The lure of American investment and economic partnership could ultimately eclipse the current comprehensive peace framework as the central focus of US engagement in the region

Therese Wagner said no deal had been made with the Trump administration but Kinshasa was exploring forms of cooperation

The March 23 Movement is filling administrative positions in Goma and Rwanda may do the same in Kivu

Southern and East African leaders gave military commanders five days to give technical direction on an immediate ceasefire

The two ministers spoke a day after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame took exception to a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa and launched a verbal attack on X

The Rwandan president is defying international pressure to withdraw his soldiers from eastern DRC where they are backing militia

The Rwandan president accused president Cyril Ramaphosa and officials of distorting talks between the two, calling it a mix of attacks, lies, and misrepresentation

President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda, the perceived backer of the M23 rebels

The South African Defence Force confirmed four more of its troops have died, bringing the number lost in the rebel advance on Goma to 13

President Paul Kagame may have revived the country after the 1994 genocide but his actions have prevented any meaningful opposition and accusations of intimidation, torture and assassination

With 65 percent of the population aged under 30, Kagame is the only leader most Rwandans have ever known

Dropping democracy for aspirant autocrats who will put everything in order with a big stick might not be all it’s cracked up to be

Heads of state met at the African Development Bank’s gathering this week, where they mulled an overhaul of the world’s financial architecture

Bernard Ntaganda, a fierce critic of President Paul Kagame, had petitioned the high court in a bid to set aside convictions dating back more than a decade