Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

The new governor of North Kivu Province in eastern DR Congo announced on Tuesday, February 11 a new extension of border crossing time between Goma city and Rubavu District in Rwanda.The new decision ...

People trade at the Rwanda-DRC Rubavu border in a past photo. After nearly three years of restrictions on operational hours ...

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The fall of Goma in North Kivu marks a temporary low point in eastern DRC’s decades-long turmoil.

Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence ... As he took office on Friday as the new governor of North Kivu, which includes Goma, Maj. Gen. Somo Kakule Evariste vowed to “move as ...

with support from Rwanda and Uganda, re-emerged after nine years of inactivity, gaining control of large parts of North Kivu province by July 2023. The D.R.C. and several foreign governments have ...

The armed group M23 has declared a humanitarian "ceasefire" starting this Tuesday in the volatile eastern region of the ...

Rwanda has said it is defending itself against the threat from Congolese militias, without directly commenting on whether its ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma have announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region for humanitarian reasons.