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South African troops deployed in eastern DR Congo to fight alongside FARDC and FDLR genocidal group. COURTESY
Africa

SADC troop withdrawal from DR Congo long overdue: South African defence expert

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC) military commander Gen Sultani Makenga during an interview with former Belgian senator Alain Destexhe, on March 12.
Africa

Makenga: It’s unacceptable that European mercenaries came to kill Congolese people

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Some FDLR genocidal group members captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1. Rwanda faces an existential threat from the FDLR. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.
Africa

Politicised aid: Rwandans urge Germany to adopt fact-based approach over DR Congo crisis

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Thursday, March 13, terminated the mandate of the regional bloc’s military mission in eastern DR Congo.
Africa

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo

Thursday, March 13, 2025
The Luwowo coltan mine near Rubaya on March 18th, 2014.

Myths of coltan exploitation in DR Congo

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço during their meeting in Lunda, Angola, on Tuesday, March 11. Angola’s presidency announced that direct peace talks between AFC-M23 rebels and the Congolese government are set to start in Luanda, on March 18. Courtesy
Africa

M23-DR Congo govt talks set for March 18

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaderd are expected to hold an extraordinary summit on Thursday, March 13.

DR Congo crisis: Time for SADC to take remedial action

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
President Kagame during an interview with Mario Nawfal, an American blogger and host of one of the largest social media shows. Courtesy..
Africa

Kagame: DR Congo must accept peace talks with M23

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
European mercenaries surrendered to M23 rebels and were allowed to cross into Rwanda before they were facilitated to take flights to their countries on Wednesday, January 29. Courtesy.

The real reason the West backs the wrong side in the DR Congo conflict.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Corneille Nangaa, the coordinator of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) addresses journalists at the Goma Serena Hotel, on Thursday, January 30, three days after the rebel movement he leads captured the capital of eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu Province. Nangaa said they were undeterred to march to Kinshasa, as they look to confront “poor governance and a failed state.” PHOTO BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Africa

M23 to Kinshasa: ‘The sooner we talk, the sooner peace becomes a reality’

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) gathered experts from 35 African countries in Kigali from March 11 to 13, 2025.
Featured

FEATURED: Experts convene in Kigali for UNDP conference on tackling Africa's governance challenges

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Rubaya mines, also known as the Bibatama Mining Concession, are a series of coltan mining sites near the town of Rubaya in Masisi territory, North Kivu.
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Journalist's investigation debunks narrative linking Rwanda to coltan from Rubaya

Wednesday, March 12, 2025