US EditionRwanda Quits Central African Bloc in Dispute with Congo
- Rwanda declared its withdrawal from the regional group of 11 Central African countries focused on economic collaboration during the summit held Saturday in Equatorial Guinea.
- This decision followed Rwanda being blocked from assuming the ECCAS rotational presidency, a right laid down in the treaty but denied amid tensions over military clashes in eastern Congo.
- The conflicts involve Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seizing key cities in eastern Congo, prompting accusations against Rwanda and Congo's instrumentalization of ECCAS to exclude Rwanda.
- Rwanda condemned the bloc's functioning as contrary to its founding principles and declared there was "no justification for remaining" after ECCAS members ordered its troop withdrawal from Congolese soil.
- Rwanda's exit underscores escalating regional diplomatic tensions and complicates ongoing US-mediated peace efforts between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Rift Over Congo Crisis Drives Rwanda Out of Central Africa Alliance
Rwanda’s sudden withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on June 9, 2025, has rattled a region already on edge. The government in Kigali made the move after ECCAS leaders, meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, denied Rwanda its scheduled turn at the group’s rotating presidency. Instead, the bloc extended Equatorial Guinea’s mandate, […]
Kigali denounces a "drift" of ECCAS in favour of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after its right to the rotating presidency was "voluntaryly ignored" on Saturday at the 26th ordinary summit of the regional organisation.
Rwanda announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), accusing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of 'instrumentalizing' the regional bloc for its own benefit. The decision was made public after the 26th ECCAS Summit held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. According to official Rwandan sources, the measure responds to the 'politicization' of the organization by Kinshasa, which would have actively promo…
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