Discussed with Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner the situation in Eastern DRC and the role the EU can play in regional stability. Territorial integrity is non-negotiable. I reaffirmed the EU’s support for the Luanda and Nairobi processes as a path to resolving the conflict.

At least 3000 dead in #GOMA according the latest UN estimate. 3000 in under a week.

Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

Here are Crisis Group’s annual eight priorities for the #AU featuring entries on #Sudan, #Somalia, #Cameroon, #Sahel and #SouthSudan. In this thread, I’ll focus on #DRC, where the risk of regional war is high after the fall of #Goma to M23 rebels. 1/9 crisisgroup.org/africa/african…

Rebelledaren till Ekot: ”Vill skapa en egen stat i östra Kongo” - Nyheter (Ekot) sverigesradio.se/artikel/rebell…

We welcome the UN Human Rights Council 🇺🇳 call for the withdrawal of the Rwandan army 🇷🇼 and the M23 from the occupied areas in North & South Kivu. We support the Council's decision to establish a fact-finding mission & an independent commission of inquiry into the serious violations of human

BREAKING: Emergency joint meeting of EAC and SADC leaders on eastern DRC crisis kicks off in Tanzania. 🇷🇼 President Kagame attending, 🇨🇩 President Tshisekedi joining virtually and 🇿🇦 President Ramaphosa represented by Foreign minister

🔴#RDC Les recommandations sur la table du Sommet #EAC #SADC👇 ▶️Cessation des hostilités et cessez-le-feu inconditionnel par toutes les parties ▶️Réouverture de l'aéroport de #Goma ▶️Rapatriement des dépouilles et des blessés ▶️S'engager sans condition à un dialogue inclusif

Nous saluons le fait que le Conseil des Droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies 🇺🇳UN Human Rights Council, exige le retrait de l’armée rwandaise 🇷🇼 et du M23 des zones occupées au Nord & au Sud Kivu et soutenons la décision du Conseil de créer une mission d’établissement des faits & une commission

We reaffirm our commitment to a diplomatic and political solution that prioritises the stability of the DRC and neighbouring countries, and safeguards the peace and well-being of the Congolese people. 🔗 t.ly/WIRZ4

Crise dans l'Est de la RDC : la Belgique exhorte le Rwanda à retirer ses troupes de l'Est du Congo. Bruxelles envisage des sanctions contre Kigali, selon Maxime Prévot, ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Belgique

How your phone might be funding the war in eastern DRC Eastern DRC's resource-rich region is engulfed in war, making it hard to certify that mined metals don’t fund armed groups. These conflict minerals enter global markets and end up in our electronics.

In an extraordinary intervention, Pope Francis also took aim at Vice President JD Vance's theological justification for the deportation program. newsweek.com/pope-rebukes-t…

Des députés verts et le docteur Mukwege demandent à l'UE de ne plus acheter de minerais au Rwanda ➡️ go.rfi.fr/0u7

🇪🇺🇨🇩🇷🇼 We welcome the resolution of the European Parliament , adopted on 13 February by a large majority, notably under the leadership of Mounir Satouri 🌍 and Hilde Vautmans. This resolution urges the Rwandan government to withdraw its troops from Congolese territory and to stop

Because Belgium put pressure on EU to freeze aid to Rwanda, Rwanda cancels Belgian aid.

🇷🇼🇧🇪 Le #Rwanda annonce, ce mardi 18 février, la suspension de sa coopération de développement avec la #Belgique, en raison notamment de la position de Bruxelles sur le conflit à l'est de la #RDC. ►Des tensions diplomatiques qui montent d’un cran entre les deux pays, alors que

Déclaration du Groupe de contact international pour la région des Grands Lacs sur la situation dans l’est de la RDC 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇩🇰🇺🇸🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇸🇪🇨🇭🇪🇺 auswaertiges-amt.de/fr/newsroom/27…

“To give hope to others, sometimes it is simply enough to be kind, to put aside your own worries and priorities in order to show interest, give the gift of a smile, speak an encouraging word, create a space for listening amid so much indifference" Pope Francis.

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are set to come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May, after their foreign ministers agreed to respect each other's sovereignity, following negotiations in Washington. Now, what's next? bbc.in/3YSIguH