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Some of the 106 ex-combatants repatriated from DR Congo in March, part of the group that returned alongside FDLR’s Brig Gen Gakwerere, were officially discharged at Mutobo Demobilization Centre on Thursday, June 26.

Mutobo: You came to fight. We sent you to class

Thursday, July 03, 2025
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Rwanda

Rwanda discharges 106 ex-combatants, launches new reintegration round

Saturday, June 28, 2025
Michela Wrong has, for over a decade, nurtured an obsessive fixation with Rwanda. Courtesy

Michela Wrong’s collapse of a career in paranoid propaganda

Monday, June 09, 2025
Close to 300 European mercenaries surrendered to M23 rebels and were allowed to cross into Rwanda before they were facilitated to take flights to their countries on Wednesday, January 29. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA

NBC report fails by relying on defeated European mercenaries as a news source

Saturday, June 07, 2025
Former members of FDLR undergo a civic training at Mutobo Demobilisation Centre, in Musanze District in the Northern Province on Wednesday, April 30. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Crime

Stolen childhoods: How FDLR recruits children and arms them with hate

Friday, May 02, 2025
Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa visited the Mutobo Demobilisation Centre in Musanze District , on Wednesday., April 9. Courtesy
International

Trump advisor lauds demobilisation efforts at Mutobo centre

Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Africa

Ex-FDLR leader: DR Congo’s support for Genocidal militia still the biggest threat to peace

Monday, April 07, 2025
Local government minister Patrice Mugenzi speaks to ex-combatants on Friday, March 28 at the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission camp in Musanze District. COURTESY PHOTOS
Security

Minister Mugenzi calls on ex-combatants to embrace unity, resilience

Saturday, March 29, 2025
Celestin Nahimana during the interview with The New Times. At 14 years old, He was forcibly recruited by the genocidal militia FDLR in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Africa

DR Congo: How FDLR recruits, holds children hostage

Friday, March 28, 2025
(L-R) Former FDLR members: ‘Major’ Gilbert Ndayambaje, Corporal Olivier Cyuzuzo, Eric Hakizimana, Celestin Nahimana at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) center in Mutobo, Musanze District. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Africa

FDLR urged to shoot on sight fleeing DR Congo soldiers

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
‘Major’ Gilbert Ndayambaje during the interview with The New Times. He said that the genocidal militia FDLR fed its combatants lies with the intention of holding them hostage. PHOTO BY WILLY MUCYO
Security

FDLR leaders fed us lies about life in Rwanda – ex-combatant

Monday, March 24, 2025
Major Gilbert Ndayambaje during the interview with The New Times at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) camp in Mutobo, Musanze District. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Africa

Ex-FDLR militia fighter speaks out on MONUSCO, FARDC support

Monday, March 24, 2025