Former President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo -DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the political party of former President Joseph Kabila over alleged ties to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group. The move comes amid
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan (Credit: icc-cpi.int) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan called on armed groups in the DR Congo to abide by international law as violence escalates in the country. Conditions in eastern DR Congo
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution on Democratic Republic of Congo that demands the immediate cessation of further military advances by the M23 and calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire at Feb. 21, 2024 meeting. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN Security
Head of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo received, on Monday Feb. 6, 2023, in Kinshasha the credentials of Lucy Tamlyn, the United States Ambassador to DRC. (Credit: twitter.com/Presidence_RDC By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES United States Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn
United Nations Peacekeepers patrol Butembo in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the security of local communities (UN Photo/Martine Perret) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Three UN peacekeepers and 15 protestors were
Paul Kagame, President of The Republic of Rwanda (Photo Credit: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Robert Menendez, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said this week he favors putting on hold all security aid
By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Moscow dispatched its top diplomat Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Uganda Monday on his third stop on an African tour to win over the Continent against Western pressure over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov
(Photo by Atwine Allen / ©Diplomatic Times) Congolese refugees inside the Nyakabande Transit Camp in Kisoro district of Uganda who have fled the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak of fighting in March between March 23 (M23 Movement M23) rebels and Armed Forces
Members of the rebel group known as M23 withdrawing from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo by: UN/Sylvain Liechti) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Rwanda and the Democratic
United Nations MONUSCO repels deadly attack by suspected ADF in Mamundioma, North Kivu province, DR Congo October 2017. (Photo MONUSCO/Force) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Secretary General of the UN supports the decision of leaders of