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Remembered:  The genocide of the Tutsi was not the product of primordial tribal feeling but it was the product of a political project, carefully constructed over decades. Photo: Rwanda Government

Becoming umwana – a son: Part 2

The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to…

Engraved in memory: The Kigali Genocide Memorial engenders remembrance of the genocide’s victims, promoting peace and reconciliation and building peace through education. Photo: Supplied

Becoming Umwana – a son

In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he…

Diplomacy: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, President Donald Trump and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. Photo: The White House

Great Lakes strife calls for no bias

US partiality towards one party risks subverting mediator role in Washington Process

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila.

Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa urge DRC’s Tshisekedi to drop Kabila charges

Sources said Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa discussed Kabila’s predicament in Zimbabwe in August and agreed that the treason charges were not fair

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

SANDF repatriates more troops from the DRC

Personnel and equipment have been airlifted from Lubumbashi and Kinshasa to Pretoria, amid tension over unpaid allowances for soldiers

The M23 rebels have said they support the withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force from the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Mbeki throws diplomatic hot potato at government over M23 invitation

The international relations department was not aware of the rebels’ presence in South Africa

M23 representatives are in South Africa on a non-governmental programme and say they have shown willingness to find a lasting solution to the conflict, accusing Kinshasa of sabotaging peace processes.

M23 to attend peace conference, but DRC government boycotting

Opposition officials in the DRC have accused the government of blocking their attempts to travel to the forum hosted by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation