Britain, Canada, Germany… With the M23 offensive in the DRC, Western donors are peeling away from Rwanda one by one. Will that put the country’s public finances under strain?

The grand finale of Africa's Business Heroes competition will be held in Kigali, Rwanda from March 14-15, 2025.

The UK said it would suspend some bilateral aid to Rwanda over its role in the conflict in neighboring DR Congo. Kigali, which denies backing the M23 rebel group that has seized key cities in eastern DRC in recent weeks,

ICCA launches the ICCASkills Hub in Kigali, Rwanda, boosting business events professionals with globally recognized certification and hands-on training.

In September, there's a high-level meeting focused on how the world should tackle the growing burden of NCDs. In the lead-up to the meeting, experts, advocates, policymakers, and NGOs gathered in Kigali to start defining their priorities.

Rwanda is asking Britain for a 50 million-pound payment over a cancelled asylum deal, a source close to the government in Kigali said on Tuesday, after London paused some bilateral aid to the African country over the war in Congo.

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was "shameful", adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada's position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was 'shameful,' adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.

Rwanda’s booming $640-million tourism industry is threatened by its backing of M23 rebels in neighboring DR Congo, experts told Semafor, as Kigali comes under growing international pressure over its role in the conflict.

Rwanda has said international sanctions will reduce the likelihood of peace with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after the United Kingdom said it would pause some bilateral aid and impose other diplomatic sanctions on Kigali.

Opinion - For years, whenever Rwanda raises concerns about the security threats from DR Congo, critics dismiss it as paranoia or political maneuvering. Some call it an overreaction; others, in Gen Z slang,

President Paul Kagame reiterated that aid to developing countries has been weaponized and used as a tool of control and create dependency.