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Population:	13.87m
GDP:	$13.66bn
Debt:	69.9% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 67 No 21 |

RWANDA
CONGO-KINSHASA

Kabila puts his name to the rebellion

19th October 2026

The ex-president takes command of a front committed to ousting Tshisekedi, turning an eastern insurgency into an explicit bid for national power

Joseph Kabila has abandoned the ambiguity surrounding his alliance with the Rwanda-backed rebellion. Announced in Goma on 12 October, his Front pour la Refondation de la Nation (FRN)...

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Vol 67 No 14 |

US Treasury sanctions Rwandan gold refinery linked to M23 rebels

29th June 2026

Insiders warn this is the first of many planned measures to step up pressure on Kigali over its Congo intervention

The United State Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Gasabo Gold Refinery, Chairman Jean Malic Kalima, and General Manager Bosco Kayobotsi on 25 June, along with three...

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Vol 67 No 13 |

RWANDA
CONGO-KINSHASA
CHINA

Beijing is selling arms to both sides in the Congo war

17th June 2026

Weapons sold to Kigali are reaching M23 rebels, angering Kinshasa officials and threatening China’s mining interests

Officials in President Félix Tshisekedi’s government are increasingly frustrated by the flow of sophisticated Chinese-made weapons sold to Rwanda, then handed over to the Mouvement du 23 Mars...

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Vol 67 No 12 |

MOZAMBIQUE
RWANDA

Who really funds Kigali’s security operations in Cabo Delgado?

1st June 2026

French officials, Total and ExxonMobil are scrambling to retain Rwanda’s security role in Afungi after EU ended payments

French officials and TotalEnergies are looking at ways to maintain a military mission led by Rwanda in north-east Mozambique, after TotalEnergies and United States major ExxonMobil secured an...

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Vol 67 No 11 |

RWANDA
CONGO-KINSHASA

Kagame hits back on sanctions as NGOs reports new atrocities

18th May 2026

Western governments will face pressure to impose new sanctions on Rwanda and the M23 militia group in the wake a report by Human Rights Watch

The international community is likely to face pressure to impose new sanctions on Rwanda and the M23 militia group in the wake of a report by Human Rights...

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Vol 67 No 9 |

MOZAMBIQUE
RWANDA

As TotalEnergies restarts gas project, the insurgents take up piracy

28th April 2026

Jihadist fighters in Cabo Delgado are rebooting their campaign on land and sea as a row over cash could end Rwanda’s security operations

When France’s TotalEnergies resumed work on its US$25 billion gas project on Afungi in January, it was taken as a challenge by the jihadist insurgents based in the...

Vol 67 No 6 |

Kigali threatens to stop guarding gas project in Cabo Delgado

18th March 2026

Targeted by EU and US sanctions, Rwanda says it won’t protect western assets in Mozambique without new funding

Neither side has blinked yet in the poker game between Rwandan officials and their counterparts in the United States and the European Union. A flurry of meetings...

Vol 67 No 5 |

More pressure on Kigali

6th March 2026

President Félix Tshisekedi’s government is pressing its diplomatic advantage after the US State Department sanctioned the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) and four of its senior commanders for their...

Vol 67 No 1 |

As pressure mounts, Kagame plays security card

9th January 2026

Kigali holds its economy on course as it funds its Donbas strategy in neighbouring Congo-Kinshasa

Rwanda has kept its extensive operations in Congo-Kinshasa off-budget by reviving its military’s involvement in the eastern Congolese mineral trade. Evidence of increased military spending could have derailed...

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Rwanda

news from Rwanda

Category: all

DISPATCHES

Kabila puts his name to the rebellion

DISPATCHES

US Treasury sanctions Rwandan gold refinery linked to M23 rebels

Beijing is selling arms to both sides in the Congo war

DISPATCHES

Who really funds Kigali’s security operations in Cabo Delgado?

DISPATCHES

Kagame hits back on sanctions as NGOs reports new atrocities

As TotalEnergies restarts gas project, the insurgents take up piracy

Kigali threatens to stop guarding gas project in Cabo Delgado

More pressure on Kigali

As pressure mounts, Kagame plays security card

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