SADC discusses troop deployment to assist eastern DR Congo

SADC discusses troop deployment to assist eastern DR Congo

The deployment of South African Development Community (SADC) troops to Democratic Republic of Congo, where they are to provide security and assist in ending the violent conflict with M23 rebels in the country’s eastern provinces, topped the agenda at an SADC summit held by videoconference on Tuesday. Leaders and high-level…

Laureen Fagan

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HRW report targets M23 human rights violations in eastern DR Congo

HRW report targets M23 human rights violations in eastern DR Congo

A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo calls on the United Nations Security Council to add M23 armed group leaders and the Rwandan officials who back them to the Council’s existing sanctions list. “The M23’s unrelenting killings and rapes are bolstered…

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Lourenço announces ceasefire in Rwanda, DR Congo fighting

Angola’s President João Lourenço announced that negotiations between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, held in Luanda on Wednesday, resulted in a ceasefire agreement among parties who have been fighting in eastern DR Congo and along the border near Goma. Lourenço, heading up a peace talk process meant to end…

Calls for diplomacy as Rwanda, DR Congo fighting escalates

The Democratic Republic of Congo has expelled Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karenga, the latest move in escalating tensions between the neighboring Central African nations. Karenga was told to leave by Tuesday following the capture of Kiwanja and Rutshuru, towns in the volatile eastern DR Congo, by March 23 (M23) rebels over…

Rwanda and DRC launch new round of security talks

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched a new round of security talks. Both countries have described the decision as “a new chapter” in their relations. In a joint statement with the Rwanda’s Defence minister James Kabarebe and his visiting Congolese counterpart Aimé Lusa-Diese Ngoi-Mukena they said…