Congo’s rare mountain gorillas could become victims of oil exploration
The Virunga national park, home to rare mountain gorillas but targeted for oil exploration by a British company, could earn strife-torn DR Congo $400m (£263m) a year from tourism, hydropower…
DR Congo says Rwanda forces back rebels
UNITED NATIONS The Democratic Republic of Congo government has accused Rwandan forces of joining a new rebel advance in the east of the strife-torn country, in a letter made public…
DRC conflict pushes humanitarian situation to crisis levels
Despite intermittent peace talks in neighbouring Uganda, the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo national army (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group continues on the ground in eastern DRC.…
Transparency irasaba Polisi kugaragaza iby’urupfu rwa Makonene
Transparency International Rwanda, irasaba Polisi y’u Rwanda gukura abantu mu rujijo ikagaragaza ibyo iperereza ku rupfu rw’umukozi wayo witwa Gustave Makonene uherutse kwicirwa n’abantu bataramenyekana mu Mujyi wa Gisenyi, umurambowe ugatoragurwa…
DR Congo rebels threaten to retake Goma
BUNAGANA, DR Congo (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group warned Saturday that it would not rule out recapturing the main eastern city of Goma if Kinshasa…
D.R. Congo: UN talks tough in eastern DRC
A UN ultimatum for armed groups around Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) North Kivu Province, to disarm, expired on 1 August and a security zone has…
Letter from the north: PAUL KAGAME TREATED FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER.
Madam Jeannette Nyiramongi Kagame’s frequent shuttles to and from America raised a lot of suspicion and creates many unanswered questions in most Rwandan quarters. Some assert that she is ducking…
UN says ‘security zone’ up in eastern DRC
United Nations - The United Nations said on Thursday it has set up a secure zone around a key eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city after giving rebels an ultimatum…
TWAGIRAMUNGU N’URUBYIRUKO
Iyo usomye neza ubivugwa cyangwa ibyandikwa kuri politiki y'u Rwanda muri iki gihe, usanga Urubyiruko rw'abana b'abanyarwanda (ab'abahutu; ab'abatutsi, ab'abatwa nab'imvange zose) rushyigikiye ibitekerezo Twagiramungu amaze iminsi asobanura mu kinyarwanda…
Armed Groups Impose ‘Gun Law’ in Eastern DRC
GOMA — People who have fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern conflict zone say the armed groups that control their villages have imposed a new rule: each family must…