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Some of the mercenaries in DR Congo. Courtesy
Africa

Who are Erik Prince’s mercenaries in DR Congo?

Sunday, October 18, 2026
AFC M23 official Dr Freddy Kaniki comforts members of the Banyamulenge community who fled atrocities in Uvira to Kamanyola in January 2026. Photo by Teddy Mazinda

The indulgence of indifference as people suffer in the DR Congo

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Retired US Green Beret and former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy.
Africa

DR Congo: Ex-New Zealand special forces officer killed in fighting as retired US Green Beret is wounded

Saturday, October 10, 2026
Erik Prince, the founder of the private military company Blackwater. COURTESY
Africa

Erik Prince in talks with Kinshasa on $65m military logistics deal: reports

Friday, October 09, 2026
The New Times
Africa

FDLR continues killings, forced disappearances in eastern DR Congo, UN says

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Residents in Minembwe in South Kivu Province in DR Congo.
Africa

DR Congo: Concern as Minembwe faces another blockade

Thursday, September 24, 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

Congolese refugees condemn genocide ideology 22 years after Gatumba massacre

Friday, August 14, 2026
President Paul Kagame addresses the RPF-Inkotanyi Bureau Politique meeting in Kigali, on Friday, July 17, 2026. Kagame said Rwanda will continue speaking out about its regional security threats, particularly the presence of the FDLR genocidal militia. PHOTO: VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Security

Kagame vows to keep speaking out on FDLR threat: ‘I will only shut up when I’m dead’

Saturday, July 18, 2026
ACP Augustin Kuradupagase, a former member of the ex-FAR and DR Congo-backed FDLR militia, is now serving on the Rwanda National Police Senior Management Council. Courtesy.
Security

Ex-FAR soldier, now a senior police officer, recounts how he joined RDF during insurgency war

Monday, June 29, 2026
DR Congo President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi

Tshisekedi's endorsement of a Congolese Hutu national day raises questions

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Congolese refugees from Kigeme Refugee Camp take part in a peaceful walk calling for action to end the ongoing killings targeting members of the Tutsi and Banyamulenge communities in Eastern DR Congo

The ethnic identity politics in DR Congo are fundamentally domestic in origin

Tuesday, June 09, 2026
M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka addresses journalists in Goma in February 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

Kinshasa coalition blamed for killings, abductions in South Kivu

Sunday, May 17, 2026