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Rebel group M23 takes control of Congo town, in blow to peace talks in Africa

The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Uvira on Thursday, endangering peace efforts in the region.

Vendors and customers crowd a market in Uvira on December 9, 2025.
(From L-R) US President Donald Trump, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi hold  a signed document during a signing ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, December 4, 2025.

Congo, Rwanda leaders affirm commitment to Trump-backed peace deal

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi's high representative Sumbu Sita Mambu and head of the M23 rebel group delegation Benjamin Mbonimpa sign a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo, during a ceremony in Doha, Qatar, November 15, 2025.

Congo, M23 rebels agree to framework pact backed by US and Qatar

Relatives assist a distressed victim of the genocide at a mass-grave site in Kigali

Police arrest Rwandan genocide leader on Long Island for immigration fraud


Liberman makes first visit to Africa by defense minister in decades

Liberman's visit amid critiscm of Israel's planned forced deportation of thousands of illegal African migrants.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks in Tel Aviv

Women of the world unite

Listening to the diverse panelists from Rwanda, the Netherlands, Canada and Latvia, it became evident that women in developing and developed countries have interestingly come together.

Protesters form triangles with their hands during a demonstration for women’s rights in Bilbao, Spain, on March 8, International Women’s Day

UNHCR involved in finding safe alternative to Rwanda

The ministry recently announced that married men, women and children will not be subjected to deportation or imprisonment for the time being.

An African refugee in south Tel Aviv wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust: “I promise to remember... and never forget!” (Reuters)

Meretz MKs on 'emergency trip' to Rwanda to check on deported migrants

“We came here to expose to the Israeli public one of the greatest injustices in the history of the State of Israel."

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014

Thousands of African migrants protest deportation at Rwandan embassy in Israel

"Don't sell me to Rwanda."

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel

Population and Immigration Authority threatened over migrant deportation

Red paint was splattered across the doorway to the downtown Tel Aviv office with notes that read “It will not pass quietly, it’s only the beginning,” and “Their blood is on your hands."

Severed heads and red paint are found outside the entrance the Ministry of Economy office in Tel Aviv, January 2018

El Al pilots beseech int'l counterparts to refuse to fly refugees to Africa

"We are witnessing an unprecedented wave of protest by citizens from all walks of life."

African refugees hold up placades during a demonstatration on the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel

Holocaust survivors offer shelter as asylum crisis rages

Expulsion is a ‘violation of ethical standards,’ write doctors in letter.

An African refugee in south Tel Aviv wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust: “I promise to remember... and never forget!” (Reuters)

Rwanda denies existence of deal to accept African migrants from Israel

Rwanda and Uganda have both denied that they have signed an agreement with Israel to accept African migrants from the country, despite much publicity from the Israeli government.

CHILDREN OF African asylum seekers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day

Israel to close 7 diplomatic missions over next 3 years

The move comes even as Netanyahu has talked of opening new offices, especially in Africa.

A Star of David is seen outside the former Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversy of the building's destruction by a car bomb, March 2017