UK blocks £16m aid to Rwanda
UK move follows measures by the US and Netherlands after a UN report accused Rwanda of arming rebels in the Congo Britain has frozen £16m of aid to Rwanda pending an investigation into its…
Rwanda loses £16 million of UK aid
Rwanda, one of Britain’s closest African allies, has lost £16 million of UK aid after being accused of fuelling a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has driven…
Dutch donors suspend aid to Rwanda
 By Jenny Clover and Thomas Escritt Comment on this story Kigali/Amsterdam - The Netherlands has suspended five million euros in aid to Rwanda over its reported support for rebels in…
M23 Congolese Rebels Advance on Masisi and Lubero.
Sources within M23 Congolese rebels inform AfroAmerica Network that the Congolese rebels reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces(RDF) are advancing on Masisi and Lubero territories. According to the sources, the troops…
Lt Col Rugigana Ngabo yakatiwe imyaka 9 y’igifungo
Kanombe – Urukiko rukuru rwa gisirikare rwahamije Lt Col Rugigana ibyaha byo kugambanira igihugu no gushaka guteza imvururu mu gihugu bityo rumukatira igifungo cy’imyaka icyenda n’ihazabu y’amafaranga ibihumbi ijana y’u…
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame warned he may be charged with aiding war crimes
US tells president he could face prosecution for arming groups that carried out atrocities in Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda's…
The end of the west’s humiliating affair with Paul Kagame
The US has belatedly woken up to the warts-and-all reality of the Rwandan president. When will Britain acknowledge that its development darling may have feet of clay? A "visionary leader,"…
Thousands flee heavy fighting between Congo army, M23 rebels
By Kenny Katombe GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congolese rebels and government forces traded heavy weapons fire around two eastern villages on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to…
‘Worrying signs’ children are fleeing DRC to avoid forced recruitment by armed groups, says World Vision
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thousands of children fleeing a recent upsurge in violence in eastern DRC are at risk of being forcibly recruited into armed groups, said World Vision…
Ghana president dies after illness, sucessor sworn in
ACCRA — Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in the country seen as a bastion…