvement with the M23 rebels, describing allegations labeled against him by UN Group of Experts on Congo not only fictitious... Read more »

October 29

• Rwanda: The Problem With Congo Is Not M23, but the Leadership

  Early this week, authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo abruptly decided to close during the night two border posts normally used by thousands, mainly cross-border traders... Read more »

October 22

• Rwanda: Why Does the UN Accept That Its Reports Are Leaked? [editorial]

  Last week, a few days before the UN Security Council was to decide whether Rwanda would be granted one of the non-permanent seats for 2013-14, once again a report of the UN Group... Read more »

October 18

• Rwanda: Group of Experts Opposed to Solving DR Congo Crisis - Mushikiwabo

  Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has said the methodology employed by the United Nations Group of Experts is 'wholly flawed'. In an interview with the Metro newspaper... Read more »

October 9

• Rwanda: Presidents Kagame, Kabila Attend Summit On DRC Crisis

  The fourth summit of Heads of State of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday opened in Kampala with... Read more »

October 8

• Rwanda: Congolese Refugees Seek UN Help

  A group of Congolese living as refugees in Rwanda have petitioned the United Nations Secretary General, seeking help in what they have called "weakness, irresponsibility and lack... Read more »

October 4

• Rwanda: Donors Wrong to Suspend Aid to Rwanda

  A leading expert on fragile states has said donors acted hastily in suspending aid to Rwanda over allegations that Kigali is supporting the M23 rebels in the neighboring Democratic... Read more »

September 28

• Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame Presses Regional Solution At UN Meeting On Eastern DRC

  The crisis in the eastern DRC is an African problem that can be solved by Africans, President Paul Kagame told the United Nations today. Read more »

September 26

• Rwanda: Mushikiwabo Says EU Aid Story Designed to Mislead

  Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has rubbished a story by AFP yesterday, that claimed the European Union is suspending new aid to Rwanda following allegations that the... Read more »

September 18

• Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda-DRC Border Trade Feels Pinch From Political Stand-Off

  Trade along the Rwanda-DRC border is still going strong, although with some difficulty, despite the ongoing political tensions between the two neighbors. Read more »

• Rwanda: Joint Verification Mechanism Launched in Goma

  The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has launched the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) as the first step to solve the continued conflict in the Eastern... Read more »

• Rwanda: Rwanda Is in for a Long Fight - but Will Always Win [opinion]

  DR Congo information minister and government spokesperson Lambert Mende lies. By now it has become a truism. Read more »

September 15

• Rwanda: 'Country Is a Product of Its Own Experience' - Mushikiwabo

  Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, has said having peace first and then consolidating national development is the only way to advance democracy among citizens... Read more »

September 12

• Rwanda: Mushikiwabo Refutes Human Rights Watch Report

  Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has refuted claims by Human Rights Watch that accused Rwanda of supporting supports the DRC rebel group, M23. Read more »