Arsenal announces end to “Visit Rwanda” sponsorship deal
The UK Football Club Arsenal announced that they will end their eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda in June 2026,...
DR Congo
Congo mining bridge collapse kills around 32 people
Around 32 people were killed as a result of a bridge collapse in Congo’s copper-cobalt Kalando mine in the Lualaba...
DR Congo: School children return to class in M23-controlled Goma
Many families and children across eastern DR Congo are breathing a sigh of relief this week, as millions of school...
DR-Congo: ex-justice minister found guilty of corruption
A top court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has found the country's ex-Justice Minister and 2023 presidential...
DR Congo: Former President facing $46 billion in reparations
As DR Congo’s former president sits on trial for treason, civil parties have demanded billions of dollars from him in...
Trump eyes peace in DR Congo to secure mineral opportunity
US President Donald Trump reportedly wants to end the long-standing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to secure investments...
Trump sees mineral opportunity in DR Congo peace deal
President Trump is reportedly preparing a bold, yet potentially problematic, peace deal to definitively end the long-standing conflict in eastern...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: Rwanda-DRC peace deal must listen to minority voices
More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into...
Former PM of DR Congo found guilty of corruption
Augustin Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was sentenced to a decade's imprisonment on...
Rwandan refugees who fled 1994 genocide return from Congo
Rwandan refugees who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since fleeing the 1994 genocide were finally...
Rwanda and Congo submit peace proposal to end conflict
Both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have successfully signed a draft peace deal that could potentially help...
Congolese government seeks to prosecute former president for war crimes
The Congolese government has asked the country's Senate to amend the law in order to prosecute former President Joseph Kabila...
South Africa withdraws peacekeepers from eastern Congo
South African armed forces officials have confirmed that they have begun the process of withdrawing peacekeepers from eastern Congo, which...
DR Congo reach ceasefire deal with rebel group
The DR Congo has reached a ceasefire deal with the M23 rebel group after successful talks were held in Qatar,...
Ceasefire agreed between DR Congo and M23 rebels
A ceasefire agreement has been reached between the government of DR Congo and the M23 rebel group after successful talks...
