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Dozens of DR Congo soldiers from eastern DR Congo fled to Rwanda on Monday, January 27, 2025, after M23 rebels captured the border city of Goma. Courtesy

Eastern DR Congo: No military solution without political courage

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Jean Luc Habyarimana.
Africa

FDLR links to Habyarimana's son raise regional security concerns - report

Thursday, March 12, 2026
President Kagame meet with his counterpart President Emmanuel Macron of France on the sidelines of the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris, on Tuesday, March 10. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Security

Kagame, Macron talk Great Lakes Region security

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
The rebel group’s spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka on Sunday said the handover took place on Monday, March 2, at the Rumangabo barracks in North Kivu province. Courtesy
Africa

AFC/M23 releases 5,000 FARDC soldiers captured on the battlefield

Sunday, March 08, 2026
The AFC/M23 advisor Jean Paul Shaka said the movement remains ready to continue negotiations under the Doha framework despite continued military escalation by Kinshasa and its allies in North and South Kivu provinces.
Africa

AFC/M23 'stands ready' for Doha talks despite Kinshasa's escalation - advisor

Friday, March 06, 2026
The New Times
Africa

Envoy highlights DR Congo's ties with FDLR at UN rights council

Friday, March 06, 2026
A residential house owned by Banyamulenge that was bombed by DR Congo's army and its coalition during a recent atrocity in Minembwe on February 26. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo: Western group condemns violence against Rwandophones

Friday, March 06, 2026
Demonstrators during the so-called 'Hutu Social Revolution' protest the Tutsi monarchy and call for majority rule in 1959 just before independence. Photo credit: The Pan African Review.

Never again or never mind: Does sanctioning RDF free Congo?

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Sylivain Ekenge, former FARDC spokesperson and Patrick Muyaya, the Minister of Communications of the DR Congo.

Patrick Muyaya and the politics of hate

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
US President Donald Trump and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi at the signing ceremony of the Washington Accord in Washington DC. on December 4. Courtesy

Mineral rivalry, geopolitics and the imperative of peace in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to United Nations Office in Geneva, Urujeni Bakuramutsa, addressed the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, on Monday, March 2. Courtesy
Africa

Amb. Bakuramutsa blames DR Congo for protracted insecurity

Tuesday, March 03, 2026
General Sylvain Ekenge, former spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC).

Before the violence, there is the word

Monday, March 02, 2026