July 20, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda Warns Against DR Congo's Pretext for Attack
The Government has called out a July 19 statement by DR Congo's armed forces (FARDC), which said the Rwanda Defence Force was preparing to attack. Read more »
Rwanda: Girls' Empowerment, Ending Violence Against Children - How World Vision Leads the Change
In a session dubbed "Girls' Empowerment and Ending Violence against Children", hosted by World Vision International on the sidelines of the Women Deliver Conference on July 19,… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Lawmaker Found Dead
Chérubin Okende, an opposition member of the DR Congo national assembly, was found dead on Thursday, July 13, in Kinshasa. Read more »
July 12, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Kenyatta Chairs Security Meeting on Eastern DR Congo
The facilitator of the East African Community (EAC)-led peace efforts for DR Congo, former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Wednesday, July 12, chaired a meeting that discussed… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC to Deploy Troops to DR Congo in September
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has agreed to send troops to eastern DR Congo by the end of September 2023. Read more »
July 10, 2023
Rwanda: DR Congo - M23 Rebels Warn of Renewed Fighting
The M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo are threatening to fight back any attempts by government agencies to occupy their positions. Read more »
July 08, 2023
Kenya: Lawyers Seek Justice for Victims of Eastern DR Congo Atrocities
Lawyers representing victims of atrocities committed in eastern DR Congo organised a three-day seminar to document witness accounts and bring them to public attention. Read more »
July 06, 2023
Rwanda/Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Duo Close in on Rayon Move
Rayon Sports have agreed personal terms with Congolese midfielder Eddy Ngoyi Emomo and striker Jonathan Ifunga Ifasso as the club continues to boost its squad ahead of the new… Read more »
July 05, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Risk Factors for Genocide Visible in DR Congo, Says UN Advisor
The ethnic violence, mass killings and property destructions that "continue unabated" in DR Congo could plunge the country into genocide, says Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame Speaks Out on UN Group of Experts Report on DR Congo
President Paul Kagame has said that the recent report by the United Nations Group of Experts on DR Congo failed to detail the causes of insecurities in the country's east, which is… Read more »
June 27, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Burundi President Warns Against Duplication of Effort in Mediating DR Congo Crisis
At a meeting attended by leaders from four African regional blocs to discuss the security crisis in eastern DR Congo, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye cautioned against… Read more »
Rwanda: Absence of Security Gave Birth to M23 Rebellion - Ambassador Karega
The 23 rebellion and its predecessors like the CNDP and RCD-Goma are a result of longstanding security threat posed by militias heated up by genocide ideology, Rwanda's former… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Another UN Report to Muddy the Waters in DR Congo
Just when you thought that enough preposterous things had been said about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and that there was no more to say or that it is so obvious it… Read more »
Rwanda: UN Needs to Play the Honest Broker in DR Congo
The UN seems to have picked a side in the ongoing instability in the east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, which, unfortunately, does not help the situation. Read more »
June 17, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Calls Grow to Prevent Genocide in DR Congo
Officials have renewed calls to stop the wave of hate speech against Rwandans and Kinyarwanda-speaking communities in the Great Lakes Region. Read more »
June 12, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Militia Massacre 45 in Ituri
An attack by militiamen has killed 45 people, and wounded a dozen more in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo, the United Nations mission in the country (MONUSCO) says. Read more »
June 05, 2023
Rwanda: Pentagon Leaks - DR Congo Banks on FDLR to Topple Rwandan Govt
DR Congo's National Intelligence Agency (ANR) supports regime change in Rwanda, according to leaks allegedly from the United States military's intelligence. Read more »
May 30, 2023
Rwanda: DR Congo - General Kazura Attends EAC Meet in Burundi
Gen Jean Bosco Kazura, the Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), ON Monday, May 29, attended an extraordinary meeting of army chiefs from East African Community… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda Govt to Samantha Power - Don't Ignore Origin of DR Congo Conflict
The spokesperson for the government, Yolande Makolo, has criticized Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for failing… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Samantha Power, It Is DR Congo's Responsibility to Protect Its Citizens and No One Else's!
I am extremely disappointed with the statement that Samantha Power, the USAID Administrator, released last Friday in reaction to a press release that French NGO, Medicins Sans… Read more »
May 25, 2023
Rwanda: U.S. Takes on Tshisekedi Over Supporting FDLR Genocidal Militia
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Tuesday, May 23, called Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and discussed the security crisis in the east of DR Congo. Read more »
May 23, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace and Security - Tshisekedi's Way or the Highway
During a recent press conference in Kinshasa, DRC's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Christophe Lutundula, signaled his government's intention to pull the… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - EAC Commander 'Implores' Troops to Focus on Mandate
The new force commander of the East African Community regional force (EACRF) in eastern DR Congo, Maj Gen Alphaxard Kiugu, has urged his troops to focus on their mandate, improve… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: With Tshisekedi's Desperate Deals With the Devil, What Are the Chances for Peace?
Speaking in front of an audience of over 200 young people, on December 3, 2022, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi made an alarming declaration. "Le régime Rwandais, avec… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Rwanda: Repatriation of Congolese Refugees Does Not Require Endless Meetings
Officials from Rwanda and their counterparts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), on Monday, May 15 met in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the long overdue… Read more »