Note: images are clickable. With a population of around 111 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous nominally Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo; Central African Republic; South Sudan; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika); Zambia; Angola; the Cabinda exclave of Angola; and the South Atlantic Ocean. The official language, since the colonial period, is French, one of the languages of Belgium. Four other languages, all of them Bantu-based, have the status of national language: Kikongo-Kituba, Lingala, Swahili, and Tshiluba. The oil sector accounts for about half of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and 80% of its exports, making it the third largest producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the main source of income is its mineral deposits. The main cash crops include coffee, palm oil, rubber, cotton, sugar, tea and cocoa. Food crops also include cassava, plantains, maize, groundnuts, and rice.
Its rainforests harbor many rare and endemic species, such as the chimpanzee and the bonobo. It is home to more than 10,000 types of plants, 600 timber species, as well as 1,000 bird species, 280 reptile species, and 400 mammal species, including the forest elephant, gorilla, forest buffalo, bongo, and okapi. Many of these wildlife species are threatened animals such as large lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. However, the decades-long conflict over minerals is where the mountain gorilla has had its habitat. They live in two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and one in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, contiguous with DRC's Sarambwe Nature Reserve. These mountain gorillas are second on the WWF list of most endangered animals. On this page, you can see the species living in North Kivu.
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Rwanda has invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo two times. The First Congo War was a civil and international military conflict that lasted from October 24, 1996 to May 16 1997, primarily taking place in what was then Zaire. The war began when Rwanda invaded eastern Zaire to target rebel groups that had sought refuge there. This invasion expanded as Uganda, Burundi, Angola, and Eritrea joined, while an anti-Mobutu coalition of Congolese rebels formed. The war resulted in the overthrow of President Mobutu Sese Seko, who was replaced by rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila. After Mobutu's ousting, Kabila renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kabila had a unstable regime as he sought to distance himself from his former Rwandan and Ugandan backers. He expelled foreign troops and forged alliances with regional powers such as Angola, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. These actions prompted Rwanda and Uganda to invade te country again, triggering the Second Congo War in 1998. Some historians and analysts view the First and Second Congo Wars as part of a continuous conflict with lasting effects that continue to affect the region today. However, Paul Kagame began to play a role in the Second Congo War after he was elected in 1998 to succeed Kanyarengwe as chairman of the RPF party, The Israelis contineously accuse the Palestinians of having done or not having done this or that while it was or is an act or action by the Israelis themselves. Kagame behaves likewise. Rwanda is the 'Israel of Africa'. |
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from April 7, 1994 to July 19,1994, during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were systematically killed by Hutu militias. While the Rwandan Constitution states that over 1 million people were killed, most scholarly estimates suggest between 500,000 and 662,000 Tutsi died. The genocide was marked by extreme violence, with victims often murdered by neighbors, and widespread sexual violence, with between 250,000 and 500,000 women raped. The story of the genocide has been told in the world's press, in books and in movies such as "Hotel Rwanda." But the subsequent slaughter of Hutus in neighboring Congo is little known, and its perpetrators never have been brought to justice. The discovery of mass graves prompted investigations that led to a controversial U.N. report published on Oct. 1, which accuses invading Rwandan troops of killing tens of thousands of Hutus in 1996 and 1997. The second genocide became revealed after a mass grave at a banana plantation was found. Further iinvestigation have led to the finding of two more mass graves in the area of Musekera in North Kivu. In the wake of the discovery of three mass graves in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in late 2005, the United Nations first announced its intention to send a human rights team to conduct a mapping exercise in DRC in a June 2006 report to the Security Council. In May 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon approved the terms of reference of the mapping exercise following a series of consultations among relevant UN agencies and partners and with the Congolese government. Here are some interesting findings:
Hutus against Tutsis, Tutsis against Hutus, Hemas with the help of fellow tribesmen from Uganda, Tutsis with the help of fellow tribesmen from Rwanda. This is just about a ordinary, decades-long war among tribes under the pretext of "national security." whereby Hema tribesman Yowori Museveni from Uganda seeks dominance on the other side of his tribal territory, and Tutsi tribesman, Paul Kagame from Rwanda seeks to expand his territory for minerals in the DRC.. |
In the 1980s, Kagame fought in Yoweri Museveni's rebel army becoming a senior Ugandan army officer after many military victories led Museveni to the Ugandan presidency. Kagame joined the RPF, taking control of the rebel group when the previous leader Fred Rwigyema died on the second day of the 1990 invasion By 1993, the RPF controlled significant territory in Rwanda and a ceasefire was negotiated. The assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana set off the genocide, in which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. Kagame resumed the civil war and ended the genocide with a military victory. The genocide is the worst example of tribalism in politics in black Africa's history. Rwanda has only known four presidents. Paul Kagame made an end to fair elections 25 years ago, on April 22, 2000. Since 2003, he has been "re-elected" time and time again as elections are manipulated in various ways. Manipulations include banning opposition parties, arresting or assassinating critics, and electoral fraud. According to its constitution, Rwanda is a multi-party democracy with a presidential system. In practice, it functions as a one-party state ruled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and its leader Paul Kagame.
Like the Rwandan constitution, the Ugandan constitution doesn't reflect reality. In the Political Parties And Organizations Act 2005, it is to read: " Every citizen of Uganda has a right to form or join a political party or organization of his or her choice." and "The people shall express their will and consent on who shall govern them and how they should be governed, through regular, free and fair elections ..." Well, the case of Bobby Wine has proven that even Uganda is defacto a one-party state.
It is in 2012 that the M23 first saw action during its first rebellion against the Congolese government that led to the displacement of large numbers of people. In June 2024, up to 4.000 Rwandan troops have secretly crossed the border into North Kivu province. A year later, the Guardian reported that hundreds of Rwandan troops had been killed during covert operations in the province contradicting claims by Kagame that his soldiers are not involved in the conflict there. An X-post reads: "On 5th/2/2025, RDF terrorist appointed Manzi Ngarambe Willy, a Rwandan by nationality, & a cousin to ICC-convicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, alias Terminator, as Vice Governor of North Kivu in charge of administration. Previously, he was RDF-M23's Diaspora Chief Coordinator."
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Rwanda, that means its sit-tight dictator Paul Kagame, have systematically claimed that it is about "national security" However, over the course of his 20 years-long adversaries in the east of the Democractic Republic of the Congo, he was constantly referring and hinting to the genocide of Tutsis in 1994 while ignoring the genocide of Hutis in the same period.. We found this kind of politics similar to those of the Israelis who systematically refer to the holocaust while ignoring thousands of people of other groups who died in Nazi concentration camps, and the genocide of Palestinians during the Nakba of 1948. Kagame, who is a Tutsi, has been accused time and time again of being behind the mutiny of Tutsi soldiers in April 2012 based in North Kivu. In fact, he has been accused of being behind the forming of M23 that same year to seek control over untapped resources in the eastof the DR. Congo.. WHAT IS COLTAN USED FOR?
WHAT IS COBALT USED FOR? Cobalt is a chemical element; it has the symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, somewhat brittle, gray metal. Cobalt-based blue pigments (cobalt blue) have been used since antiquity for jewelry and paints, and to impart a distinctive blue tint to glass. The color was long thought to be due to the metal bismuth. Miners had long used the name kobold ore (German for goblin ore) for some of the blue pigment-producing minerals. They were so named because they were poor in known metals and gave off poisonous arsenic-containing fumes when smelted
Cobalt is primarily used in lithium-ion batteries. |
RWANDA We don't look at political aspects. We look at material aspects. Here are a few examples found in reports mainly from the United Nations Security Council indicating Rwanda's interest in minerals from North Kivu.
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CONSUMERS As consumers, we all are part of the conflict because our homes are filled with tantalum, and carry it in our mobile phones, and smartwatches. Some people even have tantalum in their jewelry.
It is not in our collective buying behavior to be critical and it is also not what manufacturers want to see. Producing, selling and making money is what it is all about, not human lives. Hence the indifference among buyers and sellers. The unchanged collective behavior among consumers naturally raises the question "Is a change in this behavior possible?" A change is always possible if there is a will and that has not been the case for years because of advertising campaigns to keep everyone buying. It is about a vicious circle of supply and demand.
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Date | Description | Source |
20101201 | List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 13 and 15 of the Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005), as rennewed by paragraph 3 of Reolution 1952 (2010) | UNSC |
20101106 | European and Asian companies, including Bangkok-based THAISARCO (a subsidiary of British metals group AMC), UK-based Afrimex, and Belgium-based Trademet have been buying minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that are funding armed groups and fuelling conflict | GLOW |
RWANDA'S GENOCIDE OF HUTU REFUGEES | ||
20101010 | A second Rwanda genocide is revealed in Congo. The mass graves at a banana plantation in Congo tell of a second Rwanda genocide. The slaughter of Hutus in Congo is little known, and its perpetrators never have been brought to justice. | NBC |
20101001 | HRW: Identify the Congo killers and bring them to justice | HRW |
20101001 | Rwanda has categorically rejected a UN report which concluded that crimes carried out by its armed forces against Hutu refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be crimes of genocide. | AJE |
20100930 | Rwanda presents seven objections to a U.N. report accusing its troops of committing atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and said publishing it could threaten regional stability. | RTRS |
20100930 | Uganda has said its role in international peacekeeping missions could be compromised by a UN report released Friday that implicates its army in war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | Fr24 |
20100916 | President Paul Kagame rebuts allegations in UN report suggesting Rwandan soldiers guilty of mass killings, rape in the DRC in the 1990s. | VOA |
20100829 | Rwanda threatens UN over DR Congo 'genocide' report | BBC |
20100829 | Prosecutor says Tutsi troops from Rwanda butchered Hutus in central African nation in 1996-1997. | AJE |
20100826 | An unprecedented 600-page investigation by the UN high commissioner for human rights catalogues years of murder, rape and looting in a conflict in which hundreds of thousands were slaughtered. | GRDN |
20100826 | A UN report provides new and damning evidence on the murders, rapes and mass pillaging of the period 1993-2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (French) | LMND |
20100826 | Land remains the greatest prize in North Kivu as residents grow uneasy over the return of the Congolese Tutsis from Rwanda | GRDN |
20100824 | Secretary -General Ban Ki -moon expresses outrage at the rape and sexual assault of about 154 Congolese civilians during a recent attack by armed elements Mayi - Mayi and the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR ) in the province of North Kivu ,Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ). | MONUSCO |
20100820 | Rwanda: No. ICC-01/04 1 20 August 2010 Original: English No. | ICC |
20100715 | List of armed groups in North and South Kivu province | TNH |
20100610 | Conflict in Congo - updated 10 Jun 2010 | UN |
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20091231 | A controversal operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has ended and replaced with a revised five-month mandate. The Kimya 2 operation over the past nine months has been criticised by human rights groups for supporting a Congolese army accused of rape and murders. | AJE |
20091125 | UN peace mission fuelling violence in Congo, report says. Security force costing $1bn a year has not defeated Rwandan Hutu rebels or halted plunder of lucrative minerals, experts find. | GRDN |
20090814 | Gunmen attacked the village of Mpama, a few kilometres from the Bisie cassiterite mine, in Congo's violence-ravaged North Kivu province early | ITSCI |
20090812 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will continue military operations against Rwandan militias operating in the eastern provinces until they are dislodged from Congolese soil, says a minister. | TNH |
20090807 | DRC President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame met in the city of Goma, in eastern DRC, in their first direct talks since 1996. | CP |
20090711 | 200 companies detailed in report about how they are buying from suppliers who trade in minerals from the warring parties | GLOW |
20090724 | The latest outbreak of fighting in the troubled South Kivu province in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pitting Government forces against Rwandan rebels, has forced 35,000 people from their homes, | UN |
20090715 | Since January 2009, when the army began a campaign against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a Rwandan Hutu armed group - rape cases have doubled or tripled in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Congo | HRW |
20090509 | The Belgian-based trader Traxys SA will halt all purchases of tin ore from the Democratic Republic of Congo from June 1, 2009 . Traxys’ decision to pull out of eastern Congo comes amid growing pressure from the United Nations and NGOs | ITSCI |
20090417 | Rwandan Hutu militia, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) attacked Luofu and Kasiki villages in the southern Lubero territory of North Kivu province killing at least seven civilians, including five young children who burned to death in their homes. | HRW |
20090408 | Rwandan rebel forces, government army soldiers, and their allies have raped at least 90 women and girls since late January 2009 in the volatile North and South Kivu provinces | HRW |
20090323 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has severed diplomatic relations with Rwanda. | MSN |
20040320 | Attacks by Hutu rebels causing displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo | UNHCR |
20090226 | Rwandan soldiers have withdrawn from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after ending a joint military operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the area. | Fr24 |
20090224 | Around 5,000 Rwandan troops are preparing a jungle assault on Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo | TTG |
20090221 | Rwanda will begin withdrawing its troops next week from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a joint operation with Congolese forces against Rwandan Hutu rebels | Fr24 |
20090218 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) condemns the cowardly terror tactics employed by an armed militia from Rwanda. | UN |
20090213 | The rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) brutally slaughtered at least 100 Congolese civilians in the Kivu provinces between January 20 and February 8, 2009 | HRW |
20090130 | The Rwandan army plans to send thousands of troops across the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo to disarm Hutu rebels. | AJE |
20090128 | Alan Doss, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has formally accepted an invitation by the Congolese government to contribute a planning and liaison team to a joint DRC/Rwanda military operation. The operation targets ethnic Rwandan Hutu militias based in the eastern DRC. | UN |
20090124 | With Leader Captured, Congo Rebel Force Is Dissolving | NYT |
20090123 | Security Council resolution 1906 (2009) [on extension of the deployment of the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)] | UNSC |
20090123 | Rebel Tutsi leader, Laurent Nkunda has been captured and detained by Congolese and Rwandan troops | RFI |
20090121 | Congo's invitation to its longtime enemy Rwanda to deploy up to 2,000 troops marked an extraordinary reversal of alliances, but the Congolese government said Wednesday the Rwandan forces were there only to observe, not to fight Hutu militias. | COVI |
20090120 | Rwanda: The Israel of Africa | BBC |
20090120 | Rwandan troops have entered eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint operation with the Congolese against a Rwandan Hutu militia. | BBC |
20090111 | Details about the Rwandan government's support to the CNDP rebels in DRC | BLGSPT |
2008 |
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20081212 | Letter dated 10 December 2008 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council | UNSC |
20081212 | UN-mandated group finds evidence Rwanda, army aiding rival rebels | UN |
20081212 | UN Accuses Rwanda's Paul Kagame of Supporting Warlord Laurent Nkunda | CP |
20081211 | Rwanda's army and government helped recruit fighters, including children, to support the Democratic Republic of Congo's rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, a high-level United Nations panel has claimed. | TTG |
20081122 | The Congolese army says that Rwanda is deeply involved in the recent fighting in DR Congo. | AJE |
20081117 | Some DR Congo leaders have accused Rwanda of backing Nkunda, who says he is fighting to protect Tutsis from Hutu militias. | DW |
20080115 | A senior government official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed that about 30 percent of members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which has been active in eastern DRC for more than a decade, were actually Congolese citizens, | TNH |
20080114 | Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to co-operate to deal with forces along their common border . | BBC |
20081108 | The United Nations has accused rebel troops in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo of murdering civilians in the northern province of Kivu. | AJE |
20081031 | Rwanda says US has no evidence that Rwanda is fighting directly in the conflict in the East of DR Congo | TNW |
20081030 | Congolese officials accuse Nkunda of being a front man for Tutsi-led Rwanda and say that he is trying to carve out a buffer zone between Rwanda and Congo. | NYT |
20081030 | Retreating Democratic Republic of Congo army troops looted houses and shops overnight before stealing cars, taxis and motorbikes to flee a flashpoint eastern | TTG |
20081009 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of sending troops across the border, and threatening the eastern city of Goma. | CA |
20080107 | Ileka Atoki, DRC's ambassador to the UN, claims that the DRC had proof that Rwandan forces were in the DRC. Rwanda vehemently denies | TNH |
20081009 | Kigali denies Kinshasa’s claims that soldiers are supporting rebels in the east. | AJE |
20081008 | Congo has accused Rwanda of preparing an "imminent" attack on the Congolese town of Goma. | Fr24 |
20080717 | Nearly 100,000 people have been forced to flee in North Kivu since the peace agreement was signed, adding to the 750,000 displaced from the previous fighting. | HRW |
2007 |
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20071121 | Paul Kagame discusses the crisis and fighting in North Kivu province, during a speech at the ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly in Kigali. | EUACTV |
20071121 | The Congolese government is trying to get a renegade militia with ties to the Rwandan government to put down their weapons | KPBS |
20071111 | Congo has reached a deal with Rwanda to forcibly disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels on its soil in an effort to reduce tensions with its central African neighbour, a joint statement said on Sunday. | UN |
20071027 | Kasereka, former senior army officer but commander of the Mai Mai group formed by Joseph Kibila, surrenders | AJE |
20071012 | The DR Congo army is moving against a renegade general's HQ days ahead of a deadline for him to cease hostilities. | BBC |
20071010 | General Laurent Nkunda tells VOA News that a shaky ceasefire that was agreed to between his forces and government troops is now shattered | CP |
20071002 | Renewed Crisis in North Kivu | HRW |
20070918 | Rwanda warns Hutu rebels in the DRC. The Rwandan government said a Congolese army assault against a renegade Tutsi general, Laurent Nkunda, is helping to strengthen Hutu rebels. | UN |
20070905 | DR Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda urges the government to abide by a peace process, as heavy fighting continues. | BBC |
20070903 | Gen Nkunda says he has gone back to war to protect the hundreds of thousands of Tutsis who live in the Kivu region and are still targeted by Hutu rebels. But the UN peacekeeping force in Congo has thrown its support behind the government's claim that Gen Nkunda is a "bandit", raising the prospect of another major conflict. | GRDN |
20070831 | Thousands of newly internally displaced people are fleeing rising tensions and insecurity in the Masisi and Rutshuru districts of North Kivu | UNHCR |
20070707 | Government troops are reportedly in battles with the North Kivu forces of the Tutsi general, Laurent Nkunda. | n/a |
20070517 | John Cookson investigates the corruption, smuggling and poverty blighting the central African nation. | AJE |
20070322 | Ongoing serious human rights violations (including sexual violence targeting women). Lack of good governance. Recent national elections have resulted in increased violence | SHO |
20070305 | OCHA calls for respect of humanitarian principles | UNOCHA |
20070208 | Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 8 of resolution 1698 (2006) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo | UNSC |
20070125 | Democratic Republic of Congo: Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and reform of the army | AI via UN |
20070123 | Laurent Nkunda, the dissident army general, agreed to participate in talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on two conditions. | TNH |
20070108 | Rwandan authorities are mediating between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and dissident commander Laurent Nkunda | TNH |
20070104 | Rwanda host talks between representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo's government and dissident army general Laurent Nkunda. | BBC |
2006 |
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20060909 | Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance | n/a |
20060727 | Human Rights Watch estimates that Ugandan soldiers stole more than nine million US dollars worth of Ituri gold between 1999 and 2003. | UN |
20060203 | Case 126 - Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) (summary of the judgement) | ICJ |
20060201 | The transitional government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and U.N. peacekeeping troops must immediately arrest Laurent Nkunda, a former officer in the Congolese army who has been charged with war crimes and whose rebel forces have renewed military operations in eastern DRC. | HRW |
20060123 | An armed, unidentified group killed eight peacekeepers from Guatemala and injured five others on Monday, during an ambush in Garamba National Park, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) near the borders of Sudan and Uganda | TNH |
20060109 | Case Cconcerning armed activities on the Territory of the Congo: The ICJ Finds Uganda acted unlawfully and orders reparations | ASIL |
2005 |
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20051219 | Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) | ASIL |
20051216 | Demobilization of Rwandan soldiers going slowly | UN |
20051006 | A senior Rwandan government official dismissed allegations that the army was responsible for a massacre nearly 10 years ago of hundreds of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose bodies were discovered in mass graves. | TNH |
20050829 | Renegade Congolese rebel leader Gen Laurent Nkunda has threatened to re-invade eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to bring peace to the area. | BBC |
20050819 | Rwanda has officially granted refugee status to one of the rebel leaders who took the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu in June 2004 | BBC |
20050727 | Case 126 - Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) | ICJ |
20050713 | Civilians attacked in North Kivu | HRW |
20050530 | Rwandan President Paul Kagame said that his government welcomes a recent conciliatory declaration by a Rwandan Hutu rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo However, he said his government would not hold talks with the group as a precondition for their disarmament and repatriation. | UN |
20050330 | The Congo’s Transition is Failing: Crisis in the Kivus.” Africa Report No. 91. March 30, 2005. | ICG n/a |
20050125 | Report of the Group of experts submitted pursuant to resoluton 1552 (2004) | UNSC |
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20041215 | Four Rwandan military officers have been in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since November as part of a new joint verification committee that also includes Congolese and UN officials, Rwanda's envoy to the Great Lakes region, Richard Sezibera | TNH |
20041110 | The peace process that had stopped the slaughter in the Democratic Republic of Congo – where more than 3 million Congolese had died during some 4 years of war, starvation and disease – appeared to be largely on track. | ICG |
20041001 | Resolution 1565 (2004) Adopted by the Security Council at its 5048th meeting | UNSC |
20040927 | Two people died and 150 houses were looted on Friday in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) when combatants from a Rwandan militia based in the DRC and former Rwandan soldiers, known as ex-FAR, attacked the village of Sake, the governor of North Kivu Province, | TNH |
20040715 | Report of the Group of experts submitted pursuant to resoluton 1533 (2004) | UNSC |
20040622 | Colonel Jules Mutebusi fled with 305 men to neighbouring Rwanda. | BBC |
20040622 | The Democratic Republic of Congo?s government deploys 10,000 troops to the east of the country, to confront dissident forces. The UN and diplomats say troops are being sent to the towns of Beni, Kindu and Kalemie in the area next to Rwanda. | LXP |
20040611 | Local sources claimed to have identified Rwandan military working with the dissident forces, an accusation Rwanda has emphatically denied. | HRW |
20040607 | Rwanda announced that it had closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following accusations that its forces supported dissident Congolese soldiers in the capture of the eastern town of Bukavu, in South Kivu Province. |
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20151210 | One of nine top fugitive Rwandan genocide suspects, a former mayor accused of crimes against humanity, has been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations has said. Ladislas Ntaganzwa is accused of organising “the massacre of thousands of Tutsis at various locations”, the UN-backed Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) said in a statement | AJE |
20150903 | Former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda has told the International Criminal Court that he is not an infamous killer | BBC |
20150902 | Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda has pleaded not guilty to all charges at the start of his war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court | BBC |
20150713 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and United Nations peacekeepers should urgently act to arrest the rebel leader Sylvestre Mudacumura and transfer him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague | HRW |
20150623 | Rwanda angry over London arrest of spy chief Karenzi Karake. Gen Karake, 54, was arrested at Heathrow Airport, accused of ordering massacres in the wake of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. He was arrested by Metropolitan police officers under the European Arrest Warrant on behalf of the Spanish authorities. | BBC |
20150205 | Great Lakes region must unite to stamp out armed groups in DR Congo, urges UN envoy | UN |
20150203 | A leading rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on the government to annul a controversial general's appointment to lead the fight against rebels. Gen Bruno Mandevu could not run operations against the FDLR rebel group because he was accused of summary executions and rape, it said. | BBC |
20150928 | A German court on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo | HRW |
20150211 | The UN withdraws support for a planned offensive against rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after the government refuses to sack two generals. | BBC |
20150204 | Officials from Rwanda and DR Congo have reiterated commitment toward facilitating the voluntary repatriation of fighters formerly with the defunct rebel group, M23. | ALLF n/a |
20150129 | The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced a fresh offensive against Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels after weeks of heavy international pressure | AJE |
20150129 | Two Rwandan police officers are jailed for 20 years for murdering an anti-corruption activist investigating cross-border mineral smuggling. | BBC |
20150116 | Offensive to target Rwandan fighters in DRC. UN says FDLR rebels putting their families at risk by not surrendering ahead of military operation in eastern DRC. | AJE |
20150116 | With surrender deadline expired, MONUSCO and Congolese army readies military operation against Hutu guerrillas. | AJE |
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20141211 | Rwanda asks regional observers to investigate DR Congo shelling | TNT n/a |
20140625 | Autopsies on five bodies returned by Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo show they were probably executed, | BBC |
20140612 | Martin Kobler, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC (MONUSCO), called for a de-escalation of tensions and a halt to any further acts of violence. | UN |
20140612 | Rwanda said its forces had killed five DRC troops on Wednesday after they crossed the border and opened fire on a Rwanda Defense Force patrol. | Fr24 |
20140612 | Reports from the area say soldiers exchanged fire briefly in a town north of Goma, the capital of Congo's North Kivu province. | VOA |
20240608 | Witness at the Ndolo Airport in Kinshasa, military planes carrying more than three hundred and two Rwandan soldiers and M23 former rebels had landed | AAN |
20240605 | DR Congo accuses Rwanda of "protecting" M23 rebel leaders wanted for war crimes and delaying attempts to interview ex-fighters currently in Rwanda. | BBC |
20140601 | The United Nations and its partners today renewed their call for the complete surrender of all leaders and combatants of the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda | UN |
20140409 | An FARDC major in the 601 Regiment told IRIN: “the difference between M23 and the FDLR, is that the FDLR mix in with civilians. (= war crime) | TNH |
20140314 | UN mission chief appeals to Security Council to help ‘build on momentum’ in DR Congo | UN |
20140313 | Government forces backed by UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun attacking Rwandan Hutu rebels (FDLR) based in the eastern border region | Fr24 |
20140130 | UN Group Of Experts say they had “credible information” that leaders of Congo's M23 rebel group - despite its defeat at the end of 2013 - “were moving freely in Uganda and that M23 continued to recruit in Rwanda.” They also said the rebels received support from within Rwanda, including troops and ammunition. | VOA |
20140130 | UN Group Of Experts say Congo's military had given some cooperation and weapons to a Congo-based Rwandan Hutu rebel group, the FDLR. | VOA |
20140124 | The UN Group Of Experts gave new evidence that M23 rebels had breached a peace accord made with the DR Congo government last year. The report said there was "credible information" that M23 leaders who face U.N. sanctions are "moving freely in Uganda and that M23 continued to recruit in Rwanda." Rwanda protest release of report | |
20140121 | The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group committed widespread war crimes, including summary executions, rapes, and forced recruitment of children. | HRW |
20140121 | World Report 2014: Rights Trends in World Report 2014: Democratic Republic of Congo | HRW |
20140110 | A false rumour that the Rwandan President Paul Kagame had died spread like wildfire in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | BBC |
2013 |
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20131029 | Rwanda says it has no expansionist intentions in eastern Congo, where it has sizeable economic interests, but has previously expressed sympathy with the M23's ... | FT |
20131026 | Ambassador to UN says Rwanda will strike DR Congo if cross-border firing continues, after peace talks break down. (see invitation MONUSCO on 20130717) | IGIHE n/a |
20131014 | The government spokesman for DR. Congo is accusing neighbouring Rwanda and the M23 rebels of preparing more attacks in volatile eastern Congo. | GN |
20131004 | US blocks military aid to Rwanda over alleged backing of M23 child soldiers | GRDN |
20130906 | DR Congo and M23 rebels agree to resume talks | AJE |
20130902 | The United Nations envoy to the Great Lakes region says she will be direct with Kigali about evidence of Rwandan support for the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mary Robinson also hopes the recent military advances against the rebels will create a window for a political solution to the crisis | VOA |
20130830 | DRC Information Minister Lambert Mende says it is the M23 rebels who have been shelling Rwandan territory in an attempt to draw Rwanda into the conflict in eastern Congo in support of the M23. | VOA |
20130829 | In responce to the deliberate and intensified bombadment of Rwanda territory by the Congolese military, Rwanda has today deployed massively along its border | IGIHE n/a |
20130823 | Rwanda claims that FARDC forces estimated to be about one section (12 to 14 soldiers) entered the No Man's Land between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | RW MoD n/a |
20130817 | Tanzania has denied claims that its recent expulsion of illegal immigrants from the country’s Kagera region targeted Rwandans because of the souring in relations between the two countries. | CRAI |
20130729 | Security Council demands DR Congo rebel groups to end all violence, immediately disband | UN |
20130725 | UN troops clash with rebels in DR Congo | AJE |
20130723 | US urges Rwanda to end support for DR Congo rebels | Fr24 |
20130717 | MONUSCO encourages the government of Rwanda to work through the Expanded Joint Verification mechanism E-JVM – of which Rwanda is a member - to further investigate the circumstances of the shelling | MONUSCO |
20130715 | The Rwandan government accused the Democratic Republic of Congo of shelling its territory; Reported on 20130829 | Fr24 |
20130705 | Rwanda is now only providing "limited" support to Congolese M23 rebels and Uganda none at all, a leaked report by a group of UN experts says. | BBC |
20130704 | Rwanda is considering the asylum request of Bishop Jean Marie Runiga, the former Civilian leader of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and his fighters. Runiga fled to Kigali in March this year with some of his troops after he was toppled from the rebel leadership by Colonel Sultan Makenga, the commander of the rebel forces. | URN n/ a |
20130326 | DRC refugees left hungry in Rwanda | eNCA |
20130322 | Rwanda to allow transfer of M23 leader to ICC | AJE |
20130318 | Rwandan-born Bosco Ntaganda , the leader of the notorious armed group M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself over to the US Embassy in Rwanda | AI |
20130318 | Two factions of the Congolese rebel group M23 have been fighting each other in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of fighters from one group are now on the run, after the split resulted in battles between the two in February. The split came as peace talks in neighbouring Uganda were concluding, and those who fled DR Congo are now in Rwanda. | AJE |
20130227 | Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has defended Rwanda over its part in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He said the causes of that conflict were complex and Kigali should not be singled out for blame. He also said it was wrong to withhold aid to Rwanda, as many Western countries have done. | BBC |
20130224 | Nations from Africa’s Great Lakes Region have signed a peace deal aimed at bringing stability to Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-torn east. The deal may establish a rapid intervention force for the region. | DW |
20130204 | Congolese refugees in Rwanda complain of insufficient food, water | TNH |
20130129 | Rwandan foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo talks about the peace deal for eastern Congo | RFI |
20130108 | The United Nations official dealing with conflict-related sexual violence today welcomed the Security Council's imposition of sanctions on two armed groups active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and 23 March Movement (M23). | MONUSCO |
2012 |
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20121220 | U.S. under pressure over Rwanda involvement in Congo fighting. (Sec Of State, Gondaleza) Rice’s intervention to protect Rwanda left Kagame’s government confident that international criticism would be minimal, according to a Rwandan official quoted in Stearns’ article. | LAT |
20121209 | Profile about Sultani Emmanuel Makenga, M23's operational commander | RVI |
20121204 | More than 1,000 Rwandan soldiers crossed into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) offering "direct support" to rebels who captured a major city, according to sources quoted in a UN inquiry. Uganda also helped the M23 militia with "logistics" as it fought a deadly and successful offensive against the Congolese army, the UN Group of Experts said in a letter to the security council. | GRDN |
20121130 | Britain is withholding a multimillion-dollar aid payment to Rwanda over allegations that it is backing M23 who have been fighting government forces in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo | CNN |
20121121 | Rwanda denies the charges. Hundreds of soldiers defected from the Congolese army in March in North Kivu province and joined the M23 rebel group | RTRS |
20121120 | Communities speak out on the true cost of conflict in eastern DRC | XFM |
20121120 | Communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being preyed on mercilessly by rebel groups and local militias, as well as their own government’s troops and officials, in a vicious cycle of exploitation and abuse | XFM |
20121120 | The United States government should publicly support sanctions against Rwandan officials backing the armed group M23, which has been responsible for widespread war crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 rebels, whose commanders have been implicated in serious abuses, captured the city of Goma on November 20, 2012. | UNHCR |
20121018 | A leaked UN report has implicated Rwanda and Uganda in the latest rebellion in eastern DR Congo. Are the armed rebels merely proxies in a regional battle for resources? | AJE |
20121017 | Statement on the EU's Role in Addressing the DRC Crises | OSF |
20121016 | Rwanda's defense minister is commanding a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is being armed by Rwanda and Uganda. | RTRS |
20121016 | Heavy fighting broke out on 15 November in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and government forces (FARDC), breaking a virtual truce that had lasted on the frontlines between these forces for nearly three months. | TNH |
20120926 | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they are trying to arrange for the assembly and disarmament of rival ethnic militias implicated in the massacres of hundreds of people in Masisi territory in the eastern province of North Kivu. | UNHCR |
20120919 | Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on “Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency”. | ICG |
20120911 | Rwanda accused of still backing Congo rebels. Rwandan authorities risk liability for war crimes as fresh allegations emerge of their continuing support for a rebellion in the east of the Democratic | FT |
20120911 | M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are responsible for widespread war crimes, including summary executions, rapes, and forced recruitment. Thirty-three of those executed were young men and boys who tried to escape the rebels’ ranks. Rwandan officials may be complicit in war crimes through their continued military assistance to M23 forces. The Rwandan army has deployed its troops to eastern Congo to directly support the M23 rebels in military operations. | HRW |
20120904 | The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government says Rwanda has been smuggling troops out of the eastern DRC. The DRC accuses Rwanda of assisting rebels in the region, an accusation that Rwanda repeatedly has denied. | VOA |
20120808 | The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have began high-level talks with regional leaders in Uganda's capital Kampala to try to tackle the rebel groups in eastern DRC. | RFI |
20120803 | Rwanda, the Group Of Experts and the M23 | CNGS |
20120731 | Rwanda accused in North Kivu violence | GV |
20120728 | Planned German aid to Rwanda has been suspended in response to a UN report accusing the central African country of supporting rebels in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. | DW |
20120722 | The US has cut military aid to Rwanda following accusations it is backing rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The US state department says the funding - $200,000 (£128,000) - will be reallocated to other countries. Rwanda has rejected reports by the UN and rights groups that it is supporting the rebels, including the M23 movement, in eastern DR Congo. | BBC |
20120716 | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a proposal for a neutral force to be stationed along their border. The agreement, signed by the presidents of the two countries, says the proposed force would help to eradicate the Congolese rebel movement, the M23, and other armed groups in the region. | VOA |
20120711 | In calls with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed grave concern over reports that an armed group of former soldiers in the eastern DRC is receiving external support, according to Mr. Ban’s spokesperson. | UN |
20120710 | Rwandan President Paul Kagame has hit back at allegations made in a UN report that the M23 rebel movement in DR Congo have been supported by officials in Rwanda. Kagame called the claims of Rwandan involvement "fictitious". | Fr24 |
20120705 | Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has told his country isn't responsible for a mutiny in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A UN report accused Rwanda of organising and funding the rebels led by Bosco Ntaganda. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court. | AJE |
20120627 | S/2012/348/Add.1: Since early in April 2012, the Group has interviewed over 80 deserters of FARDC mutinies and Congolese armed groups, including from M23 | UNSC |
20120627 | Rwandan Defense Minister James Kabarebe and other top Rwandan military officers played a central role in organizing, funding, and arming mutineers in the army. | FP |
20120626 | Rwanda's foreign minister has angrily denied reports that her country is backing an army mutiny in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. An unpublished document by UN experts has alleged that the Rwandan military has been supporting the mutineers. | BBC |
20120626 | U.N. panel says Rwanda behind Congolese mutiny. The Rwandan government played a pivotal role in the creation of an armed anti-government mutiny in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and then supplied the so-called M23 mutineers with weapons, ammunitions, and young Rwandan recruits, according to a confidential report by a U.N. Group of Experts. | FP |
20120620 | The United States has been accused of blocking a UN report which examines claims that Rwanda is fuelling a violent rebellion in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. | GRDN |
20120620 | UN S/2012/460: "On 30 April 2012, a mutiny broke out in three units of the Armed Forces of the. Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) in North and South Kivu" | UNSC |
20120619 | Pillay cites 'appalling' human rights record of leaders of M23 | MONUSCO |
20120615 | The Security Council today strongly condemned the recent mutiny by renegade soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as the killing and abuse of civilians, mostly women and children, by armed groups operating in the eastern part of the country. | UN |
20120606 | he United States is concerned by the continued mutiny of officers and soldiers formerly integrated into the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and now operating in North Kivu province as an armed group under the name M23, and by recent reports of outside support to M23. | USSDpt |
20120528 | UN report shows Rwandans trained to fight in DRC. Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told the BBC that the UN report was “categorical lies”. | MGRDN |
20120519 | The fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced hundreds of thousands people, something the UN's refugee agency has described as a disaster. | AJE |
20120518 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s military has been shelling positions it believes are held by rebels who have been fighting the army for weeks in the country’s east. | AJE |
20120515 | Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who mutinied against the Democratic Republic of Congo in early April 2012, has forcibly recruited at least 149 boys and young men into his forces since April 19, 2012 | HRW |
20120502 | Forces loyal to General Bosco Ntaganda are forcefully recruiting Congolese of Rwandese origin to fight for them in the ongoing renewed conflict in the Eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rebels have been raiding schools and villages in Masisi, an area in Eastern province that is largely inhabited by Congolese of Rwandese origin. | UN |
20120425 | The Bosco-led mutiny sputters on; | CRG |
20120405 | Congo's army has despatched hundreds of reinforcements to the east of the country after hundreds of soldiers abandoned their posts and at least 10 were killed in clashes between factions within the army; | UN |
2011 |
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20111220 | Incumbent president Joseph Kabila was sworn in for a second five year mandate. | RFI |
20111210 | Congo’s Ripoff: How Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame stole the Congolese elections | AAN |
20111209 | President Joseph Kabila declared winner of elections in the DRC, triggering violent protests and a rival claim to power by his main challenger. | GRDN |
20111202 | Letter dated 29 November 2011 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council | UNSC |
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20111126 | Testimony of a survivor of RPF atrocities Gerturde Uwamariya, reads during the Commemoration of 15th Anniversary of Rwandan refugees massacres in Congo held in Oxford House in London | YT |
20111103 | About 82 tonnes of smuggled minerals seized by Rwandan police is handed back to DR Congo in a sign of improved relations between the two neighbours. | BBC |
20111101 | The Military High Court has again postponed the hearing of a plea to free a Congolese dissident Gen. Laurent Nkunda detained in Rwanda for the past two years, his lawyer said. | RNA |
20111013 | Rwanda will soon send back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 70 tonnes (70000Kgs) of untagged minerals that were smuggled into the country | ALAF |
20110824 | A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced a United Nations driver to three years in prison for attempting to illegally export minerals. | VOA |
20110823 | Congolese authorities are investigating a United Nations driver accused of trying to illegally export minerals. The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is cooperating with authorities and launching its own internal investigation. | VOA |
20110618 | Descrption of listed groups operating in the east of the DRC | MONUSCO |
20110327 | Four former fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived in The Hague to testify in the trials of militia leaders Thomas Lubanga and Germain Katanga. The two warlords face charges of war crimes at the International Criminal Court. | RFI |
20110221 | Tutsi army colonel Richard Bisamza deserted the Democratic Republic of Congo's government forces with at least 30 of his men to join the ranks of the M23 rebels stirring unrest in the country's east. | AFP n/a |
20110216 | Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Bisengimana, also known as Sam Mutima-Kunda, a village chief and influential figure in the Forces démocratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) – formed by Rwandan ethnic Hutus linked to the 1994 genocide – defected yesterday after year-long negotiations, according to the mission | UN |
20110125 | Callixte Mbarushimana, a Rwandan Executive Secretary of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was surrendered and transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move welcomed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. | UN |
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Date | Description | Source |
20201222 | Trump issued a proclamation reinstating the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eligibility for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). | US Gov |
20201124 | Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). | UN |
20201109 | A small, isolated pocket of land has found itself the focus of tensions in DR Congo. On September 28, the installation of a mayor in the district of Minembwe, in the eastern province of South Kivu, sparked an outcry in the country and sent shockwaves all the way to the top. | Fr24 |
20201019 | Country page: Democratic Republic of Congo | HRW |
20200918 | Traders, exporters legally registered in DRC, Rwanda, Uganda 'operating without apparent fear of sanction' | AA |
20200917 | New report exposes how known traders and exporters are circumventing legal channels and pocketing massive profits from smuggled artisanal DRC gold | IMPCT |
20200917 | About 70 armed groups active in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have pledged to end hostilities in areas under their control. | AA |
20200910 | Nobel peace laureate Denis Mukwege has been placed under the guard of United Nations security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo after death threats against him. | BBC |
20200805 | Rwanda warns its enemies after bombs from Congo land on villages (Note: in one of the 40 UN Resolutions: M23 fired from the DRC hoping that Rwanda would start a war) | TEA |
20200805 | Rwanda has given asylum to 682 former M23 fighters, raising questions about Kigali's relationship with the Eastern DR Congo rebels (See April/May2012) | TEA |
20200802 | Rwanda's mining firms are feeling the pinch of tough international regulations that have constricted their market access and increased the cost of doing business | TEA |
20200802 | EA fingered in $400m worth of DR Congo gold smuggled to Uganda | LSE |
20200729 | President Joseph Kabila is seeking Rwanda and Uganda's support to prolong his stay in office, as pressure mounts on him to organise elections. | TEA |
20200718 | A cattle farmer has been shot dead along the Rwandan border while trying to cross into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | APA |
20200715 | DR Congo: Ending the Cycle of Violence in Ituri. Since late 2017, renewed violence in Ituri has revived rivalries between Hema and Lendu and affected other communities, with broader regional implications. | ICG |
20200630 | Resilience Capacities for Reconciliation in the Great Lakes Sub-Region - Report presents the results of research conducted in Burundi, Rwanda and the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to identify the resilience capacities that foster reconciliation practices. | IPO |
20200522 | The remains of Augustin Bizimana, one of the most wanted suspects of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, have been found, a UN war crimes prosecutor says. | BBC |
20200511 | Country page: Rwanda | AMNI |
20200506 | Two leaders of a notorious militia group active in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province have surrendered to security forces | AA |
20200428 | A memorandum of understanding was signed by the Rwandan and Ugandan presidents promising not to use Congolese territory to destabilise other countries in the | LSE |
20200413 | The government of Burundi has reopened its borders for goods transiting from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, after two weeks of blockage on the country's northern and western borders. Burundi had, by March 30, officially blocked all cargo trucks from the East African Community transiting through Rwanda while, since a week earlier, Burundian immigration had been denying entry to different freights. | ALLF |
20200302 | Rwanda and the DRC get closer despite lingering tensions The unexpected diplomatic rapprochement, launched more than a year ago by Kigali and Kinshasa, seemed to provoke many tensions in the DR Congo. | TAR |
20191217 | DR Congo repatriates nearly 300 Rwandan rebels | AA |
20191206 | 300 FDLR fighters surrender with their weapons to Congolese army in South Kivu province | AA |
20191111 | Claim: Rwandan army uniforms and ID's found in camp of Ugandan Islamic terrorist group ADF in the DRC (note: members of the ADF are from the same tribe Moseveni belongs to.) | SFTPWR UG |
20191111 | DR Congo army says FDLR leader Musabimana Juvenal killed in a security operation in North Kivu province. DRC soldiers. | AJE |
20191107 | The International Criminal Court sentenced Congolese rebel chief Bosco “Terminator” Ntaganda to 30 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity | Fr24 |
20191006 | Rwandan security forces have killed 19 "terrorists" blamed for an attack that resulted in the deaths of 14 people. The retaliatory attack took place near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. | BBC |
20190919 | The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) on Wednesday confirmed it killed FDLR leader Sylvestre Mudacumura. He was the commander of the genocidal militia and was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. | ALLAF |
20190918 | A Rwandan Hutu rebel leader wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crime charges has been shot dead by the Congolese army | Fr24 |
20190708 | Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes by ICC | BBC |
20190703 | Escalating Tensions between Uganda and Rwanda Raise Fear of War | ACSS |
20190627 | "Once again we are concerned about the activism of armed groups and the insecurity in the border areas between our three Countries", say the Bishops of Burundi. | AGF |
20190429 | Israel refuses to come clean about its links with the murderous Hutu regime that carried out the genocide in Rwanda 25 years ago. | +972 |
20190326 | DRC President Felix Tshisekedi joined African political figures and business leaders in Rwanda for a business forum aimed at boosting private investments and regional integration. | RFI |
20190301 | UNHCR DRC Registration Operation for Rwandan Refugees 2018 - Final Report | UNHCR |
20190223 | Rwandan authorities have failed to release their investigations of the fatal shooting of 12 protesting refugees by police in western Rwanda on February 22, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. A year after the killings, the authorities have not revealed how many people were killed nor have they identified those responsible for using excessive force and held them to account. | HRW |
20190222 | Congolese refugees face jail but brutal Rwandan police officers walk free Police officers who shot at Congolese refugees protesting cuts to the subsistence allowances and support they received must be investigated and held to account. | AMNI |
20181231 | UNHCR DR Congo Factsheet - December 2017 | UN |
20181228 | After postponing long-awaited elections, the Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission has announced a second delay in voting in some conflict-affected areas – until after a new president takes office. This decision disenfranchises 1.25 million Congolese and risks major unrest. | ICG |
20181219 | A new United Nations human rights report has documented “hundreds” of extra-judicial killings and cases of torture and sexual violence against civilians over the last two years in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). | UN |
20181218 | Nearly 40,000 Congolese voters living in neighbouring Rwanda will not be able to vote due to the closure of borders by authorities. | AFN |
20181117 | Sources in Kigali, Kampala and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have informed that organized military actions to invade DRC are being planned for the near future. | AAN |
20181116 | Thirteen soldiers from two African nations on a peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were killed in separate clashes with rebels, officials said. | TRT |
20180711 | The United Nations human rights chief today urged African leaders attending a high-level meeting in Angola on the strife-torn Great Lakes Region to ensure that persons suspected of serious human rights violations do not continue to jump borders to escape justice. | UNHRC |
20180504 | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is reiterating its call on the Rwandan authorities and Congolese refugees in Rwanda for restraint and calm, after recent clashes left one refugee dead and others injured at the Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda. | UNHCR |
20180409 | Overview of the Political Crisis in DR Congo and the Human Rights, Security, and Humanitarian Consequences | HRW |
20180308 | More than 2,500 Burundian refugees in Congo are seeking shelter in Rwanda because of fears they could be forcibly repatriated back home by Congolese authorities, according to a Rwandan official. | VOA |
20180307 | A group of 2,500 Burundian refugees, fearing repatriation to their home country, moved from the Democratic Republic of Congo to nearby Rwanda, a spokesman said. The refugees belong to an obscure Catholic sect that follows a female prophet called Zebiya and claim to have fled their homeland due to religious persecution. | TEA |
20180220 | The Rwandan army used live ammunition Tuesday to disperse Congolese refugees who walked out of their camp to protest poor living conditions. Between 3,000 and 4,000 refugees walked for two hours from the Kiziba camp to stage a protest outside the offices of the U.N. refugee agency in the Karongi district of western Rwanda. | VOA |
20180129 | More than three years after a major rebel offensive was defeated by UN and government forces in Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province, the area remains extremely volatile and producing displacement. | UN |
20171214 | Across the DRC, the demand for emergency aid is growing exponentially, with 27 million people in need of humanitarian assistance | UNHCR |
20171211 | Funeral of 14 UN peacekeepers from Tanzania killed in eastern DR Congo | UN |
20171204 | Congolese officers sent the recruited M23 fighters back to Uganda and Rwanda in late December and early January 2017. | HRW |
20171204 | Hundreds of young men and boys were recruited in Rwanda and forced to cross the border into Congo and fight with the M23. | HRW |
20170925 | The DRC’s political crisis has galvanized and revived many of the estimated 70 armed groups currently active in the country, making the nexus between political and sectarian violence by armed militias a key feature of the DRC’s political instability. | AFSS |
20170721 | Approximately 300,000 children are part of regular and irregular armies worldwide, either as combatants or as support personnel. | ICRC |
20170707 | Rwandan-backed armed group and Congolese army must stop using explosive weapons in densely populated areas. | AI |
20170617 | Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, and nine former African presidents have warned that the “future of the Democratic Republic of Congo is in grave danger. | FT |
20170522 | A report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center of the Norwegian Refugee Council found that over 922,000 Congolese fled their homes last year. | AFN |
20170509 | Rebels of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) have killed three people including two soldiers in northeastern DRC | AA |
20170424 | Examination on how the DRC's mineral wealth influenced the outcome of the country's 2003 armistice agreement. | ACC |
20170412 | Rwandan government sponsored meeting to relaunch M23 rebellion from Uganda fails | AAN |
20161212 | First Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) | MONUSCO |
20161130 | Suspicions in Burundi that Rwanda was backing opponents of President Nkurunziza came to a head after a failed coup in May. | PCI |
20161030 | Accountability for Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the DRC. The report documented 617 cases of serious human rights violations and abuses committed by Congolese, Rwandan, Ugandan,. Burundian, Angolan and Zimbabwean ... | MONUSCO |
20161027 | A Rwandan Hutu rebel commander wanted for atrocities committed on Congolese soil has been arrested in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | BBC |
20161004 | The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given a week to fly hundreds of South Sudanese fighters out of the country. | BBC |
20160719 | At least 10 killed in renewed violence in the country’s troubled eastern region as ethnic tensions simmer. | AJE |
20160617 | Fighting erupted at a camp in Kamina, in the country’s southeast, that houses ex-fighters from the Rwandan-backed M23 group. | AJE |
20160509 | General Leopold Mujyambere, the chief of staff of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), arrested in Goma | RTRS |
20160404 | The Congolese military is unlawfully detaining at least 29 children in a military prison. The authorities allege that the boys, ages 15 to 17, were members of a rebel armed group, and have held them in a military prison in Angenga since apprehending them in eastern Congo in the first half of 2015. | HRW |
20160320 | Congo's Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba has announced that one of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been extradited. Ladislas Ntaganzwa is to face trial in Rwanda. | DW |
20160129 | Violence by Mai Mai militias and rebel groups, such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) of Uganda, have forced more than 21,000 people to flee | UN |
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20241215 | DR Congo, Rwanda peace talks canceled. The Congolese presidency said that negotiations had hit deadlock over a Rwandan demand that the DRC hold direct dialogue with the Kigali-backed and largely ethnic Tutsi M23 rebels who have since 2021 seized swathes of the eastern DRC. | VOA |
20241126 | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, with Angola's mediation, signed a key peace document on Monday to address the conflict in eastern DRC. Despite ceasefire violations by the M23 militia, which has displaced thousands since 2021, diplomatic dialogue continues amid efforts to stabilize the humanitarian crisis. | Fr24 |
20230721 | Final UN report accuses Kigali of supporting M23 rebels | TAR |
20240613 | At least 80 people have been killed in a spate of attacks in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The attacks happened between 4 and 8 June in several villages, the deadliest day being 7 June when armed militants attacked Masala, Mahihi and Keme, killing more than 50 believers. Homes have also been burnt, and several people are reported missing. The Allied Democratic Forces (Uganda-backed ADF), a militant group with ties to so-called Islamic State (IS), are believed to be responsible. | OPD |
20240315 | The world’s supply of tantalum, an essential component in most computers and mobile phones, is under threat as armed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have encircled a key trading hub. | MNNG |
20230621 | Final UN report accuses Kigali of supporting M23 rebels | UNSC |
20230314 | At least 69 Christians have been killed in three separate attacks on villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). People have also been kidnapped and others injured, and several buildings burnt to the ground. The attacks have been attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (Uganda-backed ADF), a militant group with links to so-called Islamic State (IS). Following the second attack, IS issued a statement claiming responsibility for it.Uganda-backed | OPD |
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20250310 | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for an immediate ceasefire as Congolese forces struggle to contain the advance of Rwandan-backed M23 militia. | ALFN |
20250310 | Rwanda denies providing arms and troops to M23, and says its forces are acting in self defence against the Congolese army and militias hostile to Kigali. | RTRS |
20250310 | Mass prison escapes during the chaos of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused panic among the public. Jailbreaks involving thousands of people at four prisons in the region have accompanied the rapid advance that the militia started in January in its fighting against the Congolese army that also caused widespread chaos and confusion. | GRDN |
20250310 | Officials from the party of Democratic Republic of Congo's former President Joseph Kabila appeared before a military prosecutor on Monday in a sign of political tensions over advances by Rwanda-backed rebels in the east. | RTRS |
20250309 | The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted U.S. officials to pitch a minerals-for-security deal. | RTRS |
20250308 | Mpox outbreak hits Kabare amid ongoing conflict in DRC | AFN |
20250308 | More than 375,000 children in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are missing out on education and are at risk of violence and recruitment by armed groups as conflict escalates in the region, Save the Children has warned. A report from the DRC Education Cluster, which includes Save the Children on Friday, reveals that school attendance has plummeted due to intensified fighting since January. | TLV |
20250307 | The US is in exploratory discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo about a possible deal giving it access to critical minerals in the African country, the latest in a series of efforts by the Trump administration to secure access to resources overseas. |
FT |
20250307 | Rwanda has intensified its criticism of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with government spokesperson Yolande Makolo telling DW the Congolese army is “very weak, very corrupt, very mismanaged, and very inefficient." | DW |
20250307 | The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | ARN |
20250307 | At least 11 people were killed in attacks over the past day in the rebel-held Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu as vigilante violence rises following the army's withdrawal, witnesses and a civil society activist said on Thursday. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are trying to demonstrate they can restore order in the city and other localities they control in eastern Congo as they work to set up their own administration. | RTRS |
20250307 | DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi | UN |
20250307 | A controversial mining deal between the DRC and China has come under the spotlight, as NGOs and civil society groups warn of financial losses and lack of transparency, one year after the 'contract of the century' was updated. | RFI |
20250306 | The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). | |
20250306 | US diplomat in DR Congo says M23 rebels 'must be held accountable' for hospital attacks, kidnappings | AA |
20250306 | Jersey politicians have raised concerns over the island's relationship with Rwanda due to the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jersey signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rwanda in 2016 which aimed to strengthen relationships between the two countries. | BBC |
20250305 | Rwanda asking UK for 50 million-pound payment over cancelled asylum deal | Fr24 |
20250305 | ICC wanted KGen (Rtd) James Kabarebe: Western sanctions on Rwanda driven by vested interests in DR Congo | Rwandan state source |
20250305 | The EU’s special representative for Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday accused Rwanda of violating Congolese territory and urged a political solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | AA |
20250305 | Rwanda slams UK 'betrayal' as sanctions pile up from Canada, Germany over DRC conflict.
Note: Rwanda is demanding around $64 million from London for a scrapped migrant deportation deal. The agreement, signed under the previous Conservative government, aimed to deport asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda. However, before the plan could be implemented, Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared it dead upon taking office last year. Rwanda has stated it will not return the funds already received. The demand comes as Kigali criticizes the UK's aid cut over the DRC conflict, calling it a "breach of trust" and "punitive," while pointing to the abandoned agreement. |
RFI |
20250304 | Rwanda has accused Germany of politicising development cooperation after Berlin announced it was halting new development aid and reviewing existing commitments over Rwanda’s alleged role in the conflict in eastern DR Congo. | Ugandan souce |
20250304 | Rwanda condemned Canada on Tuesday for imposing sanctions over its involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | Rwandan source |
20250304 | Canada issues economic sanctions against Rwanda amid escalating conflict with DR Congo | |
20250304 | Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence | UNHCR |
20250304 | The German government has imposed more sanctions against Rwanda over its invasion and support of the M23 militia group in DR Congo, suspending aid and new financial commitments to the east African country. | EUOBS |
20250304 | The M23 rebels forcibly removed at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in eastern DR Congo, the UN reported | EUNWS |
20250303 | Rebel movement M23 is said to be responsible for the attack in Bukavu | AGF |
20250302 | The Democratic Republic of Congo maintains on its decision not to have direct talks with the M23 rebel group that has made major advances in the east of the country in recent months. | BBC |
20250302 | The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of dressing up prisoners in military uniforms in an effort to pass them off as newly-captured rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide. It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who took part in the 1994 genocide against Rwanda's Tutsis. | BBC |
20250302 | The Ugandan army confirms it has sent troops to another town in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears a raging conflict could spiral into a wider war. | VOA |
20250302 | Rwanda-backed M23 fighters broke into the Heal Africa hospital in Goma on the night of February 28 to March 1, causing panic. According to witnesses, they were looking for war-wounded and took some of the patients away. | X-post |
20250301 | 500 mpox patients flee clinics after rebel looting. The patients fled from facilities in Goma and Bukavu - two cities that descended into chaos as they were seized by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels over the past weeks. Officials at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a leading health agency on the continent, have said they are worried as the missing patients risk spreading the highly contagious disease that is suspected to have killed at 900 people in DR Congo last year. | BBC |
20250301 | The Rwanda Media Commission (RMC) has called on journalists and media practitioners to uphold ethical and professional standards in reporting, particularly on war and conflict such as the DR Congo crisis. | TNT (rw) via MSN |
20250228 | Rwanda's reverse politics:
Rwanda has expressed deep concerns over the ongoing security crisis in eastern DR Congo, telling the visiting European Union (EU) Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Ambassador Johan Borgstam, that regional stability is at risk due to the presence of hostile forces near its borders. Sanctioned Kabarebe even dares to say: “Our sovereignty has been violated more than 20 times since 2018. Rwanda cannot sit back while these threats persist, and our defensive measures will remain in place until they are fully addressed.” |
NLP (Ug) |
20250228 | Rwanda has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of misleading the international community by calling for sanctions on Kigali. According to Rwanda's war crimes accused Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe, "these actions are intended to divert attention from the DRC's internal issues, including rampant corruption, human rights abuses and governance failures." | TLV |
20250228 | Democratic Republic of Congo's government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels traded blame on Friday for explosions at a rally in the rebel-held eastern city of Bukavu that killed 13 people and wounded scores. | RTRS |
20250227 | Foreign ministers from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are set to meet in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday to address the worsening security and humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | TEV |
20250227 | DR Congo PM Judith Tuluka Suminwa welcomes Türkiye's potential mediation efforts in the dispute with Rwanda, emphasizing diplomatic solutions. | TRKTD |
20250227 | ICC chief backs special tribunal for DR Congo, admits failure to halt atrocities | LMND |
20250227 | EU diplomats to consider individual sanctions on Rwanda over DR Congo war | EUROBS |
20250227 | EU parliament calls for end to Rwanda mineral pact over DRC conflict links | MNGB |
20250227 | The British High Commissioner, in Rwanda has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MINAFFET), to explain comments the Rwanda foreigner minister called on twitter (X), insulting and unacceptable. (See also 20250221 - Over 70 bodies were found in a Protestant church in a village in Lubero, North Kivu.) | KTPRS |
20250227 | Two explosions that rocked a city in eastern DR Congo after a meeting of the Rwanda-backed M23 group Thursday have killed at least 11 people and wounded around 60.. | eNCA |
20250227 | At least 11 killed in blasts at M23 rally in eastern DR Congo, rebels say | AJE |
20250226 | South Africa completed the evacuation of 127 troops from the front lines of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, four of whom were critically wounded, the military said. | CTZTV |
20250226 | Unjustified silence in the face of this new war in eastern DR Congo | LNCT |
20250226 | The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. | ACSS |
20250226 | More than 10 tons of strategic minerals were taken by M23 militiamen from a plant in the Congolese province of South Kivu, the "Thematic Working Group on Mining and Hydrocarbons of the Civil Society of South Kivu" reported to Fides. | AGFD |
20250226 | Rwanda's foreign minister said his country was not afraid of mounting diplomatic pressure over its role in the advance of M23 rebels through neighbouring DR Congo. (Comment: timelines are full with Rwandan anger and stampede.) | Fr24 |
20250226 | Rwanda has called out the United Kingdom for taking sides in the eastern DR Congo crisis, following the European country's announcement of possible sanctions against Rwanda over allegations of supporting the M23 rebels. | MSN |
20250226 | The proximity of the fighting to Bujumbura, just across the DRC border, risks leading to a direct confrontation between Burundian and Rwandan troops. | ACSS |
20250226 | Rwanda condemns London’s sanctions over the M23 advance in DR Congo as ‘punitive measures’. Itsaid international sanctions will reduce the likelihood of peace with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after the United Kingdom said it would pause some bilateral aid and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali. | AJE |
20250226 | The UK's decision to suspend some aid to Rwanda is "punitive", authorities in the East African country have said. In a statement, the UK said it was against Rwanda's support for the M23, a rebel group that has captured swathes of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a deadly uprising. | BBC |
20250225 | The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has arrived in the DR Congo, his office said Tuesday, as the country grapples with an upsurge in fighting in the east. | VOA |
20250224 | The European Union will reconsider its recent critical raw materials agreement with Rwanda in response to conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), High Representative Kaja Kallas has said. | EN |
20250222 | EU foreign ministers to discuss Rwanda sanctions options over Congo war | EUOBS (pay) |
20250222 | Rwanda protests U.S. sanctions against top official. Rwanda’s government described the sanctions against Gen. James Kabarebe, a deputy minister of foreign affairs, as “unjustified and unfounded.” | MSN |
20250221 | Rwandan soldiers and M23 militiamen disguised as Congolese soldiers | AGFD |
20250221 | Statement by the Spokesperson on the summoning of Rwanda’s ambassador to the EU | EEAS |
20250221 | The European Union has summoned the Rwandan Ambassador to the EU due to the country's participation in the ongoing offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with M23 rebels. | BT |
20250221 | Over 70 bodies were found in a Protestant church in a village in Lubero, North Kivu. The killings took place between February 12th and 15th, in a village called Maiba, near Lubero, North Kivu. On February 12th, rebels from the Islamist terrorist grou ADF, originally from Uganda, entered the village and took approximately 100 people hostage | ACN |
20250221 | The Rwandan government has condemned the US decision to sanction a government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in the east of neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. | BBC |
20250221 | The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to condemn Rwanda's support of M23 fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time. It called on Kigali to immediately withdraw its soldiers from the DRC and urged an immediate ceasefire. | AJE |
20250221 | The Council demanded that the M23 immediately cease hostilities, withdraw from all areas that it controls, “and fully reverse the establishment of illegitimate parallel administrations in the DRC territory.” The 15 members called on the Rwanda Defence Forces to stop supporting the armed group and immediately withdraw from Congolese territory “without preconditions.” | UN |
20250220 | Rwanda, which has a territory 1/90th of Congo's, now in effect controls all of Lake Kivu. | ECNMST |
20250220 | Rwanda accused the DRC of derailing the peace process by unilaterally ending the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) mission | ALLF |
20250220 | Burundi has "accelerated" the withdrawal of some troops from DR Congo as the UN warned the small Great Lakes nation was seeing its biggest influx of refugees from its conflict-riven neighbour in 25 years. | RFI |
20250220 | The US Treasury Department said it had designated Rwanda's minister for regional integration James Kabarebe, accusing him of being "central" to Rwanda's support for the M23. | EWN |
20250220 | U.S. prepares sanctions against Rwanda, M23 rebels Amb Shea warned that the US stands “prepared to leverage all tools at our disposal” to hold those responsible for conflict, instability and insecurity to account | CHMPR |
20250220 | UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across both South and North Kivu. | UN |
20250220 | Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents shot dead three boys who had picked up guns left by Congolese soldiers fleeing the rebel advance in eastern Congo, the U.N. says. | Fr24 |
20250220 | Rwanda has firmly defended its involvement in the ongoing security posture in the ongoing conflict in the DRC, terming it a "defensive measure over serious threats" along its border. | STRKE |
20250220 | Rwanda describes recent criticism of its Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain football sponsorship deals by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister as a threat to regional peace and stability. | VOA |
20250219 | Rwanda rejects allegations from Congo, the United Nations and Western powers that it supports M23 with arms and troops. It says it is defending itself against [commnent: it has been found nummerous times during investigations by the UN Group Of Experts] | RTRS |
20250219 | The Congolese government accuses Rwanda of "expansionist ambitions" and says it is stealing vast amounts of valuable minerals. | RFI |
20250219 | The Rwandan government is accusing Brussels of taking sides in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Belgium has repeatedly called in recent weeks for the territorial integrity of the DRC to be respected and for sanctions against Rwanda to be tightened. | TBT |
20250219 | Security Council meets to avert widening war | UN |
20250219 | Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has summarily executed children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said | YT |
20250219 | Rwanda suspends co-operation with Belgium for 'sabotaging' Its development finance access over alleged links to the DRC conflict | ALLF |
20250219 | Burundi is withdrawing troops from DR Congo, reports say | |
20250218 | 70 Christians found beheaded in church in DRC. According to field sources, at around 4am last Thursday (February 13th) suspected militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (Uganda-backed ADF) – a group with ties to so-called Islamic State (IS) – approached homes in Mayba in the territory of Lubero, saying: “Get out, get out and don’t make any noise.” Twenty Christian men and women came out and were captured. | OPD |
20250218 | Rwanda: 'We Will Not Be Bullied' - Rwanda Suspends Dev't Cooperation With Belgium | ALLF |
20250218 | UK summons Rwandan High Commissioner following advances by Rwandan Defence Force and M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | UK |
20250218 | Ugandan troops have entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia | AP |
20250218 | In Burundi, an influx of Congolese individuals continues as they seek refuge from the advancing M23. | AFRN |
20250218 | UN rights office accuses M23 of summarily executing children in DRC | ARFN |
20250218 | Ugandan troops are entering the province of Ituri in the DR Congo. | GLOSM Kenya video |
20250217 | Rwandan-backed M23 rebels pledge to restore security in Bukavu as an escalation in fighting fans fears of an all-out regional war. | AJE |
20250216 | African Union summit concludes with calls for M23 to disarm and withdraw from DRC | AJE |
20250216 | Displaced widow in Goma shares her story of loss and struggle amid DRC conflict | AJE |
20250216 | DR Congo requested the urgent meeting of the UN's top rights body to discuss escalating fighting by Rwanda-backed armed group M23 in North and South Kivu | TSN n/a |
20250216 | The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has accused neighboring Rwanda of seizing part of its territory. | TASS n/a |
20250216 | Congo PM demands 'withdrawal of Rwandan troops' | CTZKE |
20250216 | The African Union warned against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, | CLNSTV n/a |
20250216 | African Union warns against territorial break-up of DR Congo | EWN n/a |
20250215 | Gunfire is heard across the border from Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a day after M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DRC provincial capital of Bukavu. The border post of Rusizi II between the two countries lies deserted. | AFP |
20250215 | Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defended his country's right to live peacefully and maintain its sovereignty, calling out the ongoing denial of the role played by the Forces Démocratiques De Libération Du Rwanda (FDLR) in the unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | ESTLVC |
20250215 | Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city Bukavu as residents fled by the thousands. | VOA |
20250215 | Looting in Bukavu including at a World Food Programme depot | BBC |
20250215 | Antonio Guterres says a ‘regional escalation must be avoided at all costs’ as Rwanda-backed M23 forces gain ground. “The fighting that is raging in South Kivu – as a result of the continuation of the M23 offensive – threatens to push the entire region over the precipice,” Guterres told leaders at the summit, without mentioning Rwanda. | AJE |
20250215 | Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi not at AU summit. Tshisekedi, who spoke at the Munich Security Conference, urged nations to "blacklist" Rwanda, condemning Kigali's "expansionist ambitions". | RFI |
20250214 | Civilians in Goma face sexual violence | AJE |
20250214 | AU summit unlikely to make progress on Congo in face of Rwanda defiance. The summit in Addis Ababa is meant to be the next stage in regional efforts to halt the conflict. | RTS |
20250214 | Scores of children raped by armed men in eastern DRC, UNICEF says | AJE |
20250214 | DR Congo urges NBA to cut Rwanda ties | FT |
20250213 | EU: MEPs call on Commission to suspend EU-Rwanda deal on sustainable value chains for critical raw materials until Rwanda ceases all interference in the DRC | BHRWC |
20250213 | Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part | CNN |
20250212 | Historic case by DR Congo against Rwanda kicks off at African court amid conflict in Goma | AA |
20250212 | Rwanda reroutes aircraft after DR Congo closes airspace | AA |
20250212 | DR Congo closes airspace to all aircraft registered or based in Rwanda | AA |
20250211 | People from the the Bulengo displacement camp are reporting that M23 told them to leave. The group denies by utterly saying that people are returning voluntarily to what they call secured homes in liberated areas. | AJE |
20250211 | At least 50 people have been killed in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, several local officials said. They set fire to houses, looted and reportedly raped women and girls. | DW |
20250211 | Rwanda-backed M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause | AJE |
20250210 | Sultani Makenga: The M23 leader whose career charts the turmoil in Rwanda and DR Congo | BBC |
20250209 | Kagame: "Why Rwanda can’t take responsibility for war in DRC"; "The crisis was started by the DRC and force on Rwanda to carry the blame, which they will not do." | STRKE |
20250209 | African leaders trying to solve the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces were waiting for a response to their call for military chiefs from both sides to thrash out a peace deal. | RFI |
20250208 | A summit of African leaders to address the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has directed army chiefs to meet within five days and “provide technical direction on an immediate and unconditional ceasefire”. | AJE |
20250208 | Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convene in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo. | VOA |
20250207 | Rwanda deny responsibility in DRC conflict. | AJE |
20250207 | The role Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda are playing in the DRC | BBC |
20250207 | Rwandan troops ‘dying in large numbers in DRC’, despite official denials of role | GRDN |
20250207 | UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda-backed M23 offensive. | UN |
20250205 | DR Congo calls for withdrawal of M23 rebels, Rwandan forces from city of Goma | AA |
20250205 | Vivian van de Perre, the deputy head of the United Nations mission in the DRC, told reporters in a video call from Goma that U.N. teams are “actively helping” the M23 to collect the dead from the city’s streets. She said that, so far, 2,000 bodies have been retrieved and 900 others are in hospital morgues. | VOA |
20250201 | Ugandan army strengthens defenses along border with Congo | n/a |
20250131 | M23 threatens expanded conflict in DR Congo and regional war in the Great Lakes | ISW |
20250131 | DR Congo president Felix Antoine Tshisekedi slams international and African community's 'silence' over eastern border situation | AA |
20250131 | UN experts claim the M23 – one of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in DRC’s east – is backed by some 4,000 soldiers from Rwanda, which Kinshasa says is pillaging valuable resources from the mineral-rich territory. Rwanda, for its part, says its primary aim is to eradicate fighters linked to the 1994 genocide, accusing the Congolese military of joining forces with ethnic Hutu-led militias bent on slaughtering Tutsis and threatening its neighbour. | AJE |
20250130 | Rwanda says South Africa is in “no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator” in DR Congo. | BBC |
20250130 | French foreign ministry says Rwanda fighters must leave DR Congo ‘immediately’ | Fr24 |
20250129 | Doctors, nurses, and patients at the Nobel-prize fêted Panzi hospitals in the DR Congo fear being slaughtered by Rwanda-backed rebels | EUOBS n/a |
20250129 | Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has decided not to attend a virtual crisis meeting with his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame | RFI |
20250129 | Paul Kagame says he agrees with US on need for ceasefire in Congo | VOA |
20250129 | The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo | BBC |
20250128 | A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals including coltan and gold through neighbouring Rwanda. | MNNG |
20250128 | In the capital Kinshasa, protesters criticising international inaction attacked the embassies of Rwanda, France, Belgium and the United States | AJE |
20250127 | DRC government spokesman confirms the presence of Rwandan army in Goma and says Kinshasa is working to avoid carnage. | AJE |
20250126 | 13 peacekeepers killed in eastern DRC | LeMon |
20250126 | United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called on Rwandan forces to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and halt support for M23 fighters advancing on the key city of Goma in the country’s east. | AJE |
20250126 | During an emergency UN Security Council meeting, Kinshasa demands immediate withdrawal of Rwandan troops from Congolese territory and imposition of sanctions against officials involved | AA |
20250125 | DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meeting | AJE |
20250123 | UN Secretary-General António Guterres deeply troubled by the most recent report of the Group of Experts established under Security Council resolution 1533, which highlighted the “presence of Rwandan troops on Congolese soil and continued support to the M23.” He calls on all involved in the on-going conflict in eastern DRC to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC and “put an end to all forms of support to armed groups, whether Congolese or foreign.” | UNPK |
20250117 | Escalating violence in eastern DR Congo displaces more than 230,000 since start of year | UNHCR |
20250109 | President Paul Kagame of Rwanda urged Congolese authorities to negotiate with Rwanda-backed violent group M23 that has seized key towns in eastern Congo. | AP |
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