There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.
Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.
Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.
Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. #EuroVerify ...
But Paris is also nurturing relations with Kigali, keen to repair damage from its role during the Rwandan genocide and to bolster its influence ... William James in London and Michelle Nichols at the ...
The latest fighting has heightened an already dire humanitarian crisis in the region, forcing half a million people from their homes since the start of the year.
But a United Nations report said last year Rwanda had ... an armed group created by ethnic Hutus who massacred Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The summit comes as the M23 advances on ...
A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia said it had seized the lakeside city of more than 2 million people.
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he agreed with the U.S. government on the need for a ceasefire in eastern Congo but gave no indication of bowing to calls for Rwandan troops and the M23 rebels they ...