UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday talked over the phone with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to discuss the escalating conflict in the DRC, a UN spokesman said. When asked about the content of the ...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described the crisis between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo as a "very serious problem." During a news conference about an air collision in Washington, Trump was asked if he had a plan to bring peace in DRC, where a conflict in...
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rwandan-backed rebels marched into the center of east Congo's largest city on Monday, witnesses said, in thelatest escalationof decades of conflict in a region already suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. ...
Kinshasa has accused Rwanda of waging the offensive to profit from the region's mineral wealth -- an allegation backed by UN experts who say Kigali has thousands of troops in the DRC and "de facto control" over the M23. Rwanda has denied the accusations. burs-cld-rbu...
The UN has reported mass panic among Goma’s two million residents as thousands flee the conflict-ridden region. The advance coincides with ongoing clashes between DRC and Rwandan troops along their shared border, straining already tense relations. DR Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda,...
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It's one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region, where a long-running conflict has created one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. Rwanda's government denies backing the rebels, but last year acknowledged that it has troops an...
britain has warned rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the democratic republic of congo could jeopardise the over $1 billion of aid it receives every year. rwanda-backed m23 rebels captured goma, a city of 2 million people in the drc, on monday, ign...
When asked again if he was sending troops to the DRC, Kagame said that Rwanda will do “anything to protect itself,” telling Madowo to “read whatever you want to read from what I’m telling you.” The simmering conflict between Rwanda and the DRC, which share a border, has since expl...
DRC-Rwanda conflict 0:00 13:43 In the latest episode of Lumumba’s Africa, Professor PLO Lumumba delves into the intricate and long-standing conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. With his signature eloquence and profound insight, Lumumba unpacks the historical, ...