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Amani Athar
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Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana and Zaire's former President Mobutu fueled ethnic division in eastern DR Congo
How Habyarimana and Mobutu fueled ethnic division in eastern DR Congo
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Members of Tutsi community undergo torture in Eastern DR Congo. File
FDLR and the legacy of genocide ideology in the Great Lakes Region
Thursday, March 19, 2026
President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi signed the Washington Accords on Thursday, December 4, 2025, witnessed by US President Donald Trump. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Why U.S. sanctions against RDF undermine peace process
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Some members of FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.
Why the FDLR remains the top threat to Rwanda's security
Tuesday, March 03, 2026
Rwandan youth and their parents from Belgium arrived in Rwanda for a 10-day cultural study tour. Captured here at Kinigi after visiting different place in Musanze.
From weaponized youth to architects of Rwanda’s future
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Vivian van de Perre, the Acting Head of MONUSCO, arrived in a UN helicopter at Goma Airport on Thurdsay, February 12. Courtesy
Seeing MONUSCO through its actions, not stated intentions
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
King Yuhi V Musinga gives an audience to two people with a disagreement, but with the supervision of a Belgian colonial administrator. EP.0.0.6127, collection MRAC Tervuren ; photo E. Gourdinne, 1918
The century-long struggle of the Tutsi in Africa’s Great Lakes
Friday, February 13, 2026
AFC-M23 rebels arrive at Rusizi border after capturing the city of Bukavu in South Kivu Province on February 18, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
End the misplaced blame: AFC/M23 is DR Congo’s war, not Rwanda’s
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Rwanda’s recognised heroes are laid to rest at the National Heroes’ Mausoleum in Remera, next to Amahoro Stadium and BK Arena. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
The unsung heroes in our midst
Sunday, February 01, 2026
M23 rebels arrive at Rusizi border after capturing Bukavu City in eastern DR Congo on February 16, 2025. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Can AFC/M23 save DR Congo from a Haiti-style collapse?
Friday, January 23, 2026
According to historians Belgium deposed Bucyanayandi to eliminate a rear base for Rwandan Tutsi.
Why Belgium deposed Bucyanayandi to eliminate a rear base for Rwandan Tutsi
Friday, January 16, 2026
Bwishya chiefdom in eastern DR Congo.
Why Belgians created a Kingdom of Banyabwisha from scratch
Monday, January 12, 2026
Some Kinyarwanda-speaking citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo are pictured being subjected to severe torture in eastern DR Congo.
How native Congolese were made foreigners: Case of the Tutsi of Nyiragongo
Tuesday, January 06, 2026
General Sylvain Ekenge, former spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC)
Gen Ekenge's scandal: A sign of the downfall of a genocidal regime
Friday, January 02, 2026
Former President of Rwanda Grégoire Kayibanda in 1957, launched the Bahutu Manifesto, a document that laid the groundwork for anti-Tutsi racial hatred.
Ndi Umukongomani can help defeat Kayibanda successors in DR Congo
Monday, December 29, 2025
King Yuhi V Musinga with the Queen Mother (his mother) Nyirayuhi V Kanjongera.
Yuhi V Musinga: The King who breathed his last because he preferred exile to baptism
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Some of the residential houses of Tutsi that were burned by FDLR genocidial group members and FARDC soldiers during the fighting against M23 rebels at Nturo Village in eastern DR Congo.
Here is why post-genocide Rwanda is not the source of Congolese woes
Monday, December 22, 2025
Rwanda had a rich tradition in which cultural symbols carried deep ceremonial meaning and represented power and divine authority.
Revisiting Nyarushara, the divine hammer of Rwanda’s ancient kingdom
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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