The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have agreed on specific measures to expedite the implementation of the Washington peace accords. This agreement was reached during meetings held in Washington on March 17 and 18. A joint declaration released by both countries and the United States on March 18 outlines these developments. The two […]
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The DR Congo Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, has condemned the killing of Malawian, Uruguayan and South African United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers during clashes in the Eastern Congolese town of Goma. The minister, who alleged that Rwanda forces carried out the deadly attacks said the […]
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Belgium has called on Rwanda to stop all assistance to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a UN investigation revealed responsibility for a massacre in November. The rebel group was said to have killed 131 civilians between Nov. 29 and 30 in Kishishe and Bambo, located in the North Kivu […]
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A contingent of 150 Rwandan soldiers has arrived in the Central African Republic under an arrangement between the two countries. The contingent comprises commando parachutists and would be based in the Ouango military camp in the seventh district of Bangui, the capital, before they are deployed to other provincial towns. According to senior military sources, […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo government is appealing to the African Union’s Peace and Security Council to support its demand for the President of the United Nations Security Council to examine the report by United Nations experts on Rwandan aggression against DR Congo. DR Congo wants the UN Security Council to “draw all the necessary […]
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Fighting resumed Tuesday, Aug.16, 2022, between the Democratic Republic of Congo national army, FARDC and rebels of the March 23 (M23) movement together with their Rwandan allies. According to reliable sources, at 3 a.m. this morning, gun battles resumed around the Rwanguba bridge in Tanda and towards Muhimbira, about 20km from Rutshuru centre. “The M23 […]
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Angolan President Joao Lourenco will today, in Luanda, the country’s capital, mediate talks between President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda following the tension between the two neighbouring nations. President Lourenco was designated mediator between the two countries by the current chairman of the African Union, President Macky […]
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A new contingent of 300 Rwandan soldiers Tuesday Aug. 3, 2021 arrived in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic to join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in the country. According to MINUSCA, the main detail of the new Rwandan contingent would be to secure the highway which is the main supply […]
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Rwandans caught breaking curfew or not wearing masks are being sent to stadiums in droves for all-night lectures on the dangers of coronavirus, as the country maintains a tough approach to stem its spread. AFP news agency gathered that since mid-July, official figures show that about 70,000 people accused of ignoring the 9:00 pm curfew […]
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The United Nations has vigorously condemned the killing of a Rwandan soldier serving with the UN Multidimensional Mission for the Stabilization of the Central African Republic, popularly known by its French acronym MINUSCA. The soldier was killed on Monday in an attack on an operational convoy of MINUSCA in the village of Gedze within the […]
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The German Embassy in Cameroon and the Central African Forestry Commission, popularly known by its French acronym, COMIFAC, on Monday signed an accord for the durable management of the forestry ecosystems in the Central African sub-region. The main objectives of the accord are to develop equitable and transparent relations that would satisfy the wishes of […]
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