What Congo’s President Thinks of Rwanda: A ‘Mania to Be the Apex Predator’
As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals ...
Links to Rwanda fuel discrimination against DR Congo's Tutsis
Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the ...
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Civilians in Congo Suffer as Elites at Home and Abroad Jockey for Profits
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.
Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo
Rwanda’s government on Friday asserted solidarity with a top official sanctioned by the U.S. over violence in eastern Congo, ...
The New Times on MSN8d
Rwanda: Global Double Standards Are Existential Threats to Tutsi in Great Lakes Region
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international community.
The New Times on MSN1h
Rubavu: Govt starts rehabilitating properties affected by DR Congo shelling
The Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) has commenced rehabilitation efforts to address the damage caused by shelling from DR Congo, in Rubavu District. The shelling occurred late January amidst ...
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The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil
Raised by parents of the Tutsi ethnic group, Makenga quit school at the age of 17 to join a Tutsi rebel outfit across the border in Rwanda. This group, named the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter DR Congo’s Goma in major escalation
Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo’s largest city, Goma on Monday and troops from the east African neighbours exchanged fire over the border in the worst escalation of the long ...
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Rwanda Suspends Co-Operation With Belgium for 'Sabotaging' Its Development Finance Access Over Alleged Links to the DRC Conflict
The move comes a few days after the European Parliament urged the European Union to freeze direct budget support for Rwanda until it breaks links with the Tutsi-led M23 rebels and allows ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
But the new face of the M23 in the region — Corneille Nangaa — is not Tutsi, giving the group “a new, more diverse, Congolese face, as M23 has always been seen as a Rwanda-backed armed group ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
The rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had captured the lakeside city of over 1 million people, which lies on the border with Rwanda and was also briefly ...