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Picture dates 1993, when President Paul Kagame, then RPA/F Inkotanyi Chairman of the High Command briefed RPA battalion of 600 battle-hardened soldiers, before they departed to Kigali on 28.12.1993.

Embracing the values and culture of heroism

Monday, March 24, 2025
Major Gilbert Ndayambaje during the interview with The New Times at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) camp in Mutobo, Musanze District. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Africa

Ex-FDLR militia fighter speaks out on MONUSCO, FARDC support

Monday, March 24, 2025
Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76. GETTY IMAGES
International

Heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman dies aged 76

Saturday, March 22, 2025
Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a long-time observer of the region during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on March 18. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Africa

Belgian politicians are leveraging DR Congo crisis to boost influence in UN, EU - former Belgian senator

Friday, March 21, 2025
Christopher Trott, the former UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Pan-Africanism and the unmasking of neo-colonial lies

Friday, March 21, 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
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
In 1994, after the fall of the genocidal regime in Rwanda, perpetrators fled to neighboring Zaire (now DR Congo), carrying their ideology with them. 

Addressing the baseless claims of genocide in DR Congo

Saturday, March 15, 2025
Some of the artillery weapons seized by M23 at Goma International Airport last month, as seen in this February 10 picture. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYANEZA

DR Congo: The unheard and unvalued voices

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
Recently, large stockpiles of weapons were discovered near Rwanda’s border. Yet, the DR Congo government shrugs it off, claiming it is merely preparing for defense against M23 rebels. Photo by James Munyaneza

DR Congo crisis: Does Rwanda cry 'wolf' or is it Déjà Vu?

Wednesday, March 12, 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