Dhaka Tribune2d
DR Congo and Rwanda fraught: ties with decades-old roots
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo ...
Congo's ex-election chief turned rebel boss builds insurgency
Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the ...
The Economist3d
Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...
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Mobutu Sese Seko
General Mobutu seized power in the Congo in 1960 with CIA backing after the Belgians abandoned their former colony. His first coup eliminated the Soviet-backed Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba ...
Human Rights Watch8y
Human Rights Developments
fought to rid the country of the dictatorial and corrupt rule of Mobutu Sese Seko. Civilians bore the brunt of the conflict as both sides resorted to extrajudicial executions and arbitrary ...
China takes SHOCKING decision, withdraws from project to build world's largest hydroelectric dam in..., Beijing says, frustrated with...
The International Energy Agency highlights the urgent need for the Grand Inga Dam, as nearly 600 million people in ...
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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
which was ruled at the time by Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Kigali justified both efforts by arguing that Hutu groups in eastern DRC were still a threat to their Tutsi population and that the Mobutu ...