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Officials and miners pose for a photo at the launch of the company's first sonic drilling programme at Nyakabingo Mine, Africa's largest tungsten producer. Courtesy 2
Rwanda

Trinity Metals launches new drilling programme at Nyakabingo to expand tungsten resources

Wednesday, July 29, 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.
Africa

Analysts tackle DR Congo’s mineral resources, FDLR, governance failures

Tuesday, July 28, 2026
AWF Chief Executive Officer Kaddu Sebunya speaks to The New Times during the interview in Kigali on Saturday, July 25. Photo by Kellya Keza
Environment

Why conservation is emerging as Africa’s next economic frontier

Monday, July 27, 2026
A view of the quarry site where a section collapsed on Thursday, July 9, killing all 10 people who were beneath the fallen debris. Courtesy.
Editorial

We can’t afford to lose lives in mines and quarries

Friday, July 24, 2026
AFC-M23 official Freddy Kaniki speaks during an interview with Conspiracy Tracker Great Lakes published on July 21. Courtesy
Africa

AFC/M23 official says UN, US sanctions undermine peace efforts 

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Bill Gates and other delegates at the inaugural Paul Farmer Butaro Dialogues on Health Equity and Innovation held at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Butaro on Wednesday, July 22. RBA
Health

Bill Gates in Butaro for dialogue on maternal, child health

Wednesday, July 22, 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 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
Kigali Convention Centre at Kimihurura. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

The "single story" of Rwanda's rise

Thursday, July 02, 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
‘Col (Rtd)’ Augustin Nshimiyimana, who graduated from Mutobo Demobilisation Centre in 2022, speaks during at Unity Club meeting on the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi and the struggle to stop it.
Africa

Former FDLR ‘Colonel’ on how militia funds its operations

Sunday, June 28, 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