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Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC) military commander Gen Sultani Makenga during an interview with former Belgian senator Alain Destexhe, on March 12.
Africa

FDLR is entrenched in DR Congo Presidential Guard, says Makenga

Saturday, March 15, 2025
The South African co-chairs of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, lawmakers Malusi Gigaba and Phiroane Phala, welcomed the decision to terminate the Southern African Mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC).
Africa

South African lawmakers welcome SADC decision to withdraw troops from DR Congo

Saturday, March 15, 2025
Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Thursday, March 13, terminated the mandate of the regional bloc’s military mission in eastern DR Congo.
Africa

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço during their meeting in Lunda, Angola, on Tuesday, March 11. Angola’s presidency announced that direct peace talks between AFC-M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18. Courtesy
Africa

M23-DR Congo govt talks set for March 18

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Congolese activist Adele Kibasumba and AFC spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka.
Africa

HRW is serving Kinshasa regime’s interests – M23

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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
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
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
Senator Édouard Mwangachuchu Hizi from North Kivu, was sentenced to death for alleged "participation in the M23 movement" and "treason," despite there being no evidence of the alleged crime. Net photo

DR Congo: The silence of the West in the face of serious Human rights violations - indifference or complicity?

Friday, March 07, 2025
Minister Jean-Damascène Bizimana addresses Members of Parliament, government officials, representatives of political parties and civil society in a meeting on Tuesday, March 5. Courtesy
Africa

Minister Bizimana pokes holes in UN experts work on DR Congo

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The AFC-M23 rebels spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

DR Congo crisis: M23 blasts ‘deliberate manipulation aimed at tarnishing our movement’s image’

Wednesday, March 05, 2025