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US President Donald Trump, President Paul Kagame and DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accord in Washington D.C. on December 4, 2025. Photo by Village Urugwiro

When sanctions become strategy: The limits of economic pressure in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, July 01, 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
Musicians during a show at the Centre Culturel Francophone Rwanda (CCFR) in Kigali. The centre has unveiled a two-month cultural programme running from July 1 to August 29. Courtesy
Art

French Institute unveils cultural programme for Rwandan creatives

Monday, June 29, 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
Munyamulenge woman displaced from Minembwe to Kamanyola, South Kivu. Photo by Teddy Mazina.
Africa

315 killed in Kinshasa attacks on Minembwe in five months - report

Friday, June 26, 2026
Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere, a senior commander of the Kinshasa-backed genocidal militia, FDLR, was, on March 1, 2025, handed to Rwandan officials by AFC-M23 rebels. FDLR is the most enduring organized manifestation of the ideology that fueled the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

We are misreading the FDLR threat: It is dangerous incubator of genocide ideology, not just an armed group

Friday, June 26, 2026
A view of a village that was burned by the FDLR genocidal group in Walikale Territory, eastern DR Congo, in December 2025. File photo.
Africa

Congolese rights groups say FDLR drives insecurity in Walikale

Wednesday, June 24, 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
Nduhungirehe (L) and his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola pose for a photo during their meeting this week.
Politics

Nduhungirehe on what's next for Rwanda-South Africa relations

Saturday, June 20, 2026
Eugène Rwamucyo with his lawyers during his trial in France in October 2024. Rwamucyo played a central role in the atrocities committed in Butare during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

From Rwanda 1994 to DR Congo Today: How Rwamucyo’s trial exposes the genocidal network behind DR Congo’s 30‑year war

Saturday, June 20, 2026
Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC-M23 rebellion’s deputy coordinator.
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Bisimwa criticises mediators for ‘babysitting’ Kinshasa

Friday, June 19, 2026
State Ministe Usta Kaitesi and British High Commissioner Alison Thorpe toast during celebrations marking the official birthday of King Charles III at the British Residence in Kigali on Thursday, June 18. Courtesy
International

Rwanda, UK reaffirm strong bilateral ties

Friday, June 19, 2026