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Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere of the genocidal militia FDLR and some members captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1. Photo Germain Nsanzimana
Security

Kwibuka31: Why FDLR presence in DR Congo poses a regional threat

Friday, April 11, 2025
Vincent Karega, the Ambassador at Large in the Great Lakes Region, said the divisionism introduced by colonial powers, particularly Belgium, laid the foundation for ethnic hatred in Rwanda.
Kwibuka

Amb Karega: Belgium’s colonial divide is root cause of genocide ideology in region

Thursday, April 10, 2025
An armored vehicle operated by the members of the South African battalion, transports Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and his delegation, through a village street to their Helicopter Operating Base after visiting a camp of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pinga. 21/Feb/2009. UN Photo/Marie Frechon. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/

The bad and the ugly of the UN in the Great Lakes region

Friday, April 04, 2025
The New Times

Belgium’s moral bankruptcy: The DNA of Genocide denial

Wednesday, April 02, 2025
FDLR 'General' Ezechiel Gakwerere, seen in FARDC uniform, is repatriated to Rwanda from DR Congo on March 1, after he was captured by M23 rebels.

The delusions of FARDC: How a hallucinating army became a political epidemic

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The New Times

Africa’s Berlin conference hangover: When European ambitions undermine African solutions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Belgian colonialists introduced ethnic-based identity cards and political ideolology as part of their divide-and-rule policy, even measuring the size of one's nose and other pysical features to determine which ethnicity to ascribe to them.
International

A historical timeline of Belgium's divisive politics in Rwanda

Monday, March 17, 2025
The Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe met with EU Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Johan Borgstam on Thursday, February 27.
Africa

DR Congo crisis not comparable to Ukraine, Kabarebe tells EU envoy

Friday, February 28, 2025
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe addresses the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, February 26. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo: Nduhungirehe asks UN to act on killings of Tutsi

Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Rwandan government has condemned a decision by the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to sanction the Minister of State for Regional Integration Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe. Internet
Politics

Rwanda says US sanctions on Kabarebe unjustified

Friday, February 21, 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner

A high-stakes blame game: DR Congo’s age-old weapon

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Congo Free State later became Belgian Congo; upon gaining flag independence, it was named Congo Léopoldville, then Congo Kinshasa, then Zaire, and now, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

DR Congo: The endless mirage of Freedom

Thursday, February 06, 2025