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
Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s
The football team begin their qualification campaign this weekend, and two former players believe that they have enough to make it to 2026
Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army
Nearly 200 000 people have fled their homes since the beginning of this month as clashes between militia and government loyalist groups intensify
Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels
It says the international community has failed to recognise and stem the persecution of Rwandan refugees and critics of the Kagame regime
There is growing evidence of women across the continent facing online disinformation campaigns
Growth in freedoms that enable citizens to abide by laws, elect and hold leaders to account and trade freely in and outside borders are contributing to prosperity
Ukiliho Kayishema Fulgence, who is on Interpol’s red notice for crimes against humanity, already has a total of 17 charges against him
Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society
The literary event aims to ‘inspire, delight, inform and challenge’ those who attend
Ehlers was in the apartheid government’s inner sanctum. By 1994, he found a new source of income in the killing fields of Rwanda
SA Tourism must give more thought to who it would like to emulate on the international scene
Fed up with the perennial darkness in his village, Israel Habimana sold his land and used the money to build a mini-hydroelectric power station
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group, but Kigali denies it
East African leaders are mobilising armies to intervene in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades ago, Zimbabwean soldiers came to Kinshasa’s aid and learnt harsh lessons
28 years after the killing of more than 250 000 during the Rwanda genocide, Lulam Njapa visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial.