Congo-Rwanda draft deal outlines role of US, others in revamp of minerals sectorRwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo will collaborate with the U.S. to improve mineral supply chains. They aim to boost investment after...
14 Sep, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Conflict Intensifies in DR Congo, as M23 Rebels Take Over Key CityEastern DR Congo faces conflict fueled by ethnic tensions and mineral wealth. M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda, took control of Goma, making...
28 Jan, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine, says US President Joe BidenBiden's comments drew praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had encouraged Western leaders to use the term to describe R...
13 Apr, 2022, 06.54 PM IST
Russia trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine, war a 'genocide' : US President Joe BidenBiden's comments drew praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had encouraged Western leaders to use the term to describe R...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
View: Western hypocrisy and the impracticability of a tribunal to try RussiaSomething is better than nothing. When a UNSC consensus is available, it is useful to set up tribunals to try terrible atrocities like thos...
07 Apr, 2022, 08.34 PM IST
Macron recognises France's 'responsibility' in Rwanda genocide"Standing here today, with humility and respect, by your side, I have come to recognise our responsibilities," Macron said in a speech at t...
27 May, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
South Sudan’s president appoints new army chiefSouth Sudan erupted into civil war soon after securing independence from Sudan in 2011, leading to an estimated 400,000 deaths and one of t...
11 Apr, 2021, 03.10 PM IST
France to open archive for period covering Rwandan genocideThe report, published in March, concluded that French authorities remained blind to the preparations for genocide as they supported the “ra...
06 Apr, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
France arrests fugitive 'financier' of Rwanda genocideFrench police arrested Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, in a dawn raid in the Paris suburbs, where he had been living under a fals...
17 May, 2020, 07.25 AM IST
India extends $200 million credit lines to Rwanda; Modi holds talks with KagameModi, arrived in Rwanda on the first leg of his three-nation Africa tour as part of India's outreach to the resource-rich continent, becomi...
24 Jul, 2018, 04.21 PM IST
Unlike other UN bodies, decisions of security council binding on membersWhile the other organisations of the UN make recommendations to governments, the council alone has the power to take decisions which member...
12 Jul, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
- Gorilla numbers plummet by 77% in Congo05 Apr, 2016, 01.53 PM IST
US has always used veto in UNSC resolutions critical to IsraelThe council has 15 members, five permanent members five permanent me (China, France, Russia, the UK and US) and 10 non-permanent members wh...
24 Aug, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
- A tragic history
This book is about how two of the world’s great democracies, the US and India, faced up to one of the most terrible humanitarian crises of ...
26 Sep, 2013, 06.04 AM IST
- US working to impede Taliban communications: Report
The US is trying to prevent the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan from using radio stations and websites to intimidate civilians and plan...
18 Apr, 2009, 03.35 PM IST
- Congo closes its border to cut rebel supply lines
Congo sealed its border with Uganda on Saturday to cut off a rebel group's supply line, government officials said.
31 Aug, 2008, 01.43 AM IST
- Low expectations as Rice heads to Africa
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies Tuesday to Addis Ababa to consult regional leaders and ministers about how to defuse tensions ...
02 Dec, 2007, 08.00 AM IST