Rwanda is facing mounting international pressure over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

After seizing Goma, Rwandan-backed rebels move south Rebel advance risks clashes between Rwanda and Burundi Officials in Bukavu recruit civilians to protect city Congolese troops with support from ...

Kigali has rejected the findings of UN investigators that it has sent thousands of soldiers and equipment into Congo to support M23. Relations between Rwanda and Burundi are already hostile. Fighting ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Burundi and Angola, both of which have previously contributed troops to regional peacekeeping efforts, may intervene to counter Rwanda’s influence. Meanwhile, Rwanda itself could respond aggressively ...

Rwanda is also eying South Kivu, and its capital Bukavu may well be the next target. That would put Rwanda on a collision course with its southern neighbour, Burundi, with which relations have been ...

Relations between Rwanda and Burundi are already hostile, and fighting between their two armies in Congo would heighten the risk, already expressed by the United Nations, that the conflict could ...

Burundi produces very little CO₂ (less than 0.02% of global greenhouse gas emissions). Its challenge is therefore less about ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...