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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
A 566 new soldiers formally enrolled into the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) after successfully completing six months of basic military training.
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Nearly 700 CAR soldiers graduate from RDF-led training

Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Director of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Brig Gen Ronald Rwivanga speaks to the journalists in Uganda. Courtesy
Rwanda

Africa must end reliance on external donors for peace efforts – Rwivanga

Monday, August 10, 2026
President of Uganda Museveni meets with AU Facilitators on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process on February 3, in Kampala. Courtesy

The Great Lakes paradox: Three decades of diplomacy without durable peace

Saturday, August 08, 2026
From left: Rwanda’s foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and DR Congo's foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during the signing of the Rwanda–DR Congo Peace Agreement on June 27, 2025. Courtesy.

When diplomacy demands insecurity: Rethinking sovereignty, self-defence and collective security in the 21st Century

Thursday, August 06, 2026
Officers who were deployed to Goma under a joint ceasefire monitoring mechanism. Courtesy
Africa

Goma: Congolese soldier removed from ceasefire monitoring team over identity fraud - reports

Sunday, August 02, 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
Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) has repatriated 39 Congolese nationals who had entered Rwanda falsely identified themselves as former FDLR combatants. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda repatriates 39 Congolese 'falsely claiming' to be former FDLR combatants

Thursday, July 30, 2026
A delegation of 13 senior officers and faculty members from the Sri Lanka Defence Services Command and Staff College, led by Group Capt DMS Rangodage and the Rwanda Defence Force officers .
Security

Sri Lankan military officers in Rwanda for defence, development study tour

Thursday, July 30, 2026
Members of the FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo were handed to Rwandan authorities in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

FDLR and the Security Council: When UN resolutions become a substitute for action

Thursday, July 23, 2026
Faustin Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic presides over the ceremony that took place at the Presidential Palace in Bangui. (2)
Security

Rwandan peacekeepers in CAR honoured with presidential medals

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