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Some of the hundreds of eastern European mercenaries who deployed to DR Congo in 2022 to train the country's armed forces in the fight against the M23 rebels. Reports say that up to 2,000 mercenaries from eastern Europe are in the region to help the Congolese army coalition in fighting the M23 rebels.
Africa

Secret financial audit exposes high-level corruption fueling eastern DR Congo conflict

Thursday, April 18, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected in Uganda on Monday, April 15, for a two-day working visit. Courtesy
Africa

Ramaphosa, Museveni to discuss DR Congo crisis

Monday, April 15, 2024
President Paul Kagame meets with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in Kigali on April 6, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Africa

South Africa's Ramaphosa says political solution needed in DR Congo crisis

Sunday, April 07, 2024
The justifications that Felix Tshisekedi gives to Le Monde for Wazalendo crimes exactly mirror those that the genocidal government in Rwanda gave in 1994. Internet

Echoes of Genocide: Unpacking Tshisekedi's shocking support and justification of Wazalendo crimes

Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Tshisekedi has hired mercenaries on top of using FDLR génocidaires, plus a hotchpotch of bloodthirsty local killer groups, all assisted by UN peacekeepers (!), to kill Congolese Tutsi. Internet

Of the West, riot acts, Rwanda and genocidal bloodletting in DR Congo

Friday, March 22, 2024
FDLR is encamped right alongside Monusco, DRC military forces, Wazalendo, Russian mercenaries, Burundians Mai-Mai among others.

As Rwanda debates lowering marriage age, keep your eyes on the real crisis

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Congolese refugees in a protest march calling for an end to violence against Banyamulenge, Hema, and Tutsi communities on Wednesday, March 6 at Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe.
Africa

VIDEO: 'Stop Genocide’: Congolese refugees demand peace at home

Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Rwanda has protested against a non-inclusive move by the African Union (AU) towards endorsing the SADC Mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC). Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo: Rwanda protests AU’s non-inclusive move to endorse SADC mission

Monday, March 04, 2024
Congolese refugees in Rwanda during a peaceful march in protest of killings of Tutsi, Banyamulenge and Hema communities in eastern DR Congo in Karongi District at Kiziba camp on Monday, March 4. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

VIDEO: Congolese refugees protest killings of Tutsi, Banyamulenge, Hema communities

Monday, March 04, 2024
President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Antoine Tshisekedi

Congolese society is deeply unwell; it truly needs help

Monday, March 04, 2024
Some of the mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC against M23. In 2023, DR Congo’s authorities sought to hire 2,500 military contractors from Latin America to fight in North Kivu province.
Africa

Inside Kinshasa’s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23

Sunday, March 03, 2024
A view of La Petite Barrière, the border between Rwanda and DR Congo. Courtesy

Rwanda and DR Congo will always be together; they are joined at the hip

Friday, March 01, 2024