The roads, testimony to the bankruptcy of the Congolese state and the ‘Kabila’ ghost city and power line

By Alain DESTEXHE* What have successive presidents – Mobutu, Kabila father and son, Tshisekedi – brought to the Congolese people? Nothing, apart from the misery of the people and the depletion of... Read more »

Thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response

The resurgence of conflict in the province of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced more than 850,000 people—nearly half of them children—to flee their homes.... Read more »

La violence dans l’est de la RDC complique les efforts de réponse au mpox sur le terrain

Un jeune patient reçoit un traitement du mpox par l’UNICEF à l’hôpital de Kavumu, dans la province du Sud-Kivu, en RDC. © UNICEF/Mirindi Johnson Alors que le conflit entre le groupe rebelle... Read more »

Rwanda, Belgium discussed bilateral relations and situation in DRC

Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe met with Kathleen Depoorter In Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe met with Kathleen Depoorter, Vice President of the Commission on External Relations of Belgian Federal Parliament. “They... Read more »

Le M23 a repoussé une attaque des Wazalendo à Bukavu 

Le groupe armé M23(Mouvement du 23 Mars) a repoussé ce lundi 03 mars des combattants Wazalendo qui s’étaient infiltrés dans la ville de Bukavu, le chef-lieu de la province du Sud-Kivu dans... Read more »

Rwanda, Spain shared perspectives on the situation in the Eastern DRC

Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe engaged in a constructive telephone conversation with José Manuel Albares, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain. The two Ministers discussed... Read more »

Colonial racialism is the cause of the conflict in eastern DRC, not minerals

An article in The New York Times of 28 January 2025 on the capture of Goma by the M23 spoke of ‘rebels backed by Rwanda’ who ‘marched on a key Congolese city in a... Read more »

President Kagame reiterated Rwanda’s commitment to a political solution in DRC 

President Kagame met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a discussion on the productive partnership between Rwanda and the United Nations. They also exchanged on the need for a political solution... Read more »

Rwanda, U.S. discussed the current situation in the Eastern DRC

Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe held a productive call with Ambassador Troy Fitrell, Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.  Their discussion focused on further strengthening bilateral relations between... Read more »

We are not fighting a country, we are fighting a regime” – Nangaa 

Goma: The Coordinator of the AFC, Corneille Nangaa, announced that they are not fighting the country of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but they are fighting a regime that has not... Read more »