Rwanda President Paul Kagame has urged the international community to address the problems causing unrest in the eastern DRC, lest they spill over into his country. President Kagame has also questioned the credibility of the election, twice, of DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi. He was speaking during a luncheon event that brought together diplomatic corps in Rwanda […]
At least 98 Congolese police officers and their families who fled to Uganda have returned to their country. They fled to the Ugandan side of Ishasha in Kanungu district on August 3, after the town of Nyamilima in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province fell in the hands of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. After the […]
The joint Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), have captured one of the commanders of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group. Al Iraq Anywari, alias AA who is an expert in improvised explosive devices (IEDs), was captured during an operation on Saturday in Ituri province […]
Fighting between March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers is raging in Masisi territory has started hours after the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) started to withdraw from North Kivu province. On Sunday, the first batch of Kenyan troops in North Kivu exited. About 300 troops boarded […]
The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the DRC authorities’ decision to deem the regional force ineffective. After a summit […]