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A truck carrying equipment of withdrawing SADC forces passes through Rwanda's Rubavu District, escorted by Rwanda Defence Force on April 29. Courtesy

DR Congo: SADC troop withdrawal to complete by end of May

Sunday, May 04, 2025

President Kagame meets with US President Donald Trump at World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 26, 2018. Photo by Village Urugwiro

What to know as Trump prepares to witness Rwanda–DR Congo peace agreement

Saturday, May 03, 2025

Representatives of different delegations during a consultative meeting to continue the discussions for bringing a solution to the eastern DR Congo crisis in Doha on Wednesday, April 30. Courtesy

DR Congo peace talks: Multiple country representatives meet in Qatar

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

The transfer of FARDC soldiers from M23-controlled Goma city on Wednesday, April 30, is being facilitated the Red Cross. Courtesy

Defeated Congolese soldiers leave M23-contolled Goma

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday,

What does US involvement in DR Congo talks bring to the table?

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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DR Congo: Exiting SADC troops pass through Rwanda

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The African Union had finalized a draft “strategy” to accelerate the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons. File

African Union moves to fast-track free movement across continent

Sunday, April 27, 2025

L-R: DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of Principles in Washington D.C. on Friday, April 25.

Details of Rwanda-DR Congo declaration of principles signed in Washington DC

Friday, April 25, 2025

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday, April 25.

Nduhungirehe: Washington declaration ‘opens door to peace’ in DR Congo

Friday, April 25, 2025

L-R: Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs; Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State; and Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Peace deal: Rwanda, DR Congo to sign 'declaration of principles' in Washington

Friday, April 25, 2025

Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Nduhungirehe says Kinshasa-AFC/M23 declaration important step towards lasting peace if ‘implemented in good faith’

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Bertrand Bisimwa, M23's political leader and Corneille Nangaa, the leader of a political-military coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) during a press conference in Goma on Thursday, January 30. Emmanuel Dushimimana

Kinshasa, AFC/M23 rebels agree on ceasefire at Qatar talks

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Tibor Nagy, a former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

Peace in DR Congo will only come when Kinshasa addresses FDLR threat – former US diplomat

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Kinshasa regime orders property seizure, legal proceedings against Kabila

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila speaks to reporters in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 18. Courtesy

Kabila arrives in M23-controlled Goma, reports say

Friday, April 18, 2025

Corneille Nangaa, the leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) movement.

DR Congo must be violence-free, says AFC/M23 leader Nangaa

Friday, April 18, 2025

On April 17, Twirwaneho, a Banyamulenge self-defence group now allied with AFC-M23, warned against the Burundian army’s role in a “genocidal coalition” targeting their community in South Kivu. Courtesy Photo

DR Congo crisis: Twirwaneho warns Burundian army over genocidal attacks against Banyamulenge

Friday, April 18, 2025

Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa, speaks at a news briefing in Kigali on April 8. PHOTO BY MOISE BAHATI

Trump advisor says FDLR ‘a major element of any DR Congo peace accord’

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Olive Lembe, the wife of former Congolese President Joseph Kabila.

DR Congo crisis: Kabila’s wife says persecuted by Congolese security agencies

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Robert Kayinamura, Deputy Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the UN speaks at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, April 16. Courtesy

Legitimizing FDLR destabilizes region – Rwandan envoy

Thursday, April 17, 2025