News | Paul Kagame
| UN Security Council Calls on Rwanda to Stop Supporting M23 Rebels in DR Congo | |
UN News - February 22, 2025 | |
 | The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The 15 members called on the Rwanda Defence Forces to stop supporting the armed group and immediately withdraw from Congolese territory “without preconditions.” |
| US Sanctions Rwanda's Minister James Kabarebe for Central Role in DR Congo Conflict | |
Radio Okapi - February 20, 2025 | |
 | The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration James Kabarebe for the central role he plays in Rwanda’s support for the M23 rebels. It also sanctioned Lawrence Kanyuka, a leading member and spokesperson for the M23 and AFC rebel groups. |
| Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Summarily Executed Children in Bukavu, UN Reports | |
Radio Okapi - February 19, 2025 | |
 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that Rwanda-backed M23 rebels committed summary executions of children in Bukavu when they entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city. |
| DRC Seeks Arrest of Presidential Candidate Moise Katumbi | |
VOA News - May 19, 2016 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has issued an arrest warrant for Moise Katumbi, an opposition leader planning a possible election challenge to President Joseph Kabila. Government spokesman Lambert Mende said on Thursday that the arrest warrant was issued after Katumbi was indicted on a charge of hiring mercenaries. |
| Kerry Calls on Kabila to Honor Constitution | |
VOA News - May 4, 2014 | |
 | U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Congolese President Joseph Kabila to respect his country's constitution and not run for a third term. The U.S. is pledging additional funding for elections and for helping to demobilize fighters in eastern provinces. |
| U.S. Sanctions Rwanda Over Use of Child Soldiers by M23 Rebels | |
Radio Okapi - October 4, 2013 | |
 | U.S. authorities announced on Thursday that they have sanctioned Rwanda over the recruitment of child soldiers by the M23 rebels operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations and rights groups have accused Kigali of supporting the rebels. |
| Rwandan Support for M23 Rebels Frustrates Attempts to End Fighting in Eastern Congo | |
Scott Stearns/VOA News - September 26, 2013 | |
 | U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attacks being carried out by rebels in Eastern Congo against civilians "appalling". African heads of state met at the United Nations to discuss the conflict, which the United States says Rwanda is fueling by backing those rebels. |
| Rwanda 'recruiting for M23 rebels' | |
BBC News - July 31, 2013 | |
 | Four Rwandans have told the BBC the army forcibly recruited them to fight for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The four said they were seeking asylum in Uganda after fleeing the fighting. |
| U.S. Tells Rwanda to Remove Its Military Personel From Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - July 23, 2013 | |
 | The United States has called on Rwanda to stop all support to the M23 rebels a day after Human Rights Watch published new evidence that Rwanda continues to support the rebels in their campaign of terror across the border in eastern Congo. |
