The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned this Thursday of the intensification of fighting during the last two weeks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He urged all parties involved to immediately halt offensives and called on the Congolese authorities and the...
The March 23 Movement (M23) has lashed out at the sanctions announced last week by the United States against a gold refinery in Rwanda, accused of participating in a mineral smuggling network in collusion with this rebel group. The organization has stressed that these measures "send a counterproductive message" and...
The Executive of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed a new request with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for proceedings to be initiated against Rwanda, its main rival in the region. This is the third time in 25 years that Kinshasa has turned to the UN's highest...
The United States Government has imposed sanctions on a Rwanda-based gold refinery, as well as several Rwandan companies and citizens, for their alleged involvement in a mineral smuggling network originating from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to Washington, this structure operates in collaboration with the rebel group March...
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, inaugurated this Tuesday in Paris a commemorative monument dedicated to the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi population in Rwanda."This monument is (...) the culmination of a long and patient work of seeking the truth, which...
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague dismissed this Monday the claim for financial compensation filed by Rwanda against the United Kingdom, concluding that there was no breach of the migration agreement after London terminated the pact that provided for the transfer to the African country of asylum seekers...