President Uhuru Kenyatta, who also doubles as the Chairperson of the East African Community (EAC), has called for calm following intense fighting in the Eastern Part of the Democratic Republic…
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The African Union (AU) has called on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deescalate tensions and find a quick solution to the deteriorating security situation between the…
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Rwanda says the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given a lee way to Congolese government forces FARDC to engage in cross-border provocations. Reacting…
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Rwanda says Government forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired rockets on her territory as conflict in the Eastern part of the country. It is the second time…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has agreed to release two soldiers of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) who were kidnapped on May 23 while on patrol along the border…
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National
Rwanda-DRC: AU Chair Macky Sall Speaks to Presidents Kagame, Tshisekedi, Angola’s Lourenço to Mediate
by Edmund Kagire 9:40 pmPresident Macky Sall of Senegal, who is also the current chair of the African Union (AU) said on Monday he spoke to President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart, Felix…
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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are scrambling to contain a new outbreak of the Ebola virus. The outbreak was declared in the north-west city of Mbandaka.…
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The Rwandan army has said it is not involved in the recent fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), linked to former M23 rebels who…
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Regional
DRC Battles Environmental Disaster, As Toxic Effluent Flows Into Congo River Tributary
by Vincent Gasana 9:37 pmSeveral thousand people from the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have reported stomach complaints, after River Kasai, the source of their water supply, was contaminated by…
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National
Rwanda Says L. Kivu Gas Explosion Highly Unlikely as Tremor in the Lake is Reported
by Edmund Kagire 10:57 pmRwanda says the risk of Methane gas in Lake Kivu being triggered into an explosion by the recent volcanic eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo and the seismic activity that followed is…
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National
No Cause for Alarm: DRC Says No Volcanic Eruption of Mt Nyamulagira
by Daniel Sabiiti 5:57 pmThe Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government made a U-turn on earlier reports of a volcanic eruption on Mt Nyamulagira, revealing that surveillance on the active volcano showed that the…
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The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has blamed the attack that claimed the life of the Italian Ambassador to DRC, his bodyguard and driver on the Democratic…