Rwanda is courting European football clubs to maintain sponsorship deals as the Democratic Republic of Congo steps up pressure on the associations to sever ties, accusing its neighbor of destabilizing its mineral-rich eastern region.

U.K. authorities said Tuesday that they were punishing Rwanda over its alleged support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo. The measures include pausing direct financial aid that doesn't include support to the poorest Rwandans.

International sanctions against Rwanda will reduce the incentive for Kinshasa to engage in peace talks with M23 rebels who have made lightning advances in eastern Congo this year, a proscribed Rwandan minister has said.

Rwandan singer Bruce Melodie first rose to prominence after winning a popular singing competition. Now, his hitmaker status in East Africa and abroad has served him well as a businessman in several ventures,

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals deal with the United States.

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.

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Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in the wider region.