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President Évariste Ndayishimiye currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union for 2026. Courtesy
When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Some substandard alcoholic beverages seized by the Rwanda National Police during an ongoing campaign to crack down on illicit drinks in Rwanda. Courtesy.
What are we eating and drinking? Food safety must come before profit
Friday, August 14, 2026
President of Uganda Museveni meets with AU Facilitators on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process on February 3, in Kampala. Courtesy
The Great Lakes paradox: Three decades of diplomacy without durable peace
Saturday, August 08, 2026
From left: Rwanda’s foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and DR Congo's foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during the signing of the Rwanda–DR Congo Peace Agreement on June 27, 2025. Courtesy.
When diplomacy demands insecurity: Rethinking sovereignty, self-defence and collective security in the 21st Century
Thursday, August 06, 2026
Members of the FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo were handed to Rwandan authorities in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
FDLR and the Security Council: When UN resolutions become a substitute for action
Thursday, July 23, 2026
MONUSCO peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo. The UN Security Council has repeatedly called for the disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed groups, including the genocidal FDLR militia.
30 years of UN Security Council resolutions on eastern DR Congo: Has the world mistaken process for progress?
Monday, July 20, 2026
A teacher helps a child with disabilities during a lesson. File
Education for all in Rwanda: Priority for children with disabilities
Monday, July 13, 2026
A May 28, 2026 UN Security Council meeting in emergency session on Ukraine. As sanctions become a common tool of diplomacy, questions are growing over who sets the rules governing their use.
The world needs rules for sanctions, too
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Members of the Kinshasa-backed FDLR genocidal militia captured by M23 rebels were handed over to Rwandan authorities in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.
Unilateralism is not justice: Rethinking sanctions against African states
Friday, July 10, 2026
A section of Rubaya mines, a series of coltan mining sites near the town of Rubaya in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Courtesy Luwowo is one of several validated mining site that respect CIRGL-RDC norms and guaranties conflict free minerals.
Who really profits from DR Congo’s minerals?
Thursday, July 09, 2026
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Liberation beyond borders: Responsibility, protection, and the burden of history
Saturday, July 04, 2026
DR Congo President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi during the signing of Washington Accords. File
Who sanctions the sanctioners? The missing accountability in international affairs
Monday, June 29, 2026
Delegates pose for a photo at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)' s Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Defence on 10th January 2026.
The International Contact Group for the Great Lakes: From coordination to lasting peace
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
A view of Rubaya mines in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy
Global Witness in service of a new scramble for Congolese minerals
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Clockwise Celestin Mutabaruka, Dr Vincent Bajinya, Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Celestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza are Genocide fugitives who live in the UK. File
Genocide fugitives in the UK: PM Starmer's time to choose leadership
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Louise Mushikiwabo.
Why Louise Mushikiwabo deserves a third term as OIF Secretary-General
Saturday, June 06, 2026
President Paul Kagame interacts with French President Emmanuel Macron during a dinner hosted at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris, France, on June 2. The event followed the inauguration of the first permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Paris. VILLAGE URUGWIRO
From reconciliation to partnership: The new chapter in Rwanda–France relations
Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Some of the members of the Kinshasa-backed genocidal FDLR militia handed over to Rwandan authorities by AFC/M23 rebels in Rubavu District, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. File photo
Selective accountability will not bring peace to eastern DR Congo
Wednesday, June 03, 2026

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