AllAfrica on MSN20h
Global Double Standards Are Existential Threats to Tutsi in Great Lakes Region
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...
European Parliament seeks freeze on EU aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Parliament urged the European Union on Thursday to freeze direct budget support for Rwanda ...
BBC5d
The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil
Raised by parents of the Tutsi ethnic group, Makenga quit school at the age of 17 to join a Tutsi rebel outfit across the border in Rwanda. This group, named the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF ...
The New Humanitarian9d
Roundup: Get up to speed on the Rwanda-M23 offensive in DR Congo
The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a ...
Devdiscourse1d
M23 Rebels' Advance Sparks Humanitarian Crisis in Congo
The advancement of Rwanda-supported M23 rebels into South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, risks a major humanitarian crisis in an already displaced population. Despite international mediation, the ...
Boston College4y
Healing the wounds
When Rev. Marcel Uwineza, S.J., a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, was invited to give remarks at a recent commemoration of the event, he was asked to provide a photo of his ...
Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges
Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into ...
Cfr.org1y
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Pressure intensified as Tutsi militias organized against the Hutu groups and as foreign powers began taking sides. Following the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) victory against the genocidal ...
Human Rights Watch1y
The Genocide
The president and his close colleagues decided, however, to exaggerate the RPF threat as a way to pull dissident Hutu back to his side and they began portraying Tutsi inside Rwanda as RPF ...
Boston College8mon
Risen from the ashes and making a difference
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a human rights atrocity that left approximately one million Tutsi dead over the course of about 100 days. Marcel Uwineza, a Jesuit ...
Times Of Swaziland3d
TUTSI, HUTU CONFLICT IN DRC CONTINUES PART 2
While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...