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Erik Prince, the founder of the private military company Blackwater. COURTESY
Africa

Erik Prince in talks with Kinshasa on $65m military logistics deal: reports

Friday, October 09, 2026
A residential house owned by Banyamulenge that was bombed by DR Congo's army and its coalition during a recent atrocity in Minembwe on February 26. Courtesy
Africa

Eastern DR Congo experienced record number of drone attacks in February - report

Monday, March 16, 2026
Close to 300 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.
Africa

Nduhungirehe presses AU, UN over DR Congo’s use of mercenaries

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Close to 300 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 truth they don’t want told: Rwanda, DR Congo, and 30 years of denial

Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Delegates during the 26th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on June 7.
Rwanda

Rwanda’s ECCAS exit: What transpired during the Summit in Equatorial Guinea?

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Close to 300 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. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA

NBC report fails by relying on defeated European mercenaries as a news source

Saturday, June 07, 2025
European mercenaries take a picture with a Congolese soldier as they brandish their guns. Courtesy.
Security

Well-paid mercenaries in DR Congo causing ‘jealousy’ within FARDC ranks

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Some of the hundreds of eastern European mercenaries who deployed to DR Congo in 2022 to train the country's armed forces in the fight against the M23 rebels. Reports say that up to 2,000 mercenaries from eastern Europe are in the region to help the Congolese army coalition in fighting the M23 rebels.
Africa

Secret financial audit exposes high-level corruption fueling eastern DR Congo conflict

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Some of the mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC against M23. In 2023, DR Congo’s authorities sought to hire 2,500 military contractors from Latin America to fight in North Kivu province.
Africa

Inside Kinshasa’s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23

Sunday, March 03, 2024