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A brave and valiant living hero
Contrary to what Félix Tshisekedi told MPs from his USN majority, President Joseph Kabila Kabange has never been a coward. He is a wise strategist who does everything in its proper time and knows when to strike. Yes, fools mistake the king's patience for weakness.
26 October 2026 · 5 min read
The fall from grace of Congolese giants TP Mazembe
It is high time the club's leaders learned some hard lessons. Yes, Mazembe are sick: unambitious recruitment, poor communication and, above all, individuals behaving like hawks who stifle the revival of a club that was once the pride of Congolese football.
26 October 2026 · 5 min read
From a professional, republican army under Joseph Kabila to a criminal rabble under Tshisekedi
Today, Kinshasa has an army of tramps, a far cry from the republican army Joseph Kabila Kabange left behind. Mr Tshisekedi's army has been tribalised and indoctrinated to hate Congolese Tutsis and Swahili speakers.
24 October 2026 · 5 min read
Tshisekedi's suicidal all-or-nothing gamble
Félix Tshisekedi has spent eight years plundering the country, he and his clan. Since the dawn of his rule, it has been a string of embezzlement scandals, killings and forced disappearances of opposition figures. Through it all, he has found a manipulative formula: accuse and smear Rwanda, yes, the Rwanda that is developing, as if it were the one stopping him from developing the DRC, when all he does is loot it.
24 October 2026 · 5 min read
Lewis Hamilton's joy and satisfaction at Rwanda being awarded the Formula 1 Grand Prix
Hamilton also spoke of the liberation of Congo, and he is right. Today, the DRC is a country colonised by a small group of thieving, manipulative Congolese. The Tshisekedi clan plunders, kills, oppresses and destroys Congo, a country rich in natural resources whose people live in extreme poverty.
24 October 2026 · 5 min read
Tribalism, violence, intimidation and incitement to ethnic hatred: the hallmarks of the Tshisekedi regime
Like any cartel, Kinshasa's weapons are violence and intimidation against those who stand up to its barbarity and bad governance. Western embassies should take Mukoko's words very seriously: this was no personal zeal. He simply said out loud what the regime's officials are plotting behind closed doors.
22 October 2026 · 5 min read
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The Kabeya Kamwanga Cartel A close look at the organised plunder of the DRC's resources by the Tshisekedi family
To lull the public, he keeps singing the same hypocritical, manipulative refrain about Rwandan aggression, a so-called aggression that supposedly prevents him from doing anything for the DRC's development, except steal and plunder the country.
17 October 2026 · 5 min read
Vital Kamerhe: a lion stripped of his teeth, with no choice left
It was therefore a toothless lion who spoke: a man with no choice but to bow before a tyrant for fear of losing his livelihood, a politician terrorised and traumatised by prison who appears to be suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
14 October 2026 · 5 min read
Yes, I join and support the FRN
I wish to pay personal tribute to the AFC/M23, which fought and halted the malevolent ambitions of the Kinshasa tyrant. I pay tribute to the brave ARC soldiers who fell on the battlefield for this noble cause, and to those lying wounded in hospital. The DRC will be forever grateful to you.
13 October 2026 · 5 min read
Mali: Kidal back under army control
7 October 2026 · 5 min read
Yes, former Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa is absolutely right: Swahili speakers and Congolese Tutsis are victims of unprecedented hatred
Seventy per cent of the inmates in Kinshasa's prisons are military officers and civilians who are Swahili speakers or Tutsis, the vast majority accused of working for Rwanda. Many have been arrested simply because of their physical appearance.
6 October 2026 · 5 min read
Hariana Verás, the woman behind the microphone, corrupt and manipulative.
This Angolan woman, Hariana Véras, is being handsomely paid by Kinshasa to peddle a false narrative in favour of the DRC to US officials. There is nothing of the journalist about her: what she is doing is shameful mercenary work.
5 October 2026 · 5 min read
A high-level African Union panel received by the AFC/M23 leadership in Goma
The AFC/M23 has so far shown genuine commitment and good faith toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the DRC, particularly in addressing its root causes. Unfortunately, on the other side, the Tshisekedi regime in Kinshasa is reaping political and economic gains from the war and the country's instability.
5 October 2026 · 5 min read
Dafroza Gauthier: The Return to Paradise of a Heroine
This heroine dedicated a major part of her life to fighting for justice for the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Her earthly journey has come to an end just as Congolese Tutsis face the exact same ideology of ethnic cleansing and genocide perpetrated by the Congolese government and its Burundian ally.
5 October 2026 · 5 min read
Ethiopia, a star African pupil, on the brink
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
DRC: Major General Sylvain Ekenge reinstated as army spokesman, ending the pause for a insulting parrot
Kinshasa could not do without a mouthpiece to spread its ideological line faithfully: one of inciting discrimination against ethnic minorities and of denying and distorting history. The reinstatement of General Sylvain Ekenge is the logical next step.
28 September 2026 · 5 min read
DRC: Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, the washed-up and unproductive Congolese Transport Minister.
For years, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo peddled false hope to Congolese voters, casting himself as the man for the moment, capable of meeting the challenge of developing the DRC. Sadly, it was never more than a pipe dream, a great deal of hot air.
28 September 2026 · 5 min read
The Wages of Sin and the Perfect State Crime
27 September 2026 · 5 min read
Society
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139 dead in migrant boat disaster off Djibouti
12 October 2026 · 5 min read
Kalev Mutond, ex-head of Congo's intelligence services, dies in Paris
5 October 2026 · 5 min read
AFC/M23 Political Leadership Pays Final Tribute to Cimpunda Fire Victims in Bukavu
15 September 2026 · 5 min read
22nd Anniversary of the Gatumba Massacre: Statement by the Katangese Bloc
20 August 2026 · 5 min read
Commemoration of the 22nd Anniversary of the Gatumba Massacre
The Congolese and African diaspora paid tribute to the Banyamulenge assassinated in Burundi 22 years ago
18 August 2026 · 5 min read
Ebola virus in the DRC: The Pragmatism and Efficiency of AFC/M23
Dr. Freddy Kaniki: Architect of the Response
14 August 2026 · 5 min read
FARDC High-Ranking Officers trial
Between Suspicions of Ethnic Purge, Instrumentalization of Justice, and the Peril of Army Tribalization
13 August 2026 · 5 min read
Health dossier: the Ebola virus in the DRC
An epidemiological chronicle, logistical failures and the imperatives of patient care
11 August 2026 · 5 min read
Higher and university education: a new institutional reality
The AFC/M23 is not merely appointing academic authorities. It is already structuring public life by naming governors, mayors and other administrative officials. That process amounts to building a popular alternative for consolidating democracy and establishing the rule of law — goals the current authorities in Kinshasa appear to have abandoned in favour of centralised, ineffective management.
10 August 2026 · 5 min read
The war of memorial narratives: GENOCOST at the heart of the Kinshasa–Kigali rift
A critical analysis of the legal foundations, political uses and financial irregularities surrounding the 2 August commemoration in the DRC.
4 August 2026 · 9 min read
DRC: Respect for and Strengthening of International Humanitarian Law in Areas Under AFC/M23 Control
International Organization Geneva Call Establishes a Presence in Bukavu, South Kivu
18 June 2026 · 6 min read
Ebola virus: the DRC is not out of the woods yet
14 September 2026 · 5 min read
Culture
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Congolese Rumba's Endless Squabbles
23 September 2026 · 5 min read
Christian and Or Mbongo Lemba: A Property Dispute That Ends in Tragedy
11 September 2026 · 5 min read
Congolese rumba star Fally Ipupa, acting through his legal counsel, has launched legal action against Ms. Collette Mutuza.
9 September 2026 · 5 min read
Dark Days: Carlyto Lassa is no more
1 September 2026 · 5 min read
Fally Ipupa at the center of a controversy on social media
21 August 2026 · 5 min read
Lingala music's quiet revolution
A new generation of artists — often self-produced, often women — is rewriting the rumba canon. And the world is starting to listen.
18 June 2026 · 8 min read
Economy
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Neither the AFC/M23 nor Rwanda is exploiting the Rubaya mine
For years, propaganda has peddled claims that Rwanda is plundering the mineral resources of eastern DRC. Yet Katanga alone loses more than $20 billion a year to fraud and the looting of its mineral wealth, orchestrated by networks sustained by the authorities in Kinshasa.
8 October 2026 · 5 min read
Goma mayor takes steps to keep the Congolese franc in circulation
Despite Kinshasa's determination to strangle the economy of North and South Kivu and bring it to its knees, the population is showing extraordinary resilience, thanks in no small part to the bold measures taken by the new authorities.
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Mobile Money Systems: Another Burden on the People of Kivu
It is urgent for the AFC/M23 authorities to intervene decisively, regulate this sector, put an end to this daily looting, and ease the burden on a population that has already paid far too heavy a price
25 August 2026 · 5 min read
DRC-US Economic Partnership: 50 Members of the U.S. Congress Denounce the Opacity of the Deal
The signatories of the letter are alarmed to see the DRC pressured into radical constitutional changes.
18 August 2026 · 5 min read
Energy Geopolitics: The US-Iran Conflict and its Impact on East African Economies
Energy sovereignty and regional resilience: the East African challenge in the face of global geopolitical crises.
11 August 2026 · 5 min read
Economic resilience in North and South Kivu: the strategic role of Accès Finance, an alternative partner for the regional economy
Stripped of bank branches on orders from Kinshasa, the economies of Goma and Bukavu have had to reinvent their liquidity channels. Between makeshift mobile money and clandestine banking, Accès Finance S.A. positions itself as the formal partner for SME financing and household savings.
4 August 2026 · 8 min read
Environment
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Kigali the beautiful, green jewel of the Great Lakes and East Africa
Kigali is now one of the cleanest and most environmentally friendly cities in Africa, ranking first in Central Africa, East Africa and the Great Lakes region. It also boasts the best internet coverage in the region, along with a high level of security and strong civic-mindedness among its residents. All of this is thanks to the leadership at the helm of Rwanda.
24 September 2026 · 5 min read
Kinshasa, the Giant with Feet of Clay: 18 Million Residents Without a Sanitation System, Firefighting Services, or Other Basic Utilities
8 September 2026 · 5 min read
Climate Action: AFC/M23 Implements a Genuine Prevention Policy
We have won the war against insecurity in Goma, and against the Ebola virus in the liberated zones. We now face the challenge of development and environmental protection
22 August 2026 · 5 min read
Sports
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Formula One: Kagame's Rwanda, the pride of Africa
Rwanda is now a source of honour and pride for Africa. One would have to be bewitched to deny, out of jealousy, the exemplary governance of this sister nation. Hosting this Grand Prix is a distinction to be celebrated across the whole continent.
16 October 2026 · 5 min read
FACT CHECK: Robert Kidiaba has not resigned as goalkeeping coach for the Democratic Republic of Congo national team (the Leopards).
6 October 2026 · 5 min read
2027 AFCON PAMOJA Qualifiers: Rwanda’s Amavubi Roar Back on to the Continental Stage
30 September 2026 · 5 min read
CAF Champions League: TP Mazembe crows seal progress to next round
13 September 2026 · 5 min read
CAF Champions League: APR FC Lions pluck Congo Eagles of Kinshasa
12 September 2026 · 5 min read
African Interclubs Competition: TP Mazembe of Lubumbashi pulls off a major feat in Ghana
7 September 2026 · 5 min read
CAF Champions League: APR FC of Kigali edged 1-0 by Les Aigles du Congo
7 September 2026 · 5 min read
DRC-Heart of Africa: A Failed Copycat of "Visit Rwanda"?
Ultimately, the Congolese government chose to bypass the fundamental needs and welfare of its people, opting instead to imitate Rwanda while dragging along traditional domestic governance flaws.
24 August 2026 · 5 min read
Premier League Transfer: Aaron Wan-Bissaka joins Aston Villa
A new challenge for the Congolese right-back
22 August 2026 · 5 min read
SPORT: The Rwandan Football Federation has filed a request with CAF over the tie between APR FC and Les Aigles du Congo
The Rwandan Football Federation’s reasons
11 August 2026 · 5 min read
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