By Simon MulongoThe high-stakes meeting between Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi in Qatar is more than just another diplomatic effort to resolve the escalating ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahamoud Ali Youssouf welcomed the outcomes of the trilateral meeting ...

Although Rwanda has long meddled in eastern Congo, the events of the last few months took many by surprise. Among diplomats and analysts working on Africa’s Great Lakes, the prevailing assumption had ...

Just over half the world's population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage ...

The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.

Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

But Rwanda dismissed the US action ... peace and stability for all the countries of the Great Lakes region," it added. DR Congo welcomed the US sanctions, saying it wanted to see more such ...

The current fighting is the result of a decision by Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi to incite ethnic violence and to support groups that perpetrated the Rwanda genocide.