Rwanda

Kenya, Rwanda ask M23 rebels to vacate eastern DRC

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame agrees to assist Kenya's ex-leader Uhuru Kenyatta in urging M23 rebels to drop weapons and withdraw from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC sends tanks, fighter jets against advancing M23 rebels

Warplanes of Democratic Republic of Congo hit rebel positions in Kibumbaby town of eastern North Kivu province, as rebels push closer toward main Goma city, locals and officials say.

Residents flee as fighting resumes between DRC military, M23 rebels

Military of Democratic Republic of Congo uses newly deployed jets to bombard M23 positions in the east of the African country, as some residents flee across the border, officials say.

Crisis averted as DRC, Rwanda double-down on peace talks

The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses neighbouring Rwanda of supporting M23 militia, while Kigali denies backing the rebels.

Top diplomats of DRC, Rwanda meet in Angola as M23 rebels hold key town

Luanda is hosting foreign ministers of both African neighbours in bid to de-escalate tensions sparked by rise of M23 rebels menacing eastern DRC.

Kenya deploys troops to DRC to combat rebels as UN withdraws from Rumangabo

Kenya will command the joint regional force, which will also include soldiers from Burundi, Uganda and South Sudan.

DRC expels Rwanda envoy over 'support' for M23 rebels

Kinshasa gives Vincent Karenga 48 hours to leave the country in retaliation for Kigali's alleged support for rebels fighting in east of Democratic Republic of Congo.

Long-awaited genocide trial of Rwanda elderly suspect opens at UN court

Felicien Kabuga is one of the last suspects in the 1994 genocide, when ruling Hutu majority gunmen killed more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and Hutu moderates in 100 days.

Rwanda genocide 'financier' Felicien Kabuga's trial to open in The Hague

Once one of Rwanda's richest men, prosecutors say Felicien Kabuga helped set up hate media that urged ethnic Hutus to kill Tutsis along with funding militia groups in 1994.

Türkiye: Unfair structure of UN Security Council must change

Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun says the world needs a UN that is representative of multiculturalism in order to achieve a more equitable and sustainable global peace.

Support for armed groups, militias in DRC must 'cease': US

During a trip to Rwanda, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on governments to end their support of armed rebel groups behind a resurgence of violence in the east of the DRC.

Blinken visits Rwanda amid tensions with neighbouring DRC

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, as he faces calls from campaigners to pressure Kigali over its human rights record and alleged support of DRC rebels.