Children in schools and homes, some of them for blind and autistic, are dying and injured in fires, and property is destroyed in market places
When I was a child, my younger brother, Bob Kizito, drowned in a pond at the age of just eight
Countries such as Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC must learn from the devastating 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Therese Wagner said no deal had been made with the Trump administration but Kinshasa was exploring forms of cooperation
Questions asked about whether the expulsions and the collapse of the peace talks are linked
The Southern African grouping reiterated the need for a political and diplomatic solution to help restore ‘peace, security and tranquility’ in the conflict-torn country
The country should be aware of its limitations and rather address its problems at home
The city’s car-free day is going into its ninth year, far outlasting most initiatives like it around the world, including in South Africa
South Africa attributes the cancellation of a photograph of foreign ministers at the G20 meeting to logistical constraints, rather than Western diplomats avoiding Russia’s Sergey Lavrov
The March 23 Movement is filling administrative positions in Goma
and Rwanda may do the same in Kivu
The two ministers spoke a day after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame took exception to a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa and launched a verbal attack on X
The Rwandan president is defying international pressure to withdraw his soldiers from eastern DRC where they are backing militia
The Rwandan president accused president Cyril Ramaphosa and officials of distorting talks between the two, calling it a mix of attacks, lies, and misrepresentation
President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda, the perceived backer of the M23 rebels
In one Special Investigating Unit inquiry, Denel was paid more than R8 billion by Armscor for 264 Badger vehicles but only produced a fraction of those
The South African Defence Force confirmed four more of its troops have died, bringing the number lost in the rebel advance on Goma to 13
After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year
Some elections show signs of progress — youth-driven political transitions and active citizen involvement — others reveal systemic problems, including political manipulation and disenfranchisement
The photographer’s ambitious new exhibition What the Light Falls On is a free-ranging meditation on life
The Clade Ib strain has already jumped borders, with cases being reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya in the last two weeks
The DRC is rich in the minerals needed for renewable energy technologies, central to reducing our carbon footprint, but they come at great environmental and human cost
President Paul Kagame may have revived the country after the 1994 genocide but his actions have prevented any meaningful opposition and accusations of intimidation, torture and assassination
Regional peace in Southern Africa requires a political and military solution working in tandem
With 65 percent of the population aged under 30, Kagame is the only leader most Rwandans have ever known
Dropping democracy for aspirant autocrats who will put everything in order with a big stick might not be all it’s cracked up to be
The region has also seen an increase in its contribution to the continent’s broader economic growth
Bernard Ntaganda, a fierce critic of President Paul Kagame, had petitioned the high court in a bid to set aside convictions dating back more than a decade
The ‘stop the ships’ law shows how countries like Britain can evade their international responsibility to host refugees by shipping them off to Africa in exchange for ‘development deals’
In 2014, the genocide was officially renamed from the Rwandan genocide to ‘the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi’
At least 250 000 women and girls were raped by Hutu extremists during the genocide targeting the Tutsi minority, according to the UN
Kigali denies that it is supporting the rebels in a bid to control vast mineral resources
The bill has triggered deep factional Tory infighting not seen since the wrangling over Brexit