Prime

Blinken in Rwanda for talks on tensions with DR Congo

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his airplane at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, to travel to Rwanda, on August 10, 2022.PHOTO | ANDREW HARNIK | POOL | AFP

By  Ange Iliza

US top diplomat, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, arrived in Rwanda late Wednesday on a two-day visit to calm tensions between Rwanda and its neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo over sparring rebels.

Read: Antony Blinken kicks off Africa tour to counter Russian influence

Related

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  2. Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  3. East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

  4. PRIME Why US proposal to expand Sudan arms embargo is stirring debate

Latest

  1. PRIME Scramble on for $62bn rare earths, niobium in Kenya’s Mrima Hill

  2. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  3. PRIME Dar port maintains lead against peers in efficiency

  4. PRIME Cereal disruption: Why wheat imports from Russia, Ukraine just got more costly

In the headlines

View All