Robbie Corey-Boulet
rcoreyb.bsky.social
Robbie Corey-Boulet
@rcoreyb.bsky.social
West and Central Africa bureau chief, Reuters. Author of Love Falls On Us: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/love-falls-on-us-9781786995179/. Robbie.corey-boulet@thomsonreuters.com. Ex-AFP, WPR. Previously in Riyadh, Addis, Abidjan, elsewhere. 5x marathoner
Internal meeting notes seen by Reuters highlight long-standing disagreements that have complicated efforts to make peace.

The two sides fought over Rwanda's relationship to M23, the size of the FDLR and who is responsible for neutralizing it.

Mediators had to intervene repeatedly.
September 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
- One deportee, a bisexual man, has been sent back to Gambia and is in hiding
- Four others have been held in an open-air detention facility in Ghana
- Opposition MPs say the deal "risks our country being perceived as aligning itself with the US govt's current immigration enforcement regime"
September 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The complaint said:

- Five of the deportees were taken from a Louisiana immigration detention center, shackled and put on a US military plane without being told their destination
- Several were placed in straitjackets for 16 hours
September 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM