It was around 1:25 am, in the wee hours of Monday, January 27, when the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator to Rwanda, Ozonnia Ojielo, received an official letter from his counterpart in DR Congo,

Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents of Rwanda and Congo have agreed to attend a meeting Wednesday to discuss developments in eastern Congo, where M23 rebels say they have seized control of Goma on the Congo-Rwandan border.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where fierce fighting raged as Kigali-backed fighters closed in on the major city of Goma.

Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations describe a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government say the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.

The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma.

Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on Sunday told AFP that Kigali had "evacuated" its final diplomat from the Democratic Republic of Congo due to fighting in the border area between the two countries.

Deadly clashes in Goma between Congolese military and M23 rebels backed by Rwanda escalate humanitarian crisis.

AS Kigali's new signing Haruna Niyonzima has pledged to win trophies with the club. The Amavubi legend was announced as a new AS Kigali player on Sunday, January 26, marking his second stint at the club, having played for it earlier in 2019.

Renowned Burundian zouk and pop sensation Kidumu Kibido is set to return to Kigali for the inaugural "Amore Valentine's Gala," taking place on Valentine's Day, February 14, at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV).

THE United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Sunday over deadly clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after Kinshasa withdrew its diplomats from Kigali as Rwanda-backed rebels advanced on the key city of Goma.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo near the border with its neighbour. Relations between the two countries are steeped in history but also mired in more than 30 years of