December 2

• Rwanda: Govt Saddened by UK Decision to Freeze Aid

  The United Kingdom (UK) government has once again decided to freeze aid to Rwanda basing on allegations contained in the UN Group of Experts on the DRC dispute, a decision that... Read more »

November 29

• Rwanda: M23 Rebels Start Vacating Goma

  Residents of Goma have a sigh of relief as rebels of the M23 start to move out of the Goma town, which they had captured two weeks ago, taking control of the most resourceful towns... Read more »

November 27

• Rwanda: Essential Work for Rwandans Should Not Stop Because of DR Congo Issues - Tony Blair

  The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Mr. Tony Blair has challenged the idea of some donors including his own country that insist on threats to withhold or even halt... Read more »

• Rwanda: Ex-UK Premier Pledges Rwanda Support

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the weekend let his stance regarding the Rwanda-DRC fiasco well known: the people of Rwanda must not suffer for political games in the... Read more »

November 23

• Rwanda: Rwanda - UK Prime Minister Welcomes Kampala Deal On M23

  Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed support for the trilateral communiqué released following talks in Kampala between President Paul Kagame with Uganda and... Read more »

November 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Smuggling Mission in DR Congo, Conspiracy Against Rwanda [opinion]

  Despite the fact that there are 22,000 UN peace keepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a well equipped force namely MUNOSCO which is said to be one of the largest UN... Read more »

November 16

• Rwanda: Rwanda Tells Congo, M23 to Halt War As 2500 Refugees Arrive

  Rwanda on Thursday evening urged the Congolese army (FARDC) and M23 rebels to stop fighting and respect the decisions of the regional security bloc ICGLR on cessation of... Read more »

November 3

• East Africa: Don't Tie Aid for Rwanda to DRC Situation - Says Brookings Institution

  International Community that frequently puts allegations that Rwanda has been part of DRC problems has this time lost its stance as the country has support of other African leaders... Read more »

November 1

• Senegal: Monusco Officers 'Tortured to Death' Peacekeeper Over Diamond

  The family of a Senegalese peacekeeper who mysteriously died in DR Congo earlier this month is demanding an inquiry amid allegations the blue helmet may have been killed by his... Read more »

October 17

• Rwanda: Govt Threatens to Sue UN Over Rebel Claims

  We will not take this kind of treatment lying down - Mushikiwabo Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Unfounded UN Allegations Rendered Insignificant As Regional Leaders Converge On Resolving DRC Conflict

  Regional leaders under the guidance of the International Conference of the Great Lakes (ICGL) appear to be making progress in their efforts to bring peace to the eastern DRC while... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Regional Leaders Make Progress on Peace

  Regional leaders under the guidance of the International Conference of the Great Lakes (ICGL) appear to be making progress in their efforts to bring peace to the eastern DRC while... Read more »

October 9

• Rwanda: Rwanda - Regional Leaders Meet Again Over Congo Conflict

  Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on Monday participated in the fourth Summit of Heads of State of the ICGLR on the crisis in Eastern DRC chaired by Uganda's President Yoweri... Read more »

October 6

• Rwanda: Kagame's Historic Speech in Parliament

  President Kagame on Thursday (October 04) delivered what some commentators are describing as a 'life-time' or 'historic' speech in Parliament as he launched the judicial year 2012.... Read more »

October 5

• Congo-Kinshasa: The Case for Rwanda - Injustice Won't Be Tolerated [column]

  Amid a barrage of hostile international headlines and donor indication that funding is going to be tied to how events play out in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda is... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Blaming Rwanda On DRC Instability Overlooks Vital Realities [opinion]

  The international community risks hurrying into the trap by wrongly taking the DRC crisis, putting the luggage of problems over Rwanda's shoulders though this ignores vital truth... Read more »

October 2

• Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Has the Primary Responsibility of Returning Peace in Eastern DRC - U.S. Govt

  The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson has said that President Joseph Kabila of Congo has the primary responsibility of protecting the citizens of... Read more »

September 29

• Rwanda: Kagame Warns Against 'Externalizing' DRC Crisis

  President Paul Kagame has warned a UN high level summit on DRC against blaming external actors for the problem and seeking external solutions -- when such an approach "effectively... Read more »

September 26

• Rwanda: Govt Slams EU Aid Freeze Story as 'Misleading'

  Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, on Tuesday reacted strongly to a news story by French news agency AFP reporting that the European Union had suspended aid to... Read more »

September 13

• Rwanda: Rwanda Notes Possible Solutions to Problems in Eastern DRC Might Be Close

  The government of Rwanda has been pleased after the establishment of an expanded joint verification mechanism which aims to check, analyze and assess the security situation on the... Read more »

September 12

• Rwanda: Rusizi - Rwandan Refugees in Congo Continue to Abandon Forests, Returning Home

  Many Rwandans who have been living as refugees in Congo forests are returning home in great numbers as 26 people with women majority returned on the 7th of September. Read more »

September 9

• Rwanda: Mushikiwabo Meets Top EU Officials, Pacifies DRC Dilemma

  Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo was earlier this week in Brussels, where she met European Union officials in a series of high-level meetings. Read more »

• Rwanda: Mushikiwabo Doing the Rounds, Meets OIF SG

  After meeting senior European Union officials this week mainly regarding the DRC issue, Foreign Affairs Minister Mushikiwabo Louise on Wednesday met Abdou Diouf, Secretary General... Read more »

September 8

• Rwanda: Foreign Minister Meets Top EU Officials, Pacifies DRC Dilemma

  Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo was earlier this week in Brussels, where she met European Union officials in a series of high-level meetings. Read more »

September 5

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Refutes DR Congo Figures of Rwanda Special Forces

  The UN headquarters in New York has confirmed that there were indeed "about 350" Rwandan Special Forces in eastern DRC, contrary to what was said by the Kinshasa government... Read more »