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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
Edmond Tubanambazi, First Counsellor at Rwanda's Permanent Mission at the UN Office in Geneva, speaks at a past event.
Africa

DR Congo’s weaponisation of ethnicity a warning sign, says Rwandan diplomat

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
Z listens intently as the trial judges find him guilty of genocide and extermination, ICTR, 18 December 2008. courtesy of UNICTR
Crime

Protais Zigiranyirazo: The rise and fall of ‘Monsieur Z’ - a cautionary tale of greed and power

Friday, June 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, and DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accord in Washington, D.C., on December 4, 2025. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda, DR Congo officials urge de-escalation in Minembwe

Thursday, June 25, 2026
AFC-M23 movement, has condemned the reported bombing of Hôpital Général de Minembwe in South Kivu province by coalition forces aligned with Kinshasa.
Africa

DR Congo army blamed for drone attack on Minembwe hospital

Thursday, June 25, 2026
DR Congo's defender #22 Chancel Mbemba (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 quarter-final football match between DR Congo and Guinea at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan on February 2, 2024. (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)

Allez les Léopards: You deserve better than politics on football's biggest stage

Wednesday, June 24, 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
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
A view of Minembwe, South Kivu, where violence has intensified over recent years.
Africa

DR Congo: Lawyers prepare ICC cases over atrocities in Minembwe

Friday, June 19, 2026
Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC-M23 rebellion’s deputy coordinator.
Africa

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

Friday, June 19, 2026