Belgium has successfully pushed the EU to impose sanctions on its former colony, Rwanda, over its military involvement in DR Congo. Rwanda has not taken the decision lightly.
The government announced on March 17 that it was severing diplomatic ties with Belgium, ordering all Belgian diplomats to ...
Rwanda's move to sever diplomatic ties with Belgium has been referred to as a strong message to the European country, which ...
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame called for a ceasefire in ...
The Rwanda-backed militia’s decision followed European Union sanctions over three senior Rwandan military officials, five ...
Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brussels has been ...
President Paul Kagame-led Rwandan Government has officially ended all diplomatic relations with the Government of Belgium.
Rwanda has dramatically severed diplomatic relations with Belgium “with immediate effect” over the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Rwanda earlier this week severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, a month after the suspending a five-year development cooperation agreement with the European country. Both decisions were driven by ...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Monday pulled out of peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo's government less than 24 hours before the warring parties in eastern Congo's worst conflict in ...
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A Rwanda without Belgium? Six decades overdue
After our ancestors fought for independence, a resistance that cost more than an arm and a leg, it hasn’t been easy for African countries to cut ties with colonial powers. Instead, they kept a heavy ...
The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebel coalition which is fighting a brutal war against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government, has blamed the EU for its last-minute decision to pull out of ...