M23 fighters have warned foreign troops backing the DR Congo army in a decades-old conflict to leave immediately
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace deal, aiming to end one of the world’s most pernicious conflicts and open their shared stretch of East African mineral wealth to U.S. investment.
Joseph Kabila has been accused of high treason and direct participation in rebel aggression against the African state’s government
Rwanda on Monday severed diplomatic ties with Belgium and expelled all Belgian diplomats from the country. A Rwandan foreign ministry statement said the European nation had "consistently undermined" Kigali "during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Belgium called the measure "disproportionate" and expelled Rwandan diplomats in response.
People flee or remain indoors as army pulls back from country's 2nd-largest city
A Rwandan-backed campaign in DR Congo exposes how Paul Kagame turned his genocide-scarred country into a belligerent military force
A French government spokesman on Thursday demanded the departure from DR Congo of Rwandan forces and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters from the east of the country. “The sovereignty and territorial integrity of DR Congo are not up for negotiation,” foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said after Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot travelled to the region.
Alexandra Martine Diengo Lumbayi was last seen on Oct. 2
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) armed forces repelled an attempted coup d'etat involving Congolese and foreign fighters on Sunday morning, a DRC army spokesperson said in a televised address.
Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and withdraw its troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
