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Amani Athar

Amani Athar

AFC-M23 rebels arrive at Rusizi border after capturing the city of Bukavu in South Kivu Province on February 18, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

End the misplaced blame: AFC/M23 is DR Congo’s war, not Rwanda’s

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Rwanda’s recognised heroes are laid to rest at the National Heroes’ Mausoleum in Remera, next to Amahoro Stadium and BK Arena. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

The unsung heroes in our midst

Sunday, February 01, 2026

M23 rebels arrive at Rusizi border after capturing Bukavu City in eastern DR Congo on February 16, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Can AFC/M23 save DR Congo from a Haiti-style collapse?

Friday, January 23, 2026

According to historians Belgium deposed Bucyanayandi to eliminate a rear base for Rwandan Tutsi.

Why Belgium deposed Bucyanayandi to eliminate a rear base for Rwandan Tutsi

Friday, January 16, 2026

Bwishya chiefdom in eastern DR Congo.

Why Belgians created a Kingdom of Banyabwisha from scratch

Monday, January 12, 2026

Some Kinyarwanda-speaking citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo are pictured being subjected to severe torture in eastern DR Congo.

How native Congolese were made foreigners: Case of the Tutsi of Nyiragongo

Tuesday, January 06, 2026

General Sylvain Ekenge, former spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)

Gen Ekenge's scandal: A sign of the downfall of a genocidal regime

Friday, January 02, 2026

Former President of Rwanda Grégoire Kayibanda in 1957, launched the Bahutu Manifesto, a document that laid the groundwork for anti-Tutsi racial hatred.

Ndi Umukongomani can help defeat Kayibanda successors in DR Congo

Monday, December 29, 2025

King Yuhi V Musinga with the Queen Mother (his mother) Nyirayuhi V Kanjongera.

Yuhi V Musinga: The King who breathed his last because he preferred exile to baptism

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Some of the residential houses of Tutsi that were burned by FDLR genocidial group members and FARDC soldiers during the fighting against M23 rebels at Nturo Village in eastern DR Congo.

Here is why post-genocide Rwanda is not the source of Congolese woes

Monday, December 22, 2025

Rwanda had a rich tradition in which cultural symbols carried deep ceremonial meaning and represented power and divine authority.

Revisiting Nyarushara, the divine hammer of Rwanda’s ancient kingdom

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Burundian troops deployed in Eastern DRC

Belgium gains while Burundi worsens eastern DR Congo Conflict

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Stanislas Mbonampeka

Reflecting on Stanislas Mbonampeka, a man of selective integrity

Sunday, November 30, 2025

A Belgian doctor measures a man as part of a colonial-era practice used to determine ethnicity. Internet photo

When Belgium used ethnographic maps to annihilate the Tutsi in the Kivus

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

King Yuhi V Musinga.

Why Rubengera, not Kamuronsi, is King Musinga’s true birthplace

Friday, November 21, 2025

The New Times

Nyaruteja peace pact: A lesson of reconciliation, peace and respect between neighbours

Friday, November 07, 2025

The New Times

November 1, 1959: In Remembrance of the infamous ‘La Toussaint Rwandaise’

Saturday, November 01, 2025

Before the colonial era Rwandans were united. Courtesy

The legend of Kabirigi and Sebantu’s children

Sunday, October 19, 2025