It’s difficult to know why Kagame gambled on his troops seizing Goma now, a move surely to trigger an international outcry.

Insults are flying on both sides of the border, with diplomatic language tossed aside. Addressing ambassadors on 16 January, Paul Kagame did not mince his words. “I know leaders when I see them, and I ...

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President of Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has refuted widespread allegations that his country is involved in mass looting of resources from the mineral rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...