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Presidents, heads of state and representatives from 15 countries pose for a photo during the summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Angola on Thursday, August 17. The leaders endorsed the deployment of a military force to DR Congo to restore peace and security in the country’s troubled eastern region. Courtesy
Security

SADC summit endorses military deployment in DR Congo

Friday, August 18, 2023
The United States’ State Secretary Antony Blinken during his visit to Rwanda on August 11, 2022. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

Top US diplomat says held call with Kagame over Rwanda-DR Congo border tensions

Wednesday, August 16, 2023
AS Kigali head coach Andre Cassa Mbungo during a training session. Mbungo has committed his future to AS Kigali after penning a two-year contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2025. Courtesy
Football

Transfer updates: Mbungo extends AS Kigali stay, Kiyovu unveil new signings

Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Africa

Kenyatta chairs security meeting on eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Facilitator of the East African Community (EAC)-led Nairobi Peace Process speaks during the June 30, 2023, meeting on the cantonment of armed groups in DR Congo. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Kenyatta convenes meet on cantonment matters, says all parties should be adequately consulted

Saturday, July 01, 2023
On the sidelines of the Quadripartite Summit in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki and the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye, signed a $2 million grant agreement aimed at facilitating the operation of the EAC-Regional Force in eastern DR Congo.
Africa

EAC gets over $2m for peace efforts in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, June 28, 2023
A landscape view of Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District. EALA) has said there is a need to expedite the adoption and implementation of the harmonised refugee management policy in EAC .Sam Ngendahimana
Law

Lawmakers push law on EAC refugee management

Friday, June 23, 2023
Inside one of houses that were damaged by rockets from DR Congo in Kinigi, Musanze District on May 23,2022. Courtesy

Will this Group of Experts’ report on DR Congo support peace efforts, or is it just more of the same?

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Peter Mathuki, on Tuesday, June 6, received the commander of the bloc’s regional force deployed to eastern DR Congo, Maj Gen Alphaxard Kiugu, at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. They discussed the status of the ongoing effort toward restoration of peace and security in eastern DR Congo.
Security

EAC Secretary General meets regional force commander

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
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Crime

VIDEO: Concerns as video shows Congolese pupils reciting anti-Rwanda narrative

Friday, June 02, 2023
East African Community Chiefs of Defence Forces and Chiefs of Defence Staff met for an extraordinary meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Monday, May 29, over the security situation in eastern DR Congo.
Security

DR Congo: Gen Kazura attends EAC meet in Burundi

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
The M23 rebel group handing over Kibumba territory to the EAC force in DRC. The spokesperson for the government of Rwanda, Yolande Makolo, has criticized Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for failing to address the real causes of insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).
Security

Rwanda govt to Samantha Power: Don’t ignore origin of DR Congo conflict

Tuesday, May 30, 2023