They signed agreements to replace colonial treaties on shared waters. On Friday, foreign ministers from Nile riparian countries, with the absence of Egypt and Sudan, met in Addis Ababa to promote the equitable and reasonable use of the shared river’s waters. RELATED: WFP Airdrops Emergency Food in South Sudan as Famine Threatens Upper Nile Ethiopian […]

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, has accused Rwanda of blatantly violating the recent peace agreement, alleging that its forces launched heavy weapons attacks from their territory. The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, accused Rwanda of breaching the commitments outlined in the December 4 Washington peace […]

Peace negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have resumed in Doha, Qatar, amid ongoing violence in the mineral-rich eastern provinces. The talks aim to implement a July ceasefire agreement brokered by Qatar, which includes a three-phase roadmap: establishing a truce monitoring mechanism, exchanging prisoners and detainees, and […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have agreed on a United Nations–supervised plan to repatriate refugees displaced by recent fighting in eastern DRC. The historic arrangement was announced Tuesday in Kinshasa by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, even as both capitals continue to navigate a fragile peace following a U.S.-brokered agreement […]

A Qatar-mediated draft peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has hit a diplomatic snag, with Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi declaring the proposal “unsatisfactory.” The deal, aimed at restoring state control over rebel-held territories, outlines a three-phase roadmap to peace but now faces renewed scrutiny and negotiation […]

The UN reports 319 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, raising alarm over Rwanda’s role and the future of peace talks.

Rwanda has agreed to receive up to 250 migrants deported from the United States, following a bilateral agreement signed in June 2025. Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo framed the move as consistent with Rwanda’s national ethos of “reintegration and rehabilitation,” referencing the country’s own legacy of displacement. RELATED: Amnesty International Criticizes Rwanda’s Deal to Accept U.S. […]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) met in Addis Ababa on Thursday. Their high-level tripartite meeting focused on the voluntary return and reintegration of refugees, according to a joint statement. Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani, Rwandan Ambassador Charles Karamba, and UNHCR’s Raouf Mazou signed the communique. They adopted […]

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) have denounced a new wave of coordinated assaults by the March 23 Movement (M23), the Congo River Alliance (AFC), and the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), targeting strategic military positions in Kalehe, North Kivu, and South Kivu. According to FARDC spokesperson Nestor Mavudisa Kamba Mayoyo, the […]

çThe specter of regional conflict returned to center stage Wednesday as a new United Nations report publicly implicated Rwanda in the ongoing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite a recently signed peace agreement with Kinshasa. The UN Group of Experts, in a document presented to the Security Council in May […]