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.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister on Sunday warned that an “attack of unprecedented intensity is taking place in plain sight of the world”. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner was ...

Rwanda which denies backing the rebels, for its part blamed the fighting on the DRC’s support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). The group was founded by Hutus who ...

But a security source told AFP that M23 fighters had taken the airport on Tuesday, adding that "more than 1,200 Congolese soldiers have surrendered and are confined" to the airport base of the UN's ...

In response, Tutsi militias organised against these groups inside the DRC, with weapons support from Rwanda. One of the most active armed groups has been M23, which took its name from the March 23 ...

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

Implementing agreements to secure the vast, rich, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would go further than vilifying Kagame ...

Kristof Titeca is a Senior Associate Fellow at the Egmont Institute (Brussels). The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War ...

The DRC, represented by a team of 17 lawyers, asked the Court to hold Rwanda accountable for violations committed on its territory, to order the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from the DRC ...

The DRC claims that some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers are in the east of the country. Growing international calls have been made for Rwanda to end its military backing for M23. It denies that its troops ...

not very pronounced disagreements but there are differences between the East African community and SADC in terms of a way forward in the DRC," he said.