DR Congo Blames Rwanda-Backed Rebels for 1,500 Deaths
By Cai Nebe January 5, 2026 Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi. Displaced people try to cross into Burundi at the Kavimvira border to escape the M23 advance | Image: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Image Violent fighting erupted on Saturday between pro-Kinshasa forces and M23 rebels near Uvira, a key border city connecting the Democratic Republic of Cong
DW
Jan 5
Congo Fighting Flares Within Hours of Peace Deal Ceremony
Analysts say U.S. diplomacy paused escalation of fighting in eastern Congo but failed to resolve core issues. President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony of a peace deal with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign ne
NBC News
Dec 5, 2025
DR Congo and M23 rebels sign framework for peace in Qatar
Natasha Booty and BBC World Service Newsroom Congolese envoy Sumbu Sita Mambu shook hands with M23 secretary Benjamin Mbonimpa at the signing in Doha. AFP via Getty Images Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in Qatar, which, along with the US and the African Union, has been trying to mediate an end to decades of conflict in the resource-rich region
BBC News
Dec 2, 2025
Forgive but Never Forget: Rwanda’s Reconciliation Villages
A Special Report by the Genocide Watch Great Lakes Task Force Heirs to both sides of Rwanda’s brutal history working side by side on a drainage ditch in Mbyo, part of a broader effort toward reconciliation. Credit Megan Specia/The New York Times Reconciliation is a complex, often contentious, yet necessary element of the post-genocide process. During an active genocide, the main priority is to bring an end to mass killings and extermination. Once a fragile peace is establishe
Genocide Watch
Nov 10, 2025
Could the Rwandan Genocide Have Been Prevented?
Former lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire is still haunted by the memories of the horrors he witnessed in Rwanda. Photograph: Christopher...
Genocide Watch
Oct 8, 2025
DR Congo Genocide Emergency 2025
M23 consolidates control over Goma, DR Congo source: Bellingcat DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO GENOCIDE EMERGENCY 2025 By Omar Kausar...
Genocide Watch
Sep 29, 2025
Ceasefire in doubt, Rwanda-backed rebels kill 300+ in Congo
© UNICEF/Roger LeMoyn | More than 300 people have been killed in fresh attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file photo)...
UN Press
Aug 8, 2025
Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US
FILE -President Donald Trump listens as Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe speaks during a event with Congo’s Foreign...
Associated Press
Aug 5, 2025
Alice Nderitu named President, Isōko Centre for Humanity
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Global President, Isōko Centre for Humanity, Kigali, Rwanda. Former Special...
Genocide Watch
Aug 3, 2025
Will DR Congo-Rwanda deal bring peace?
From critical minerals to M23 and grassroots exclusion, experts weigh in on whether the US-brokered agreement can succeed. US President...
Al Jazeera
Jun 30, 2025
DR Congo: M23 Militia Forcibly Deports Refugees to Rwanda
Rwanda as Occupying Force May be Responsible for War Crimes Displaced people board a bus after undergoing checks at the border between...
Human Rights Watch
Jun 21, 2025
Special Report: Conflict Minerals in the DR Congo
By Grace Harris, Ebonie Kibalya, and Lea Gruber Genocide Watch Great Lakes Team A miner shows a bag containing coltan in the Democratic...
Genocide Watch
Jun 9, 2025
