In 1958, the Belgian colonial administration permitted local elections in the Belgian Congo. In North Kivu, the Kinyarwanda-speaking community secured 80% of the vote, with figures like Cyprien ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has rebuked his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prevot over a statement blaming Rwanda for the insecurity in eastern ...

With a growing realization of the extent of the humanitarian crisis, Belgium, ... 244 ”North Kivu is the focus of our concerns”, MONUC press office interview with Gen. Babacar Gaye, ...

In addition, when Belgium became the sole colonial power following Germany’s exit in 1917, Tutsi overlords were brought into North Kivu as rulers over the Hutu-dominated Banyarwanda. The aim was ...

In 2023, Belgium declined to accept Vincent Karega as Rwanda’s ambassador-designate, a move Kigali described as unfortunate. ... (68 miles) northwest of Goma in North Kivu province, ...

The former Belgian colony becomes independent in 1960. Five years later, General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, aka Mobutu Sese Seko, ... (North Kivu), a region bordering Rwanda.

France, Belgium, the European Union ... by the UN Security Council found that between 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers were fighting alongside the M23 rebels in North Kivu, ...

Goma, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo —The boy was sitting next to his father, as he so often did. He mimicked his dad in every way. He wanted to be just like him, but Muhindo ...

The struggle over North Kivu was embittered by ethnic hostilities, with Nkunda and his movement identified with Tutsi, while many other North Kivu residents, as well as most FDLR combatants, were ...

In 1958, the Belgian colonial administration permitted local elections in the Belgian Congo. In North Kivu, the Kinyarwanda-speaking community secured 80% of the vote, ...