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Eid Mubarak, Kigali — and what a weekend to kick things off. For the city’s social set, we’re back with your regular dose of curated outings and cultural highlights. Whether you're chasing live music, ...
The Congolese government has banned the media from reporting on the activities of former President Joseph Kabila and ...
Rex Kazadi Kanda, a 2023 presidential contender and leader of the EKOKI movement, has officially met M23 rebel leadership in ...
Kigali accuses the Congolese military and its allies of being in league with the remnants of forces responsible for Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Civilians in Goma, some of whom had already fled the ...
raising the threat that clashes in Goma will spiral into a regional conflict. The “recent withdrawal of Congolese diplomats from Kigali and expulsion of Rwandan diplomats from Kinshasa,” along ...
GOMA, Congo — Congo has severed diplomatic ... Associated Press writer Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda, contributed to this report.
The government called the capture of Goma a declaration of war and refused even to enter talks with M23. Kigali and Kinshasa have drawn lines in the sand, and regional groups appear unable to halt ...
Kigali, in turn, alleges that Kinshasa collaborates ... an allegation the DRC rejects. M23 holds Goma Van de Perre said Goma is “firmly under control at the moment of M23.” ...
The bloody conflict in the eastern DRC took a dramatic turn this week when Kigali-backed fighters from the M23 claimed to take control of Goma in North Kivu province before advancing southwards in ...
In Goma itself, M23 were presenting themselves ... including a meeting of East African heads of state and a visit to Kinshasa and Kigali by France's foreign minister. Nevertheless, both Tshisekedi ...
In Goma, a hub for displaced people ... They then boarded coaches to Kigali. M23 is the latest ethnic Tutsi-led, Rwandan-backed insurgency to fight in Congo since the aftermath of the genocide ...
Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents of Rwanda and Congo have agreed to attend a meeting Wednesday to discuss developments in eastern Congo, where M23 rebels say they have ...