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Corneille Nangaa, the coordinator of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) addresses journalists at the Goma Serena Hotel, on Thursday, January 30, three days after the rebel movement he leads captured the capital of eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu Province. Nangaa said they were undeterred to march to Kinshasa, as they look to confront “poor governance and a failed state.” PHOTO BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Africa

M23 to Kinshasa: ‘The sooner we talk, the sooner peace becomes a reality’

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) gathered experts from 35 African countries in Kigali from March 11 to 13, 2025.
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FEATURED: Experts convene in Kigali for UNDP conference on tackling Africa's governance challenges

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaderd are expected to hold an extraordinary summit on Thursday, March 13
Africa

DR Congo crisis: SADC leaders to meet in extraordinary summit on Thursday

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
South African troops deployed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under SAMIDRC. Courtesy.
Africa

Are SADC troops on verge of leaving eastern DR Congo?

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Foreign minister Amb Olivier Nduhungirehe meets Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Brussels, on Monday, March 10.
Africa

Rwanda will not bear burden of DR Congo's failures – Nduhungirehe to EU top diplomat

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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Women

From exile to empowerment: How Rose Rwabuhihi pioneered Rwanda's gender equality revolution

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
AFC/M23 fighters at Rusizi 1 Border Post hours after capturing Congo's Bukavu city in South Kivu Province, on February 16. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Africa

M23 denounces DR Congo’s continued massacre of Banyamulenge

Monday, March 10, 2025
President Kagame during an interview with Mario Nawfal, an American blogger and host of one of the largest social media shows. COURTESY
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Rwanda only concerned by FDLR security threat, not minerals – Kagame

Monday, March 10, 2025
Inside what used to serve as FDLR's 'Major' Benjamin Nimubutumwa's command post at Kanyamahoro, there is a bench, a table, two anti-tank weapon boxes, and pieces of communication gadgets.

Why sanctions are counterproductive

Monday, March 10, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
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Africa

What if M23’s struggle was also a feminist one?

Saturday, March 08, 2025
Women sell different goods at Birere market in Goma on Monday, February 10. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYANEZA

A Women's Day plea for women in DR Congo

Saturday, March 08, 2025