Rebels advancing in eastern Congo US imposed sanctions on Rwanda's James Kabarebe UK and EU also reviewing Rwanda ties Kabarebe says sanctions will deter Kinshasa from peace talks NAIROBI ...

Announcing the financial sanctions on Thursday, the US Treasury Department said Rwanda's Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe, a former army chief, was central to his country ...

By the peaceful shore of Lake Kivu in Gisenyi, Rwanda, this month.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Elian Peltier and Guerchom Ndebo reported from both Goma ...

Rwanda suspended development cooperation with Belgium for trying to “sabotage” its access to financing amid disagreements over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Deng believes it is possible that "concessions will be made to the M23 to satisfy part of Rwanda's demand for minerals from the eastern Congo." Rwanda is the world's largest exporter of coltan ...

This resulted in millions of deaths, with neighbouring countries – especially Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi – playing a significant role. The pan-African weekly The Continent has already raised alarms. A ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo’s government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the ...

An M23 leader, surrounded by armed rebel fighters, promised to restore order to east Congo’s second largest city after the Rwanda-backed group entered the central part of Bukavu Sunday morning. M23 ...

It comes just weeks after the Rwanda-backed armed group seized Goma, in an unprecedented expansion of DRC territory under their control.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People walk past an independence square in Bukavu, eastern Congo, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier ...

Panic swept through eastern Congo's second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. The morning after M23 ...