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Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola-mediated talks.
2024-07-30

M23 rebels capture the towns of Kiwanja and Rutshuru in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response, the Congolese government expels Rwanda's ambassador, accusing the country of supporting the rebels.
2022-10-30

A Congolese soldier crosses the border into Western Province, Rwanda, and is shot dead by a Rwandan Police officer. Rwandan officials say that the soldier had been attacking people and had injured two officers before he was killed.
2022-06-17

Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall calls for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda amid rising tensions between the two countries over the resurgence of the M23 rebels. Rwanda calls it an "internal DR Congo conflict" and also calls for the release of two "kidnapped" Rwandan soldiers along its border with DR Congo.
2022-05-29

Rwandan authorities accuse the Democratic Republic of the Congo of shelling areas in Musanze District.
2022-05-23

Gunmen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo seize the villages of Tshanzu and Runyoni in North Kivu, near the borders with Uganda and Rwanda.
2021-11-8

The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of backing rebels hostile to the Congolese government.
2012-07-29

The International Criminal Court dismisses charges against Callixte Mbarushimana, a Rwandan rebel accused of the torture, rape and murder of Congolese villagers by Hutu militia in 2009.
2011-12-16

Rwanda withdraws a threat to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur after a United Nations report accused the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-09-27

Rwanda threatens to limit cooperation with the United Nations after a report accused the country of war crimes in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-08-28