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AUC Chairperson Mahamoud Ali Youssouf praised President Ruto and Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa for their leadership, saying their dedication reflects a growing...
The meeting, held in the Washington DC, included observers from the United States, Qatar, the Republic of Togo (serving as the African Union facilitat...
M23's advancement likewise triggered mass displacements, with residents reportedly fleeing before the attack. Two groups of displaced people have been...
According to the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the official death toll from the...
Joseph Kabila, who did not attend the hearing, is facing multiple charges, including treason, murder, rape, torture, participation in an insurrectioni...
The recent truce between the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group — along with an earlier DRC-Rwanda peace deal — was expected to usher in new...
The agreement signed last week laid out several principles for the two parties to follow to allow resumption of normalcy by ending fighting in Eastern...
The agreement lays important groundwork towards a comprehensive peace deal aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern DRC.
The signing ceremony, attended by representatives from both sides, took place in Qatar following months of Qatari mediation after talks began in April...
Further, the coalition decried that DRC's military actions amount to a blatant dismissal of ongoing diplomatic efforts, warning that such moves threat...
Speaking to journalists in Kigali, Kagame reaffirmed Rwanda's commitment to the agreement, which was brokered by the administration of US President Do...
On June 27, the DRC and Rwanda signed a landmark peace agreement in the United States, sparking hopes of ending years of armed conflict and humanitari...
While Kinshasa projected diplomacy, Goma staged defiance. M23's Corneille Nangaa and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/M23 marked the day by planting a symbol...
A treaty between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes as the United States tries to reassert its role as a global mediator under Presiden...
According to Save the Children, over 65 per cent of these cases involved rape, while others included psychological and physical abuse.
The deal, quietly initialled by technical teams on June 18, is to be witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and bears the fingerprints of both...
Technical teams from Rwanda and DR Congo finalised a draft of the agreement, which is scheduled to be signed by the countries’ foreign ministers next...
The agreement, according to a joint statement from the US State Department, is due to be signed on June 27 at a ministerial-level meeting.
The meeting focused on the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, particularly its role in protecting civilians.
DRC and the UN accuse Rwanda of deploying troops and supporting the rebels with arms, a claim President Paul Kagame vehemently denies.
Cishambo was governor in South Kivu, which is largely controlled by the rebels, from July 2010 to August 2017.
According to CSAC Chief Christian Bosembe, media houses that fail to adhere to the directive will have their operations suspended entirely.
The group described the operations carried out between May 23 and 29 as “terrorist actions” systematically launched on various densely populated areas...
The UN warned that displaced populations were facing widespread human rights violations, including murder, summary executions, sexual and gender-based...
This marks DR Congo’s third bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, having previously served in 1982–1983 and 1992–1993 under Mobutu Sese Seko.
Bisimwa emphasised that Kabila, like any other Congolese citizen, has the right to associate with opposition movements and should be respected for his...
Prosecutors claim there is a “substantial body of documents, testimony and material facts” linking him to M23, an armed group that has seized several...
While the AU-backed Luanda process, launched in 2022 and previously spearheaded by Angolan President João Lourenço, remains formally in place, it is u...
The three-year M23 insurgency in the eastern DRC intensified in January with the M23 rebels, largely made up of Tutsi fighters, seizing control of mor...
