Tag: Rwanda
Is the DRC: the European Parliament calls on the EU to suspend a partnership with Rwanda
European parliamentarians, gathered in Strasbourg, asked, Thursday, February 13, almost unanimity, the immediate suspension of an agreement signed in February 2024 with Rwanda. Strongly criticized by the Congolese, the agreement…
Cycling: no Worlds in Rwanda for Mathieu Van der Poel
The Dutchman, who has just been crowned world cyclo-cross champion for the seventh time, delivered his calendar during a press conference on the Spanish Costa Blanca where he is on…
Green deputies and Doctor Mukwege ask the EU to no longer buy minerals in Rwanda
They are called “blood minerals”. Coltan, tungsten, tin and gold, materials extracted in the Great Lakes region, are used in particular to manufacture smartphones. The minerals partly finance the rebels…
Is the DRC: the Congolese diaspora manifest in Belgium for more pressure on Rwanda
While EAC and SADC organizations called for an immediate ceasefire in South Kivu, where the Congolese army and its allies oppose the M23 supported by Rwanda, several hundred people gathered…
“Visit Rwanda”, sponsor of the Paris Saint-Germain football club: the controversy rises, a petition is launched
One of the sponsors of Paris-Saint-Germain is controversial. Since 2019, PSG promotes Rwanda on its various jerseys. But since the worsening of the conflict with the DRC, this partnership has…
A Finnish researcher traveled after a dangerous Marburg virus in Rwanda: “The most scary trip I’ve made” | Foreign countries
Thing in summary Professor Tarja Sironen at the University of Helsinki is studying Marburg virus. Marburg’s disease had 66 people in Rwanda, 15 of whom died. Sironen and his research…
Is the DRC: Rwanda meets the accusations of its detractors
Successively pointed out by the Development Community of Southern Africa (SADC), Burundi and G7 for its involvement in the conflict which currently tears the east of the DRC, Rwanda has…
Cycling: the international cycling union denies any plan B for the Worlds planned in Rwanda
The Union International Cycling (UCI) assured Friday, January 31, that no trip from the world road cycling championships, scheduled for September in Rwanda, was “planned to date”, against the background…
Is the DRC: diplomatic tension rises and Rwanda accuses South Africa of “lying”
For Rwandan Head of State Paul Kagame, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and South African officials “twist reality”, “launch deliberate attacks” and “lie”. The Rwandan President has raised the tone…
Is the DRC: the support of Rwanda to the M23 convicted in Europe
In front of the House of Representatives, Thursday, January 30, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo formally asked Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 armed group, which rages in the…