Protesters have attacked embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kinshasa over Rwanda-backed rebels fighting in Goma. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent for The New York Times, joins CBS News with the latest.
KINSHASA — Officials from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda held talks on Saturday aimed at ending a political stand-off between the two countries caused by w…
Britain is set to impose sanctions on Rwanda in response to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in neighboring Congo. Ray Collins, a junior minister in the UK Foreign Office, confirmed to Reuters that the UK would take action soon. This follows increasing international pressure over allegatio...
THE spokesperson for Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Government, Louise Mushikiwabo, stated on 27 November that Rwanda\nwould not be drawn into conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following an attack by suspected Forces Democratiques\nde Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) ...
As in previous security crises in the rebel-torn region, some refugees have headed to Rwanda even as Congo and the United Nations accuse the neighbour of fuelling the conflict with its own troops and weapons. MORE: Places the U.S. Government Warns Not to Travel Right Now ...
To the west, the ongoing conflict in mineral-rich DR Congo has reached a boiling point with rebel groups, militias, and foreign parties vying to control the country's valuable resources. "External forces are responsible for perpetuating this conflict. They do not want peace in the DRC because...
One of the smallest countries in Africa, mountainous Rwanda is referred to as the “land of a thousand hills.”
This period of relative convergence between the EU and the Rwandan government’s preferences has probably come to an end as of 2012. The EU and other donors’ decision to use budget support funds to exert pressure on Rwanda to cease backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC...
While what they say has some truth in the sense that this conflict contains some element of genocide but, not enough elements are present to make it a genocide. Although many would believe that the conflict in Congo is a genocide, there is evidence of the conflict being a territorial and ...
campaign of genocide. It is estimated that 800,000 people were murdered before Tutsis seized control of the government one hundred days later. Many Rwandan Hutus fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, leading to ongoing conflict between the two countries. Kigali is the capital and largest...