Diplomatic Strains Grow Between Rwanda and DRC Following US Hotel Incident

Updated By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1419 EAT on Thursday 26 March 2026 Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated this week following reports of an alleged security incident involving DRC First Lady Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi in Washington, D.C. Nyakeru is in the United States to attend the Intergenerational Dialogue…

Britain to Cut Aid to Rwanda over Involvement in DRC conflict.

Britain has issued a stern warning to Rwanda, cautioning that its alleged involvement in the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could jeopardize over $1 billion in annual foreign aid. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of Goma, a city of 2 million people in eastern DRC, on Monday, defying widespread international calls…

Belgium based DRC Journalist Uwimaana Josianne dies Mysteriously

By our correspondent The leader of East African Report, Uwimaana Josianne died mysteriously on 20th December 2023. Human rights organisations around the world are still investigating her death. Josianne was a brother to the news reporter Rutembesa Innocent from DR congo. Uwimaana Josianne was born on the 1st of January in 1987, and she died…

47 bodies recovered in Congo River disaster

The sinking of a boat called a “whaler” on Friday on the Congo River left at least 47 dead and an unknown number missing, the Minister of Transport of the Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday evening. The previous report communicated on Sunday by the authorities of the province of Equateur (north-west) reported at least…

DRC: in the Goma camps, prostitution, rape and hunger

Patricia* is 15 years old and has a tough look. Like thousands of girls and women in recent months, she was raped while searching for food for her family around the displaced camps in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sitting in a Médecins sans Frontières tent, pregnant, she hides her…

US fundraising platform for charities says around $900,000 stolen by staff in DRC

A US-based aid group said that approximately $900,000 was stolen from its Congo programs by members of the organization who conspired with outsiders. GiveDirectly said that it learned that people on its Congo team worked with people outside the organization to defraud the cash transfer program, diverting aid from more than 1,700 impoverished families over…