Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...

The conflict in DR Congo intensifies as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, advance towards South Kivu province. Congolese forces are preparing to defend Kavumu, the last stronghold before Bukavu, ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

DR Congo government officials have become experts at shifting blame instead of taking responsibility for governance and security on their territory, Yolande Makolo, the Rwanda government spokesperson, ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...

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Hutu militias carried out the genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. “This is happening right next to our border,” Makolo said of the insecurity in eastern DR Congo, ...

Rwanda has criticized South Africa's military involvement in eastern DR Congo, accusing Pretoria of fighting on the behalf of ...

Rwanda's ally Uganda, unhappy about another rebel group in DR Congo that threatens its security, has also been accused of helping the M23 - with its officers also spotted at Tchanzu. The UN ...

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? The fighting has worsened the humanitarian ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after ...