Rwanda says the conflict has deeper roots that need to be addressed. They claim that militias such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group which includes ...

Thousands of people believed to be illegals from Rwanda were expelled by the M23 from the key major town of Goma on Saturday. On Monday, the M23 spokesperson, Willy Ngoma, presented 181 individuals ...

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 ...

They created an armed group known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, which is now allied with ...

Belgium, the former colonial power in the DRC and Rwanda, has been vocal in the international community in criticising Kigali ...

Tesongo claimed that Rwanda was more concerned about “its fight against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) which are allied to the Congolese government which uses them ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...

Kigali’s stated aim was to create a zone in the DRC-Rwanda borderlands controlled by its own troops to create more distance from Hutu groups in eastern DRC. Congolese forces supported by Angola ...

It has vowed to defend Tutsi interests, particularly against ethnic Hutu militias such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which was founded by Hutus who fled Rwanda after ...

Joseph Kabila, the ex-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has lashed out at the government of his successor - ...

Kigali continues to view the FDLR, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, founded by Hutu extremists in the early 2000s, as a direct threat to its national security. While Kinshasa ...