Relationship dossier
Germany
Rwanda
Relationship assessment
Development cooperation alongside tension over Rwanda’s role in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany toward Rwanda
+30Germany has supported development cooperation with Rwanda, including vocational training initiatives. Germany has also called on Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda toward Germany
+25Rwanda has participated in bilateral development cooperation with Germany, including cooperation on vocational training and other development priorities. The extent of Rwanda’s response to German concerns about M23 is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines sustained development cooperation with a serious disagreement over Rwanda’s role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. These features support a generally cooperative but qualified bilateral relationship.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Germany and Rwanda have a longstanding development-cooperation relationship, including German support for vocational training and other development priorities. The partnership coexists with significant tension over Rwanda’s role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Germany has called on Rwanda to stop supporting M23. The scope and implementation of cooperation are not fully clear.
Areas of tension
- Germany’s concerns about Rwanda’s support for M23 and the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Key developments
Germany called on Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Germany and Rwanda pursued development cooperation that included vocational training initiatives.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of German development cooperation with Rwanda are unclear.
- The extent of Rwanda’s response to German concerns about M23 and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is unclear.