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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
Mourners during the commemoration of victims of Gatumba on August 13, 2004, when armed attackers stormed the UNHCR transit camp, killing 166 Banyamulenge refugees. Courtesy
Africa

Experts on how Burundi, DR Congo ignored Gatumba massacre

Sunday, August 16, 2026
Some pictures of young kids who were killed in the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Genocide denial: A deliberate strategy to distort history

Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe during the intwerview with The New Times. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

Nduhungirehe: ‘Genocost’ narrative aims at minimising Genocide against the Tutsi

Sunday, August 09, 2026
The map of the East African Community (EAC). Courtesy

EAC at a crossroads: Can expansion outpace division?

Wednesday, August 05, 2026
Former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana (left) and his son Jean-Luc Habyarimana. An investigation by African Facts explores ties between members of the former Rwandan first family and influential figures in Kinshasa.
Africa

Investigation: How the Habyarimana network reached the heart of power in Kinshasa

Saturday, August 01, 2026
DR Congo crisis analyst Bojana Coulibaly, Jean Baptiste Gasominari, a political analyst, Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba, former diplomat and a political analyst. Courtesy
Africa

Kinshasa-FDLR deal a sidestep from Washington Accords: analysts

Thursday, July 30, 2026
RPA fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

Barefoot through shattered glass: Why fear shards of a broken calabash?

Friday, July 03, 2026
Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Urujeni Bakuramutsa speaks during a right of reply at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Africa

Kigali questions UN inquiry methods on eastern DR Congo

Tuesday, June 30, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, and DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accord in Washington, D.C., on December 4, 2025. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda, DR Congo officials urge de-escalation in Minembwe

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Passengers board a RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport.
Aviation

What will it take for Africa to achieve open skies?

Monday, June 22, 2026
Thousands of Congolese refugees took part in a peaceful march at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe District on Monday, December 12,2022, protesting violence against Congolese Tutsi communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and calling for greater international action to protect civilians.

The body politic, the indispensable member and the fable for identity politics

Wednesday, June 17, 2026