EXPLAINER: Why Rwanda and Congo are sliding toward war again
2022年6月17日 · Decades-old tensions between Rwanda, which has one of Africa’s most effective militaries, and Congo, one of the continent’s largest and most troubled countries, have spiked along their shared border a few hours’ drive from Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)
Beginning in 2022, tensions heightened between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, marking a significant breakdown in relations between the two countries. Amid this, Rwandan forces have crossed into the DRC multiple …
Rwanda and Congo must 'walk back from the brink of war', US …
2024年2月21日 · U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood delivered the warning at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by France as violence has worsened in Congo’s mineral-rich east which borders Rwanda. Wood said Rwanda and Congo, along with “regional actors,” should immediately resume diplomatic talks.
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2024年6月20日 · Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu...
Why Rwanda supports M23 rebels in DR Congo's conflict
2024年2月22日 · Intense fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels is exacerbating the security crisis in eastern DR Congo. More than 100,000 civilians have been forced to flee in recent days as...
Rwanda-DR Congo tension: Shooting of plane an ‘act of war’ - BBC
2023年1月25日 · DR Congo has declared Rwanda's shooting of one of its fighter jets an "act of war", amid mounting tensions. Rwanda's government said it took "defensive measures" against a plane that had...
DRC conflict: Why is fighting intensifying and can it threaten …
2024年2月19日 · Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and displacing hundreds of...
Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of …
2023年12月12日 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top U.N. official in Congo warned the Security Council on Monday.
Could DR Congo’s Tshisekedi declare war on Rwanda if re-elected?
2023年12月21日 · Tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali go back to the second Congolese war in the 1990s, when rivals Rwanda and Uganda fought proxy wars in eastern DRC, backing armed groups and seeking...
US Says DR Congo, Rwanda 'Must Walk Back From Brink of War'
2024年2月20日 · The United States warned Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the United Nations on Tuesday that they "must walk back from the brink of war," as tensions between the neighbors...