Browsing: Rwanda

Some have tried to justify the Western-backed, three-decade-long proxy mineral war in the Congo, claiming it is an ethnic war. They say the Rwanda- and Uganda-backed…

In this clip from Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast on the three-decade-long, Western-backed proxy war over natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the…

Not everyone who looks like you is your ally. The tragic rise in violence in the Congo serves as a sad reminder that, despite our shared…

The M23 militia has cited Tutsis’ long-time marginalisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with roots in the 1994 Rwandan gen*cide, as its raison…

After taking control of Goma, the largest eastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels – who are backed by Rwanda – are reportedly…

Is there a ‘Rwandan exception’ to international law? According to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, there seems to be…

Central to the escalating war in DRC is the country’s vast mineral wealth – valued at an astonishing $24 trillion. A significant share of Congolese minerals…

Rwanda is the Israel of Africa! That’s the verdict by Kambale Musavuli (@kambale on X), an analyst at the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa. Speaking…

With the Kigali-backed M23 rebels making rapid gains in eastern DRC, here’s a flashback to 2022 – when Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, openly admitted that plundered…

Rwanda’s minister of foreign affairs has argued at the UN Security Council that branding the Kigali-backed M23 rebels fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo terrorists…