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Rusingizwa Bitebetebe, 80, one of the Banyamulenge who live in exile. Photo: Courtesy

80-year-old Congolese reflects on lifetime of injustice, attacks in DR Congo

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Rwanda’s envoy to the United Nations Office in Geneva Ambassador Urujeni Bakuramutsa at the third meeting of the 60th session of the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, September 9. Courtesy

DR Congo crosses 'red line' by accusing Rwanda of genocide, says envoy to UN

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

ADF militia kills 150 civilians in two months. Courtesy

DR Congo: ADF militia kills 150 civilians in two months

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy

M23 ‘in talks’ with other Congolese opposition leaders in South Africa

Saturday, September 06, 2025

Officials during the inaugural Joint Oversight Committee meeting. Rwanda, DR Congo and the United States met in Washington DC on Wednesday, September 3. Courtesy

Washington: Rwanda, DR Congo officials meet amid 'slowed' implementation of peace agreement

Thursday, September 04, 2025

DR Congo's former Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, found guilty of embezzlement

DR Congo's former justice minister found guilty of embezzlement

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Colonel Guillaume Eboko speaks to journalists in Goma

How one FARDC Colonel became police commander in M23-held Goma

Sunday, August 31, 2025

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi speaks at a the congress of the ruling coalition Union Sacree in Kinshasa on Saturday, August 30.

Tshisekedi says 'no dialogue outside' DR Congo

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Grandi (centre) poses for a picture with M23's Bisimwa (left) and Nangaa during their meeting on Friday.

DR Congo: UNHCR chief, M23 discuss refugee return

Saturday, August 30, 2025

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, touring Nkamira Transit Camp on Friday, August 29. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana.

UNHCR boss urges peace in DR Congo to enable safe return of refugees

Friday, August 29, 2025

The AFC-M23 (AFCM23) movement on Thursday, August 28, reported a renewed wave of attacks targeting the “Banyamulenge compatriots” in South Kivu.

DR Congo forces, allies accused of fresh atrocities against Banyamulenge

Thursday, August 28, 2025

President Paul Kagame, Commander-in-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force, addresses more than 6,000 officers during the closing of military career courses at Gabiro Combat Training Center on Monday, August 25. Photos by Village Urugwiro

Rwanda wrongly blamed for DR Congo insecurity, while true perpetrators go unreported - Kagame

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Rwandan citizens returning from various parts of DR Congo arrived at the Grande Barrière border post in Rubavu District on Monday, August 25. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

FDLR threatens any Rwandan intending to go back home, say returnees from DR Congo

Monday, August 25, 2025

The AFC-M23 rebels spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

Four reported dead as clashes between M23 and DR Congo army escalate

Monday, August 25, 2025

Mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC in eastern Congo. The AFCM23 rebels said on Sunday that the government coalition carried out drone attacks on populated areas.Courtesy

DR Congo: M23 says mercenaries took part in Sunday's drone attack

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Freddy Kaniki, the AFC/M23 deputy coordinator in charge economic affairs (L) and Willy Manzi, Vice Governor of North Kivu province address media in Goma on Friday, August 22. COURTESY

AFC/M23 delegation 'not in Doha to negotiate peace deal'

Friday, August 22, 2025

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe speaks to journalists during a press conference. Courtesy

Rwanda slams 'sensational' Human Rights Watch report alleging killings in DR Congo

Friday, August 22, 2025

Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere of the genocidal militia FDLR and some members captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on March 1. Photo Germain Nsanzimana

FDLR still fights alongside DR Congo army - new report

Friday, August 22, 2025

The United States government has welcomed the resumption of negotiations between DR Congo and the AFC-M23 rebel movement in Doha.

Renewed Doha talks ‘critical step’ to peace deal, says Trump advisor

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Olivier Nduhungirehe during a meeting on the sidelines of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama on August 20

Nduhungirehe calls for urgency in ending armed conflicts in Africa

Thursday, August 21, 2025