Great Lakes
Covering the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern Congo conflict.
U.S. Sanctions Kabila: What the Announcement Leaves Out
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned former DRC President Joseph Kabila on April 30, 2026, citing alleged links to the AFC/M23. What the announcement leaves out tells ...
LUCHA's Radicalization: A Former Member Documents the Shift Toward Anti-Tutsi Extremism
A former member of Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), the Congolese civil society movement that positioned itself for years as a non-partisan voice for accountability, has provid...
General Makenga Presides Over AFC/M23 'Uongozi Bora' Leadership Training Graduation at Kanombe
General Sultani Makenga, senior military commander of the Alliance Fleuve Congo/M23 (AFC/M23), presided over the graduation ceremony of the 'Uongozi Bora' — Good Leadership — tr...
Three Fronts in One Morning: As the Doha Process Prepares to Move to Switzerland, the Ground War Expands
The morning of March 31 opened with three simultaneous offensives in eastern DRC. Kinshasa's coalition struck Minembwe in South Kivu, Kalehe to its south, and Lubero in North Ki...
State-Sponsored Institutionalization of Genocide Ideology: How the DRC-Backed FDLR Remains an Existential Threat to Rwanda
For decades, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been described as remnants of those responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Th...
Minembwe in Tears: The Human Cost of Tshisekedi's Rule
The highlands of Minembwe in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are facing a humanitarian and security catastrophe that has gone largely unnoticed by the internationa...
Tshisekedi at the Center of Congo's Escalating Crisis
On February 18th, Kinshasa formally announced the commencement of another ceasefire. The declaration followed diplomatic engagements in Luanda, where Angolan President João Lour...
MONUSCO Interim Chief Arrives in Goma as Tshisekedi's Past Patterns Raise Questions Over Ceasefire Implementation
GOMA — Vivian van de Perre, MONUSCO's interim Head of Mission, arrived at Goma Airport on the morning of Thursday, February 12, 2026, to advance preparations for ceasefire monit...
AFC-M23 Announces Operational Reinforcement of ARC Following Completion of Training in Tshanzu
The Congolese Revolutionary Army (ARC) marked a new phase in the strengthening of its military capacity on Sunday February 8, 2026, during an official ceremony held in Tshanzu t...
One Year of Liberation: A Look Into Goma's Transformation Under AFC-M23
In a noteworthy communique issued January 26th 2026 by AFC/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, the Alliance Fleuve Congo reaffirmed its resolute commitment to the liberated terri...
Uvira Betrayed: How a City Fell Back Into Violence and Why It Was Predictable
Uvira, the strategic South Kivu city that AFC/M23 forces briefly controlled in December 2025, became the site of renewed violence following the alliance's announced strategic wi...
Caution: These Lives Don't Matter! — Tshisekedi's Regime Continues to Kill in Silence
A ceremony was held on Wednesday 8th January 2026, in Goma to honor the victims of a drone bombing carried out by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC...
Announced M23's Strategic Withdrawal from Uvira: A Display of Strength, Not Weakness
On December 15, 2025, the AFC/M23 issued an official communiqué announcing a potential unilateral withdrawal of its military forces from Uvira — a city the alliance had liberate...
DRC Government's Renewed Violence in Eastern Congo Undermines Doha Peace Deal
Oct. 27, 2025 — A week after the Democratic Republic of Congo and the AFC-M23 signed a peace agreement in Doha, renewed fighting and reported airstrikes by FARDC forces on civil...