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 James Karuhanga
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Africa
Bukavu business community urges M23 to quickly secure city, halt criminal activity
Amb Claver Gatete, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa addresses the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union on February 12. Courtesy
Law
Reparative justice for Africa: Gatete calls for beyond financial compensation approach
President Paul Kagame and Heads of State and Government from the East African Community  and Southern African Development Community during the joint meeting  in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Courtesy..
Africa
EAC, SADC leaders approve harmonised plan for FDLR neutralisation
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has reiterated his recommendation to Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi, to “speak directly with those who are in conflict with him. Courtesy
Africa
DR Congo crisis: Museveni reiterates call for Tshisekedi to ‘speak directly’ with M23 rebels
Heads of State and Government from the East African Community  and Southern African Development Community  pose for a photo at the joint meeting  in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Courtesy
Africa
EAC-SADC leaders urge for political solution to silence the guns in eastern DR Congo
President Paul Kagame attends the joint East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government meeting  in Dar es Salaam on Saturday, February 8.Courtesy
Africa
Kagame attends EAC-SADC talks over DR Congo crisis as Tshisekedi goes virtual
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered defence forces to begin preparations for a withdrawal of its troops from eastern DR Congo. courtesy
Africa
Malawi orders troops out of eastern DR Congo
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Africa
VIDEO: Protestors in DR Congo city of Goma want Burundi, SADC forces out
Residents in Goma, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, on Thursday, January 30. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa
‘We hope for the best since M23 are here,’ say Goma residents
Foodstuff sellers in Rubavu town following the reopening of businesses after gunfire and bombshells from Goma on Monday, January 27. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa
Rubavu residents: RDF did a good job shielding city from DR Congo bombardment
PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Africa
VIDEO: Rubavu residents hope ‘DR Congo chaos ends soon’
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Africa
M23 rebels capture Goma, call for calm
‘Maj Gen’ Pacifique Ntawunguka, the overall commander of FDLR’s military wing Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FOCA)
Africa
FDLR military leader Pacifique 'Omega' Ntawunguka killed. Who was he?
Rwanda government spokesperson Yolande Makolo on Saturday, January 25, condemned the choice of words in a statement issued MONUSCO. In a post on X, Makolo said the UN mission’s call for a final solution is shocking and needs to be condemned and retracted.
Security
Rwanda condemns MONUSCO’s use of Nazi Germany language in eastern DR Congo conflict
UN peacekeepers in a helicopter in eastern DR Congo. MONUSCO on Friday, January 24, 2025, said it had conducted joint day and night patrols with the Congolese army and supported the deployment of Congolese forces’ heavy artillery and attack helicopters destroying M23 equipment.
Africa
MONUSCO ignores M23 rebel warning, intensifies support to Congolese army coalition
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe addresses UN Security Council on terrorism in Africa, in New York on Tuesday, January 21. Courtesy
Africa
Rwanda proposes five steps to reinforce Africa’s counter-terrorism effort
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe addresses UN Security Council on terrorism in Africa on Tuesday, January 21. Courtesy
Security
DR Congo govt diverting attention from real terrorist threat - Nduhungirehe
Journalists follow President Paul Kagame's remarks during a press conference in Kigali on Thursday, January 9. Courtesy
Africa
Kagame: Luanda peace process has to continue ‘but it can’t be business as usual’

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