Congolese soldiers approaching the frontline to battle the M23 militia.
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Millions more are now at risk from the escalating violence in the east of the DRC.
In August 2024, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame started a five-year term that will extend his presidential rule to 29 years.
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Kagame will need to address regional security threats, which include deteriorating relationships with neighbouring Burundi and DRC.
Aid had particularly strong effects in Tanzania, researchers found.
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Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
Soldiers from the DRC-Uganda joint military operation against the rebel Allied Democratic Forces in 2021.
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Uganda’s interest in natural resources during the second Congo war has had a lasting impact on how it’s perceived in the DRC.
Refugee claimants are people in distress, not commodities to be traded.
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The numbers of refugees and asylum seekers are rising at a time when there is growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
People displaced by war seek refuge at a school in Minova, South Kivu, eastern DRC.
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The lead protagonists, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, seem unwilling to reconcile. Personal mediation is required.
Afghan women demand the right to education during a protest in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2023.
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Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame acknowledges the crowd at a campaign rally.
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Only Paul Kagame will decide when he exits Rwanda’s political stage.
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The methods used to manipulate perceptions and hold on to power in Africa are getting increasingly sophisticated.
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during a Rwandan Patriotic Front rally on 22 June 2024 ahead of July elections.
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Rwanda’s majority Hutu have over time reported feeling more represented by a Tutsi-dominated government.
A Rwandan officer on patrol in Palma, Mozambique, during a military assistance mission in 2021.
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Kigali wants to be seen as a reliable security provider at home and abroad.
Rwanda’s Hope Hostel gets ready to welcome the migrants from the UK.
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Countries could face major legal consequences if they send people to countries where they could suffer harm.
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Leaving the ECHR would not free the UK of the obligation not to send people to a place of harm.
Burundian military officers arrive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to tackle the rise of militias in the region.
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The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright (L), UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali (R) after a meeting with US President Clinton in 1994 to discuss the situation in Rwanda.
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Many believe that the international community could have acted earlier, to prevent the genocide before it started.
Commemorating the victims of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide at a memorial in Kigali.
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Rwanda is touted as one of the leading nations when it comes to strides toward gender equality. But the role of female ‘rescuers’ in the 1994 genocide is being downplayed.
A woman carrying a child looks at a wall in Kigali with names of the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
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The 1994 Rwanda genocide has left lasting scars. Children born of sexual violence and mothers have shown immense strength in overcoming their histories of violence.
A person holds a candle at a night vigil during the 100-day commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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Young people have little desire to bring up their parents’ divisions, but older Rwandans remain fearful of a resurgence of tensions.
Kenyan police arrest journalists protesting against a controversial media bill in December 2008.
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Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
People protest against the conflict in eastern DRC during an African Union assembly in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2024.
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Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.