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Collapse at coltan mine in eastern Congo kills 12, sources say
A collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has killed at least 12 people, a mining source and a civil society source said on Friday. The sources said ...
Rwanda arrests opposition leader, says investigative body
Rwanda has arrested prominent opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who is being held at a detention facility in the capital ...
Heineken loses operational control of facilities in Congo's war-hit east
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern ...
Human Rights Watch2d
DR Congo: M23 Armed Group Forcibly Transferring Civilians
The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to ...
Foreign Affairs2d
Could Africa’s Forever War Finally End?
In early April, the Trump administration finally tapped a senior adviser for Africa: Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of ...
The New Times on MSN1d
Rwanda calls for AI-driven, multilingual systems to combat online hate
Current moderation systems often overlook hate speech when expressed in non-dominant languages, or cloaked in coded terms, Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb Martin Ngoga, ...
Al Jazeera on MSN2d
Are commercial interests driving Uganda’s military operations in DR Congo?
Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere.
AllAfrica on MSN4d
Rwanda: 10 Ways Rwanda Is Spending On Climate Adaptation in New Budget
The government plans to spend Rwf7 trillion in the 2025/26 fiscal year, which starts July 1, with a significant share of the funding sourced domestically, which reflects a steady progress toward ...