Rwandan Senator Evode Uwizeyimana has compared the political and military challenges facing Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi to those that confronted former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana during his time in power.
Defence ministers from five Great Lakes countries, including Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are expected to meet in Lusaka, Zambia, on October 18, 2026, to discuss ways to strengthen regional cooperation in addressing insecurity.
Rwanda and Egypt plan to establish friendship groups within their respective parliaments to identify priority areas for stronger cooperation and coordinate joint activities.
The United States has urged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to immediately end any cooperation between its armed forces and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), calling for concrete measures to disarm and dismantle the armed group.
Rwanda and Russia are planning to strengthen cooperation in security, agriculture, trade, investment, healthcare, education, technology and sports as preparations continue for the third Russia-Africa Summit.
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has held talks with his Malian counterpart, Abdoulaye Diop, on bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
Rwanda has called on the United Nations (UN) and its member states to step up efforts to combat hatred, genocide denial and impunity, stressing that commemorating genocide victims must go hand in hand with concrete measures to prevent such atrocities from happening again.
President Paul Kagame met Senegal’s Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad, Cheikh Niang, in Kigali on October 8, as both countries seek to expand cooperation across key sectors, including trade, security, education and technology.
President Paul Kagame has met a panel of African Union (AU) mediators working to support efforts to restore peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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