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On April 17, Twirwaneho, a Banyamulenge self-defence group now allied with AFC-M23, warned against the Burundian army’s role in a “genocidal coalition” targeting their community in South Kivu. Courtesy Photo
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Twirwaneho warns Burundian army over genocidal attacks against Banyamulenge

Friday, April 18, 2025
Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Mubarakh Muganga and Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force at the RDF Headquarters in Kimihurura on Monday, April 14.
Security

PHOTOS: Ethiopia military chief visits Rwanda to strengthen cooperation

Monday, April 14, 2025
President Gregoire Kayibanda.

Years of infighting in PARMEHUTU led to 1973 coup d’état

Friday, April 11, 2025
Minister of Defense, Juvenal Marizamunda, addresses Rubavu residents, during commemoration of the Genocide victims killed at Nyundo Diocese on Wednesday 9. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Kwibuka

Rubavu: Defense minister urges youth to combat genocide ideology

Wednesday, April 09, 2025
A night vigil at Nyundo Genocide Memorial, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District, on Tuesday, April 8. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 31: Rubavu survivors feel secure despite persistent genocide ideology in DR Congo

Wednesday, April 09, 2025
The RDF Army Chief of Staff (ACOS), Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, is attending the African Land Forces Summit from 7 - 10 April 2025, in Accra, Ghana. Courtesy
Africa

RDF Army Chief of Staff in Ghana for African Land Forces Summit

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, speaks during the 31st commemoration ceremony at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Monday, April 7. PHOTO BY DAN KWIZERA
Kwibuka

Speech by the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement at the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Hundreds of European mercenaries were granted passage through Rwanda after they surrendered to M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo in late January. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

Romanian state inquiry says active-duty soldiers worked as mercenaries in DR Congo

Friday, April 04, 2025
David Lammy is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom.
Kwibuka

Open letter by survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to David Lammy on his position on Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)

Friday, April 04, 2025
AFC/M23 fighters in Bukavu in DR Congo. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

AFC/M23 warns of retaliation if Congolese army attacks persist in Walikale

Friday, April 04, 2025
Joseph Stéphane Mukumadi, the former governor of Sankuru province, on Thursday, April 3.
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Former Sankuru province governor Joseph Mukumadi joins AFC/M23

Thursday, April 03, 2025
Rex Kazadi, a candidate for DR Congo’s December 2023 presidential elections, has joined the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFCM23) rebellion’s ranks. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Former presidential candidate Rex Kazadi joins AFC/M23 – reports

Monday, March 31, 2025