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Clockwise Celestin Mutabaruka, Dr Vincent Bajinya, Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Celestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza are Genocide fugitives who live in the UK. File

Genocide fugitives in the UK: PM Starmer's time to choose leadership

Thursday, June 11, 2026
Congolese refugees from Kigeme Refugee Camp take part in a peaceful walk calling for action to end the ongoing killings targeting members of the Tutsi and Banyamulenge communities in Eastern DR Congo

The ethnic identity politics in DR Congo are fundamentally domestic in origin

Tuesday, June 09, 2026
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, and Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye meet in Bujumbura on December 22, 2024. Courtesy.

The alliance driving instability in the Great Lakes region

Thursday, June 04, 2026
President Paul Kagame interacts with French President Emmanuel Macron during a dinner hosted at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris, France, on June 2. The event followed the inauguration of the first permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Paris. VILLAGE URUGWIRO

From reconciliation to partnership: The new chapter in Rwanda–France relations

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Burned remains of houses belonging to Tutsi communities in eastern DR Congo. The people of Minembwe, in South Kivu, continue to be subjected to regular mortar and kamikaze drone attacks. Courtesy.

The rhetoric of ‘non-natives’ in DR Congo: Echoes in current ethnopolitics

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, and DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accord in Washington, D.C., on December 4, 2025. Courtesy

Sanctions, sovereignty, and Rwanda: A small nation in the crosscurrents of global power

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Rwandan and Congolese officials meet in the United States on March 19, 2026, to discuss the implementation of the Washington Peace Agreement.

Selective outrage and transactional diplomacy in eastern DR Congo

Sunday, May 17, 2026
Thousands of Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp protested against violence targeting Congolese Tutsi communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. File

DR Congo Tutsi labelled as ‘naturally evil’

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Thousands of Congolese refugees during a peaceful march to protest against the genocidal violence against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo , at Kigeme refugee camp in Nyamagabe District in December 2022. File

Why EAC must counter the Tutsi-as-invader narrative

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Congolese researcher Alex Mvuka speaks during The New Times's inaugural episode of 'The Context'. Courtesy
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Researcher warns genocide ideology in DR Congo 'at its peak'

Monday, May 04, 2026
Congolese expert Dr Alexis Mvuka during the recording of the inaugural episode of 'The Context' in Kigali.
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The New Times launches podcast for deeper conversations beyond headlines

Thursday, April 30, 2026
European mercenaries who surrendered to AFC/M23 rebels cross into Rwanda, where they were facilitated for repatriation to their home countries on January 29, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana.

The borders of other people’s wars

Tuesday, April 21, 2026