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Celestin Nahimana during the interview with The New Times. At 14 years old, He was forcibly recruited by the genocidal militia FDLR in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Africa

DR Congo: How FDLR recruits, holds children hostage

Friday, March 28, 2025
(L-R) Former FDLR members: ‘Major’ Gilbert Ndayambaje, Corporal Olivier Cyuzuzo, Eric Hakizimana, Celestin Nahimana at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) center in Mutobo, Musanze District. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Africa

FDLR urged to shoot on sight fleeing DR Congo soldiers

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Major Gilbert Ndayambaje during the interview with The New Times at the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) camp in Mutobo, Musanze District. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Africa

Ex-FDLR militia fighter speaks out on MONUSCO, FARDC support

Monday, March 24, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
Participants pose for a group photo at a conference organised by the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security’s African Centre of Excellence, Kigali, from February 19 to 20. Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

Red Hand Day 2025: Tackling child violations, strengthening protection frameworks in Africa

Monday, March 03, 2025
The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security will commemorate Red Hand Day 2025, at the conference in Kigali, on February 19th & 20th,
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Dallaire Institute’s African Centre of Excellence commemorates International Day Against Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Former Rwanda Prime Minister Late Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Rwanda

Agathe Uwilingiyimana: A hero’s legacy through the eyes of her family

Tuesday, February 04, 2025
Injured Rwanda Patriotic Army soldiers from the 1990s Liberation War. Courtesy.

A tribute to Rwanda’s heroes and a call to action

Saturday, February 01, 2025
L-R Sandrine Isheja returns, Tems’ Kigali concert, South Sudan’s social media ban, Fresh Kid’s exam success, and Mackinlay’s trumpet record bid.
Showbiz

Top regional lifestyle: Isheja’s radio return, South Sudan’s social media shutdown, Fresh Kid’s school success, and more

Friday, January 24, 2025
Agemira, a private military company registered in Bulgaria, leads operations in the DRC alongside the FARDC. (© Montage JA; VPMDefenseRDC)

The theater of hypocrisy: How DR Congo redefines mockery and rationality

Wednesday, January 08, 2025
King Baudouin of Belgium

The oxymoronic beatification: Saints, sinners, and the church’s selective morality

Friday, December 20, 2024
Ndabaga Organisation, a nonprofit organization that brings together ex-women combatants, donated eight cows to veteran families in Nyagatare on October 25.
Rwanda

Nyagatare: Ndabaga Organisation members donate cows

Saturday, October 26, 2024