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On June 27, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a US-mediated peace accord in Washington, D.C., to end decades ...
It is hoped that the US-brokered agreement will end decades of violence in DRC's mineral-rich east. View on euronews ...
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed ...
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 ...
The Rwandan Genocide was one of the most horrific events of the twentieth century. After decades of unrest between Rwanda’s two biggest tribes, the Tutsi’s and the Hutu’s, civil war finally broke out ...
Thousands of Hutu also were killed. At least a quarter of a million women were reported to have been raped, and more than 95,000 children were orphaned. When the conflict was over, ...
The United States is promoting a deal that would require Rwanda to pull troops from eastern Congo before the two sides sign a peace agreement, sources say, a condition that is sure to rankle ...
Rwanda has long denied helping M23, saying its forces were acting in self-defence against Congo's army and ethnic Hutu militiamen linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed around 1 million ...
While Ndayishimiye was seen as relatively less authoritarian, Burundi's rights record remains poor, with journalists, activists and opposition figures all facing severe repression.
Back to homepage / Live news Burundi votes but with opposition neutered. Nairobi (AFP) – Burundians voted Thursday for a new parliament that was expected to cement the ruling party in power ...
Burundi’s long-standing ethnic tensions between the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi communities have historically shaped its political landscape.