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Mercenaries who were fighting alongside FDLR genocidal group and FARDC and its coalition during a war against M23 rebels in eastern Congo. Courtesy.
Editorial

No contract can legitimise mercenary warfare anywhere

Monday, October 12, 2026
AFC-M23 officials meet the Joint Mission of the African Union Facilitators' Panel, in Goma, on October 5. Courtesy

After Goma, the AU and African Leaders must deliver peace in the Great Lakes

Thursday, October 08, 2026
The New Times
Security

PHOTOS: Over 400 ex-combatants, dependents discharged from Mutobo

Friday, September 11, 2026
President Paul Kagame addresses journalists during a press conference in Kigali on Monday, August 24. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Africa

Sanctions ignore root causes of DR Congo crisis - Kagame

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
President Paul Kagame addresses journalists during the press conference on Monday, August 24. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza.
Rwanda

Kagame: Kinshasa-FDLR ‘cantonment’ deal exposes their collaboration

Monday, August 24, 2026
President Évariste Ndayishimiye currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union for 2026. Courtesy

When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
The government Spokesperson Yolande Makolo speaks during an interview in Kigali on August 6. Courtesy.
Africa

Makolo: DR Congo must disarm FDLR, repatriate its members

Thursday, August 06, 2026
Mayor of Rubavu District Prosper Murindwa addresses new returnees at the border.
Rwanda

Rubavu mayor urges returnees from DR Congo to shun regionalism, embrace unity

Wednesday, August 05, 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
The Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) facilitated 22 former child combatants to reunite with their families in Musanze District on Tuesday, July 28. PHOTOS BY GERMAIN NSANZIMANA
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Dozens of former child combatants reunite with their families

Tuesday, July 28, 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
ACP Augustin Kuradupagase, a former member of the ex-FAR and DR Congo-backed FDLR militia, is now serving on the Rwanda National Police Senior Management Council. Courtesy.
Security

Ex-FAR soldier, now a senior police officer, recounts how he joined RDF during insurgency war

Monday, June 29, 2026