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African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf welcomed the agreement to bring Formula 1 to Rwanda as "a significant milestone for African sport" and commended Kigali, 10 days after the deal was announced and Congo objected.
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Congo's foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, said Formula One's planned Rwanda Grand Prix would “polish the image of an authoritarian leader” and demanded guarantees that no conflict minerals fund it. The U.S. sanctioned Rwanda's military in March over M23.
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Five Great Lakes states endorsed draft rules in Lusaka on Oct. 18 to disarm foreign fighters, as a Rwandan general under U.S. sanctions attended regional defence talks. Here is where the Washington Accords, the sanctions and the minerals deal stand.
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Two U.S. judges have ordered the government to bring back men deported to Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear the third-country deportation case in December. More than 500 people have been sent to African countries that are not their own.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived Child Soldiers Prevention Act restrictions in full for Nigeria and Ethiopia and in part for the DRC, Somalia and the Central African Republic, keeping U.S. military aid flowing. Rwanda, South Sudan and Sudan are not named.
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Congo’s foreign minister called F1’s plan for a Rwanda Grand Prix “morally indefensible,” saying it would “polish the image of an authoritarian leader,” and demanded guarantees that no conflict-mineral money pays for it. The U.S. sanctioned Rwanda’s military in March.
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The federal trial of Eric Nshimiye, 55, a Rwandan-born U.S. citizen from Ohio charged with perjury and obstruction over denials about the 1994 genocide, opened in Boston on Oct. 13. Prosecutors plan to call more than a dozen witnesses, most from Rwanda.
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At a U.N. Security Council briefing on Oct. 13, U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Bartos said Rwanda must withdraw its troops from Congo and end support to M23, and called Kinshasa’s plan to disarm the FDLR “an encouraging step,” urging quick implementation of the Washington Accords.
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President Paul Kagame announced a 10-year agreement for Rwanda to host a Formula One Grand Prix at a new circuit in Bugesera from the early 2030s, returning F1 to Africa for the first time since 1993. Formula One is owned by U.S.-based Liberty Media.
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The State Department has placed Nigeria on its 2026 Child Soldiers Prevention Act list with 13 other governments, eight of them in Africa, putting U.S. military training, financing and some arms sales at risk from Oct. 1 unless President Trump issues a waiver.
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Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila announced in Goma that he will lead the FRN, a new politico-military movement with the Rwanda-backed M23, aiming to end “tyranny by any means, including force.” What it means for the U.S.-brokered peace deal.
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An ambush in eastern Congo on Sept. 17 hit a team from Erik Prince’s Vectus Global, killing at least eight and wounding former Green Beret and UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, Reuters reported. Sources blamed Rwandan forces; Rwanda denies backing M23.
