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Kagame na Kikwete barongeye bakoranye mu ntoki
Mu gihe hashize iminsi itari mike umubano hagati ya  Perezida w’u Rwanda Paul kagame na Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete wa Tanzaniya utameze neza,  kuri uyu wa kane 05/09/2013 aba ba perezida…
Rwanda Remains in Shadows of DRC Conflict
GOMA — Leaders of Africa’s Great Lakes region are meeting in Kampala Thursday, seeking a solution to the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a lull in fighting between…
Regional leaders to push for talks over DR Congo crisis
By Ronald Ssekandi and Yuan Qing KAMPALA, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from Africa's Great Lakes region and their foreign and defence ministers on Wednesday started gathering here to resolve…
DRC’s M23: ‘We didn’t start the war’
The M23 rebels have written to UN the secretary general saying they are not responsible for the DRC war, adding the world body's Monusco is to blame. The Movement of…
Congo police secure rebel territory, ‘national dialogue’ delayed
Police in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo moved in Tuesday to secure territory recently reclaimed from the M23 rebels, as the country postponed a “national dialogue†aimed at ending its…
UN Great Lakes Envoy to Address Rwanda Role in DRC Crisis
Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson (R) flanked by special envoy to Congo Martin Kobler (L) address a news conference at the MONUSCO offices in Goma, eastern…
Army readies for assault on rebel stronghold
KINSHASA: Congolese troops readied on Monday to seize a stronghold of M23 fighters in the latest push forward against the rebels in the resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
Fears over EAC’s future as Tanzania is sidelined again
That Tanzania has been left out of a series of regional talks on infrastructure and trade is raising questions about it’s place in the East African Community. Kenyan president Uhuru…
Are Tanzania, Rwanda sounding war drums?
The media in Rwanda is working itself into frenzy on disparaging President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania; ditto for the Tanzanian fringe media. This tiff between Rwanda and Tanzania began in…
Congo rebels warn they’ll retake positions
GOMA: Congolese rebels on Saturday warned that they would battle to retake control in the country’s troubled east if the government refused to halt its military offensive and begin negotiations.…