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Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday, April 25.
Africa

Nduhungirehe: Washington declaration ‘opens door to peace’ in DR Congo

Friday, April 25, 2025
Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah delivers her remarks on Wednesday, April 23. Netumbo says she seeks swift shift from oil and gas discoveries to production
International

Namibia seeks swift shift from oil and gas discoveries to production, says president

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The October 2024 MONUSCO report showed that of 663 civilian deaths between June and September, M23 was responsible for 71—compared to 467 by ADF and 346 summary executions by Congolese security forces.

Weaponising UN reports: How flawed DR Congo narratives fuel anti-Rwanda bias in the west

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa, speaks at a news briefing in Kigali on April 8. PHOTO BY MOISE BAHATI
Africa

Trump advisor says FDLR ‘a major element of any DR Congo peace accord’

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Tanzania’s Minister for Minerals, Anthony Mavunde, on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first explosives manufacturing plant, aiming to boost value addition and support strategic sectors like mining.
Economy

Tanzania unveils first-ever explosives plant to support mining industry

Monday, April 14, 2025
A view of Cape port in South Africa

Africa’s opportunity in a fragmenting global economy

Thursday, April 10, 2025
European mercenaries who were fighting alongside FARDC in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy

The international community's complicity in ethnic cleansing in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, April 09, 2025
David Lammy is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom.
Kwibuka

Open letter by survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to David Lammy on his position on Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)

Friday, April 04, 2025
Workers sort gold at Gasabo Gold Refinery in Kigali. COURTESY

Rwanda’s moment to mine, refine, and rewrite destiny – where are our banks?

Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Rwandan government targets $7.3 billion in annual export revenues by 2029. Craish Bahizi
Economy

How Rwanda plans to make $7bn in export revenues

Monday, March 31, 2025
From 1917, Belgium initiated a deep reform of Rwanda’s customary institutions. The changes introduced labor legislation including severe corporal punishments (whipping, beating, the categorization of Rwandans

Why the spirit of Inkotanyi will beat Belgian malevolence

Monday, March 31, 2025
Refined gold ready for export from Gasabo Gold Refinery, located in Masoro Economic Zone. Rwanda's mineral export revenues reached $1.7 billion Rwf2.38 trillion in 2024. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Rwanda records $1.5bn in gold exports in 2024

Friday, March 28, 2025