The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate has overwhelmingly voted to strip former president Joseph Kabila of his honorific immunity. It follows accusations he backed the M23 rebel group which has seized land in the mineral-rich east of the country with Rwandan support.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila, whom the government accuses of supporting a Rwanda-backed militia in the mineral-rich east.

Chris Philp told that MPs immigration has created ‘social fractures’ and listed nationalities he claimed have high ‘levels of criminality’.

The European Commission proposed a revision of the “third safe country” concept, paving the way for agreements similar to the UK-Rwanda asylum partnership.

French judicial authorities have closed the investigation against the widow of Rwanda's former president Juvenal Habyarimana into claims she played a role in the country's 1994 genocide, without pressing any charges against her, several sources close to the case told French news agency AFP.

History shows that if western governments mount a defense, the human rights movement will survive this rough patch

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who have been living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have been repatriated

Keir Starmer became the first British prime minister to visit Albania since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1921. During the visit, he announced that the UK plans to set up “return hubs” for asylum seekers whose claims are rejected by the UK.

Over a thousand disarmed Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families have safely been transferred from the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa over the last two weeks

Congolese authorities have accused Rwanda’s army and the M23 rebel group it backs of killing dozens and kidnapping thousands in the war-torn country’s east