Tag: Rwanda
Geopolitics and conflict in the DRC to come under the spotlight
Since January 2025, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has witnessed a sharp escalation in violence, with the M23 rebel group capturing...
Challenges facing the latest truce between Kinshasa and M23
On 23 April, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared their intent to work towards a ceasefire...
SAMIDRC troops to withdraw by road through Rwanda
Withdrawal of the terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to start on as yet unspecified date...
Anatomy of SADC’s failure in eastern DRC
On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military deployment in eastern Democratic Republic of...
EAC and SADC forge joint strategy to restore peace and stability...
The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have joined forces to address the escalating security crisis in the eastern...
The DRC conflict enters a dangerous new phase
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a new and more destabilizing stage. A call for a pause in...
“Critically injured” SA soldiers back home after mercy flight
The South African military today (Tuesday, 25 February) confirmed repatriation of “a group” of wounded soldiers to South Africa for “high level medical care”.
Their...
UN Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern...
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday 21 February that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive by M23 rebels in the...
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players...
The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This resulted...
EU Parliament hears DR Congo crisis is an “escalation”
Ongoing violence and the resultant surge in humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attracted the attention of the European Union (EU)...
Overcoming security dilemmas in the Great Lakes region
Since the December 2024 meeting between Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola was cancelled due to Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s...
DRC conflict: talks have failed to bring peace. Is it time...
The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of the province...
Eastern DRC: unpacking the difficult task of regional diplomacy
On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North...
DRC security situation remains dire, SADC says after Goma falls to...
At an Extraordinary Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday, Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders acknowledged that despite previous peacekeeping efforts, the security situation...
Risk of regional conflict following fall of Goma and M23 offensive...
A shifting political calculus by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risks triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring the importance of...
Kagame talks tough on SA involvement in the DRC ahead of...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused the Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) as being a belligerent force and said South...
No attacks against SANDF in DRC in last 48 hours –...
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has assured South Africans that SA National Defence Force camps in and around Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Lamola urges Rwandan forces to withdraw from DRC
International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Ronald Lamola, has urged Rwanda to stop its support for the M23 group and to withdraw its forces from...
Ramaphosa breaks silence on deaths of SANDF soldiers in the DRC
A week after the first of 13 South African soldiers were killed by M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President and...
Political parties continue pressure on government following DRC death toll increase
Opposition political parties continue calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to address the nation and break the ‘deafening silence’ since the deaths of 13 South...
Fall of DRC’s Goma: Urgent action needed to avert a regional...
On the morning of 27 January, Rwandan-backed March 23 (M23) rebels swept into Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu...
The revived Luanda Process – inching towards peace in east DRC?
The Luanda Process was established as part of the 2022 Luanda Roadmap, aimed at defusing tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the...
Are Rwandan troops becoming Cabo Delgado’s main security provider?
In three years, the Rwandan contingent in Mozambique has grown dramatically and expanded its operations across five districts.
In July 2021, around 1 000 personnel...
As M23 conflict grinds on in eastern DRC, calls mount for...
The seemingly intractable conflict between the M23 rebel group and security forces in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has some observers pressing for...
Uganda and the DRC conflict: the interests driving Kampala’s involvement
The ambiguous and often tumultuous relations between Uganda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have made headlines in recent months. In a July...
Rwanda Mi-35Ms spotted for the first time
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has displayed its recently acquired Mi-35M attack helicopters for the first time.
Two Mi-17 transport helicopters and two Mi-35M attack...
Rwanda Security Force carries out rotation in Mozambique
The task of keeping Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province safe from insurgents is now in the hands of the country’s armed forces – FADM (Forcas...
Luanda brokers DR Congo ceasefire
The United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and MONUSCO, the world body mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) all expressed appreciation for...
DRC conflict risks spreading: African leaders must push for solutions beyond...
In response to the deepening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council established a panel of independent experts...
Is the world finally growing weary of Kagame’s excesses?
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has cruised to another incredible 99%-plus victory in the country’s presidential elections. The latest results showed he had amassed 99.18%...
SAMIM operations conclude – pack up and equipment transport underway
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministerial committee on defence and security has commended both leadership and personnel involved in the just ended SADC...
Military muscle rather than mediation prevails in DRC
A burgeoning coalition of diverse military forces has been unable to prevent the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from taking a beating in...
Eastern DR Congo “a rapidly escalating crisis” – MONUSCO Head
The senior United Nations (UN) representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council (SC) the “rapidly escalating crisis” in the...
Will Rwandan genocide come back to haunt PW Botha man?
Cape Town-based non-profit organisation (NPO) Open Secrets wants Pretoria resident Willem “Ters” Ehlers prosecuted for aiding and abetting the April 1994 Rwanda genocide.
It submitted...
SAMIM criticism misses larger point
Since the announcement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) drawdown from Cabo Delgado province, there have been various criticisms...
Rwanda’s military support to other countries is part of a strategy...
Rwanda is one of Africa’s geographically smallest countries. However, its foreign policy, whose hallmark is military diplomacy, has attracted international attention.
Military diplomacy refers to...
EAC field training exercise consolidated bloc security efforts
The just ended East African Community (EAC) Exercise Ushirikiano Imara in Rwanda saw member states fine tune skills in peace support operations (PSOs), counter...
Ex Ushirikiani Imara underway in Rwanda
The 13th East African Community (EAC) regional field training exercise, Ushirikiani Imara (building strong relationships) 2024, is underway in Rwanda’s Bugesera district of the...
As SADC Mission in Mozambique winds down, terrorism resurges
As the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique winds down its activities in the Cabo Delgado region, terrorists have begun to surge again...
Drones, heavy weapons dominate DRC’s fight with M23
A steady stream of wounded civilians walk or are carried past the tents that surround Ndosho hospital in Goma, the provincial capital of North...
Bold African Union role needed to stabilise east DRC
The African Union lacks a coherent strategy that can reduce tensions between countries and improve security coordination.
Security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the...
Senior UN peacekeeping official meets SADC Executive Secretary
While in Africa, United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix met Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Elias Magosi with...
Burundi-Rwanda rivalry: RED-Tabara rebel attacks add to regional tensions
The RED-Tabara armed group, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has renewed attacks in Burundi since late 2023. The group – which...
Ramaphosa tries to patch up relations with Rwanda
Could South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to rekindle ties between his country and Rwanda also help resolve the dangerous standoff between Rwanda and...
Rwanda genocide: 30 years on, why Tutsis are at the centre...
The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994 has in complex ways fuelled violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over...
Rwanda’s genocide could have been prevented: 3 things the international community...
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda, it is important to understand what...
DRC-Rwanda crisis: what’s needed to prevent a regional war
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African, Burundian and Tanzanian troops are fighting against the Rwandan army, which has deployed...
Botswana exits SAMIM as Rwanda grows troop numbers
The withdrawal of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) contingent to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) last week is the...
Reports of SANDF troops captured in the DRC dismissed as fake...
The South African Departments of Defence and International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) have dismissed reports that several South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers...
Continental body backs SADC mission in DR Congo, including ‘requisite support’
The African Union (AU) by way of its Peace and Security Council (PSC) has endorsed a Southern African Development Community (SADC) decision to deploy...
