A senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to peace and stability in East Africa ...

Western actors have grown exasperated with Rwanda’s impunity and have been forced to change tack. Quiet shuttle diplomacy, ...

03/17/2025 March 17, 2025 M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, have captured Goma and Bukavu in the DR Congo, controlling all commercial points to Rwanda. With Western sanctions about to hit Rwanda for ...

Goma/Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — "Civilians continue to die and live in fear." After a rapid advance saw Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize the two largest cities in eastern ...

The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.

Rwanda has severed all diplomatic ties with ... who in recent months have seized Goma and Bukavu, the two largest cities in eastern DRC. Their offensive has left scores dead and thousands displaced.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured a third major ... The group already controls the city of Goma in North Kivu province and Bukavu in South Kivu province. The latest conquest comes after the ...

Rwanda has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium ... which has seized control of key cities like Goma and Bukavu in eastern DRC.

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

Rwanda and Belgium severed diplomatic ties Monday, as EU ministers agreed a list of sanctions against Rwandan military commanders and members of a Rwanda-backed rebel group in the Democratic Republic ...

"This stopped shortly before the war reached Bukavu. All our trucks... are now parked," said Israel Byiringiro, its head of procurement. Although the Rwanda-allied M23 now has considerable control ...

who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and Bukavu in recent weeks, leaving devastation in their wake. The rebel group, which the United Nations says is backed by neighbouring Rwanda ...