In January 2025, following numerous UN reports confirming Rwanda’s support for M23, the DRC government severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda. Subsequently, Rwanda’s development partners imposed ...

The curse of Congo's mineral wealth The DRC is a country roughly the size of Alaska and Texas combined, but its vast mineral reserves sit largely in the far east, near the border with Rwanda. Many ...

On Jan. 26, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, called on "Rwanda Defense Forces to cease support to the M23 and withdraw from DRC territory." ...

Rwanda is accused by the Congolese government, the United Nations, and Western allies of supporting the notorious armed M23 rebel group in its violent insurgency in eastern DRC, which Kigali denies.

Rwanda walked from previous peace talks, while M23 surged into new territory in the DRC. "That remains true today, as the M23 are still pushing, in spite of peace negotiations, for territorial ...

DRC’s military alleged that 500 Rwandan soldiers had been deployed in the Tshanzu area in North Kivu province, which borders Rwanda, in a statement issued on Thursday.

Rwanda and the DRC: Three years of diplomatic failures Since the M23 rebel group resumed fighting in 2021, many regional and international mediation attempts have tried to halt the war. The rebel ...

Rwanda must withdraw troops from the DRC. Rwanda and the DRC must return to the negotiating table and work toward a sustainable, peaceful solution," Shea told the Security Council.

Kigali soon caved, signing a peace treaty with the DRC. M23 was soon defeated by a FARDC and U.N. offensive, leading to its retreat into Uganda and Rwanda and surrender in late 2013.

The DRC’s president has reiterated his willingness to engage constructively with Rwanda, he said, but said that was "subject to the immediate cessation of hostilities, and the immediate ...

The European Union has urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swaths of territory in North Kivu province in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Rwanda is vocal about stopping the persecution of Congolese Tutsi in the DRC. However, there is a growing perception that Rwanda is supporting the M23 as a proxy force to allow it to control ...