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DR Congo's Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya. File
Africa

An open letter to DR Congo’s verbose minister Patrick Muyaya

Sunday, April 12, 2026
A photograph of a list of leading contributors to RTLM, preserved in the archives at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. In 1994, the big powers that had the means to jam or disrupt broadcasts of the hate radio, RTLM, that fanned hate, spread genocide ideology and directed the killers, refused to do so on the grounds that it would be a violation of Rwanda’s sovereignty. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

When sovereignty is excuse for inaction

Friday, April 10, 2026
Rwanda Ambassador to Zimbabwe, James Musoni with Zimbabwe's Chief Director for Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Pearson Chigiji light candles
Kwibuka

Zimbabwean official salutes Rwanda on recovery from Genocide

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja delivers his remarks during the commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi at the United Nations headquarters on April 7. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Genocide suspects must be prosecuted, Ugirashebuja tells UN

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
A view of Ntarama Genocide Memorial, the former Ntarama Catholic Church. Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda 1994: A genocide decades in the making, not a spontaneous tragedy

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Peace talks between the Congolese government and the AFCM23 rebel movement have been moved from Qatar to Switzerland. Courtesy
Africa

AFC/M23-DR Congo peace talks moved to Switzerland amid Middle East conflict 

Monday, April 06, 2026
Some of the artillery weapons seized by M23 at Goma International Airport in January 2025. Photo by James Munyaneza.

Why Rwanda cannot ignore the threat of genocide ideology next door

Sunday, April 05, 2026
Edward Kallon, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Zimbabwe, and Rwanda's High Commissioner to Zimbabwe James Musoni during a press conference ahaed of Kwibuka 32 in Harare. Photo by Kelvin Jakachi
Africa

UN envoy warns Rwanda under FDLR genocidal threat

Thursday, April 02, 2026
A section of a residential house destroyed by a drone attack in Goma that killed three people on Wednesday, March 11. Courtesy.

Eastern DR Congo peace requires political will and confronting genocide ideology

Friday, April 03, 2026
‘Corporal’ Bimenyimana Nzayisenga is among the 214 former members of armed groups, including some from FDLR and its splinter factions, who were discharged on Tuesday, March 31. Courtesy
Rwanda

Former FDLR combatants on how they plan to rebuild lives in Rwanda

Thursday, April 02, 2026
AFC M23 official Freddy Kaniki comforts members of the Banyamulenge community who fled atrocities in Uvira to Kamanyola in January 2026. Photo by Teddy Mazina

Eastern DR Congo: When vulnerable citizens are left between armies

Wednesday, April 01, 2026
The Chairperson of RDRC Valerie Nyirahabineza and Jean Maurice Uwera, Government Deputy Spokesperson handing over IDs to one of the E-x combatants who graduated at Mutobo Demobilisation Center on Tuesday, March 31.
Rwanda

Over 200 ex-FDLR combatants reintegrated back in society

Tuesday, March 31, 2026