UN experts have accused Uganda and Rwanda of backing M23 rebels, and despite denials, officials in Kigali have been anxious over the turn of events.
After freezing financial aid to Kigali, Washington has indicted it is ready to lift sanctions against Rwanda if it severs ties with rebel group M23.
Rwanda ruling party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, has won 40 of the 53 parliamentary seats open to political parties in the country’s elections.
Paul Kagame’s RPF, which has run the country since ending the genocide nearly 20 years ago, are headed for a predicted landslide win.
SA soldiers may be caught in the middle should the country hold DRC to account. Mmanaledi Mataboge reports.
While HPV vaccines will save lives, target schoolgirls will be hard to reach.
Rwanda’s high commissioner says fears of further persecution are misplaced: it is safe to return.
With their refugee status being annulled, Rwandans fear what is in store for them if they go back. Niren Tolsi reports.
A four-story building under construction in Rwanda has collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, police have said.
Police in Rwanda say three people have been killed and an unknown number are feared trapped after a four-storey building under construction collapsed.
The US is working towards giving Bosco Ntaganda, holed up in the country’s embassy in Rwanda, safe passage to the International Criminal Court.
During her recent visit to Rwanda, Cara Meintjes spent time with young citizens who are still grappling with the legacy of the 1994 genocide.
Uganda helped the M23 militia with "logistics" as it fought a deadly and successful offensive against the Congolese army.
United Nations sanctions experts have claimed soldiers from the DRC’s neighbouring countries assisted M23 rebels in their offensive in Goma.
Even if the M23 rebels leave Goma, as promised, their invasion is a threat to President Joseph Kabila.
The government of Rwanda has cancelled the passports of several key opposition leaders in exile, rendering some of these people stateless.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame will not attend Saturday’s summit in Uganda seeking a solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to sanction the leaders of the M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the DRC’s city of Goma.
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has spoken out against his critics who claim he is a dictator and behind a rebel group destabilising the DRC.
Tony Blair and Bill Clinton heap praise on Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, but his halo is beginning to slip and citizens are starting to notice.
A top opposition figure in the DRC wanted by the government on treason charges is seeking asylum in the South African embassy in neighbouring Burundi.
Congo said it wants the UN peacekeeping force to "neutralise" a new rebel movement and a force that helped perpetrate Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
Southern African leaders on Saturday slammed Rwanda for supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a threat to regional stability.
Germany has suspended millions of euros in aid to Rwanda over allegations that the country is backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The UK has followed measures by the US and Netherlands after a UN report accused Rwanda of arming rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Alarm bells have been ringing in Washington and London over Rwanda’s clampdown on internal freedoms, writes David Smith.
The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda’s leaders they could face prosecution for arming groups responsible for atrocities in the DRC.
Now that Rwanda’s Gacaca courts has completed their mandate, the fear that has so far kept the peace must give way to trust, writes Jan Hofmeyr.
The consumer price index for urban areas in Rwanda has risen by almost 3% due and this has been attributed partly to higher food prices.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticised Western powers for not arresting or extraditing suspected killers in the countries 1994 genocide.
Days before an exiled Rwandan army general was shot and wounded in SA, two suspects were plotting another attempt on his life, a court witness says.
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Two journalists jailed for insulting Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and denying the genocide are appealing their sentences.