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Leaders of Rwanda, DRC to meet in Angola amid rising tensions

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is due to meet with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Angola amid increasing hostility between the neighboring countries.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda, Congo leaders to meet in Angola amid tensions

A Congolese government spokesman says President Felix Tshisekedi will meet with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Angola amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries

The Independent UK

Tensions persist as Rwanda denies Congo rebel charges

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Congo of supporting rebels opposed to his government in an escalation of tensions with a neighbor who in turn accuses Rwandan authorities of supporting a violent rebel group which recently captured a town in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

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Leaders of Congo and Rwanda to meet for talks in Luanda - officials

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame will meet for talks in the Angolan capital Luanda this week, two Congolese officials and one Rwandan official said on Monday.

Reuters

UN envoy warns of spiralling DRC conflict

Human rights groups are reporting grave human rights abuses, including women being forced to cook and eat human flesh.

Al Jazeera

UN envoy warns Congo's M23 rebels are acting like an army

The U.N. special envoy for Congo is warning that the M23 rebel group has increasingly acted as a conventional army during escalating military action in the country’s volatile east and could threaten the U.N. peacekeeping force charged with protecting civilians

The Independent UK

Rwandans fear leaving their homes in Congo as anger grows over rebel attacks

Life in Kinshasa was going well for Zawadi, a mother of two from Rwanda, until faraway fighting stoked Congolese anger against her country and videos of men with machetes prowling the city streets in search of Rwandans surfaced on social media.

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Rwanda is a brutal, repressive regime. Holding the Commonwealth summit there is a sham

Uniting heads of government in Kigali exposes a gaping hole in the association’s values, says author Michela Wrong

The Guardian - UK

East African leaders agree on regional force to tackle rise of militias in DRC

East African leaders agreed Monday to send in a regional force to try to end fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and called for an immediate ceasefire.

Radio France Internationale

What is the latest conflict in the DR Congo about?

The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared the situation in DR Congo to be the world’s most neglected refugee crisis.

Al Jazeera

East Africa leaders agree regional force to quell DR Congo crisis

The decision comes as fighting escalates in DRC’s northeast, with Kinshasa claiming Rwanda is backing the M23 rebels.

Al Jazeera

East African leaders send regional force to eastern Congo

East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire

The Independent UK

East African leaders propose deploying regional force to help DRC

EAC meeting convened to discuss sending personnel to eastern DRC where military has been fighting rebels

The Guardian - UK

DR Congo welcomes deployment of regional force to fight rebels

Kinshasa says it will not accept the participation of Rwandan troops in any regional force to fight the M23 rebels.

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Congo’s M23 rebels plan to take trading hub Goma

M23 rebels plan to take over the trading hub of Goma on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Rwanda to force negotiations with the Congolese government, according to a report by a United Nations independent group of experts published Friday.

France 24

Rwandan FM dismisses fears of war with neighbouring DR Congo

Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta granted an interview to FRANCE 24 to discuss the increasingly tense situation with neighbouring DR Congo. Earlier this Friday, a Congolese soldier crossed the border and was killed by Rwandan security forces, while two Rwandan soldiers were wounded. Fighting between Congolese troops and a rebel…

Reuters

Congo restricts border crossings with Rwanda after soldier shot dead during attack

Democratic Republic of Congo restricted the hours of border crossings with Rwanda on Friday after a Congolese soldier was shot dead while attacking border guards inside Rwandan territory.

The Conversation

Ce que l'insurrection intermittente du M23 nous apprend sur la recherche précaire de la paix en RDC

Depuis mars 2022, les combats se sont intensifiés dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) entre l'armée et le groupe rebelle Mouvement du 23 mars, plus connu sous le nom de M23. Ce dernier aurait attaqué des positions de l'armée près de la frontière avec l'Ouganda et le…

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why Rwanda and Congo are sliding toward war again

The threat of war with neighboring Congo is simmering under the tidy surface of Rwanda’s capital as the East African nation hosts the British prime minister and other world leaders next week for the Commonwealth summit

Reuters

Kenya calls for immediate deployment of regional force to eastern Congo

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Independent UK

Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war

A spokesman for a top military official in eastern Congo said Wednesday that if Rwanda “wants war, it will have war."

Radio France Internationale

Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Rwanda of border town capture

The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of an "invasion" after rebels it says receive support from Kigali overran a major trading post on the Ugandan border.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Rwanda-UK asylum deal may cause regional refugee crisis

Refugees and activists from Rwanda and the DRC say the deal could have serious implications for the wider region.

France 24

DR Congo: M23 rebel group seizes key border town, DRC blames Rwanda

M23 rebels have reportedly captured the eastern town of Bunagana on the Ugandan border. The violence has forced at least 30,000 people to flee the area. DR Congo's military blames Rwanda for the takeover. Also, the first flight deporting asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is due to go…

Reuters

Congo rebels seize key eastern border town, local activists say

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the eastern town of Bunagana on the border with Uganda, local activists said on Monday, in a setback for Congolese forces who had said a day earlier they had the insurgents on the run.

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