The roots of the current conflict in the DRC can be traced directly to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when radical members of the Hutu ethnic group attacked their Tutsi neighbors, killing an estimated ...

Rwanda's government, meanwhile, has framed the conflict as the defense of ethnic Tutsis in eastern Congo from ethnic Hutu forces linked to the genocide in Rwanda three decades ago that killed some ...

The crisis in Congo can be traced to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 in which about 8,00,000 people, mostly Tutsis, were massacred by ethnic Hutu militias. When tens of thousands of Hutus fled Rwanda ...

an armed group formed by ethnic Hutus who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On Tuesday, around 75 Congolese and international NGOs called for an investigation into allegations of abuses ...

Breaking a ceasefire they had declared unilaterally, which was due to have taken effect on Tuesday, the M23, together with Rwandan troops, seized a mining town in South Kivu province, security and ...

Goma, Congo (AP) — Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 ...

a rebel group founded in DRC by the exiled Hutu extremists behind the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The M23's justifications have, meanwhile, shifted over time, from claims about ...

On January 31, 2025, United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed ...

Following a recent threat of military action against South Africa, the Rwandan government has now ... The group mainly consists of Tutsi Congolese and has been accused of committing human rights ...

an armed group created by ethnic Hutus who massacred Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. South Africa dominates the SADC force, which is estimated to number around 1,300 troops, but Malawi ...