- From “Inter‑Rwandan Dialogue” to Regime Change and the Assault on Rwanda’s Post‑1994 Order
By Bojana Coulibaly and Teddy Mazina Since 1994, Rwanda has faced not only the legacy of the genocide against the Tutsi, but a long-term political and military project aimed at reversing the outcome of that war. This project has constantly changed its language and instruments: from the seemingly benign callsContinue Reading - Une guerre qui aurait pu être évitée, comment la coopération Rwanda–RDC a menacé de vieux intérêts
Véhicule militaire FARDC immobilisé à l’aéroport de Goma, Janvier 2025 (Photo de Teddy Mazina) Par Bojana Coulibaly (Version originale publiée en anglais dans Pan African Review) Lorsque Félix Tshisekedi est devenu président de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), peu d’attention a été accordée à ce qui est peut‑être le tournantContinue Reading - Government Bombing in Minembwe killed 315 civilians, destroyed 1 hospital, 7 health centers, 17 schools and 26 churches
A Munyamulenge woman displaced from Minembwe to Kamanyola, South Kivu (Photo by: Teddy Mazina) Report prepared by: Conspiracy Tracker Great Lakes Between February and June 26, 2026, civil society, youth, and community groups in Minembwe documented and shared data indicating that 315 people were killed, 1 hospital and 7 health centers,Continue Reading - Michela Wrong’s Denialist Discourse in the Service of Genocide Ideology
UN-funded Radio Okapi endorses genocide denial through its promotion of Michela’s Wrong book on 11/16/2005 By Bojana Coulibaly While at the Geneva Press Club on April 22, 2025, Michela Wrong introduced herself as “a British journalist and the author of five books on Africa”. Yet, far from demonstrating knowledge, expertise,Continue Reading - Wazalendo, War Economy, and State Betrayal: The Invisible Hand of the Army in Congo’s Endless Conflict
By Alex Mvuka In January 2019, the Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi declared his commitment to fighting corruption, restoring the rule of law, and eradicating the problem of insecurity in eastern Congo. In 2020, he launched the “state of siege” in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. This program aimedContinue Reading - The Hamitic hypothesis and the ‘Bantu race’ myth: drivers of genocide ideology and constructions of current ethnic hatred in the Great Lakes of Africa
By Alex Mvuka Abstract This paper explores the rationale behind the ‘Hamitic/Bantu race’ hypothesis proposed by European anthropologists and its role in influencing racial divisions in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It will evaluate to what extent these ideas played a role in reconstructing Tutsi and Hutu ethnic identitiesContinue Reading - Why does Congolese civil society take ownership of the consequences of ethnic hatred but not the causes?
By Alex Mvuka A few weeks before the capture of Goma by the M23, Congolese civil society and the general population supported barbaric acts of lynching perpetrated against people of Tutsi appearance. This same civil society was behind the idea of killing all Tutsi in North Kivu and attacking theContinue Reading - Forgotten Victims: The Fate of Banyamulenge Girls During the 1996 Massacres in Baraka
By Alex Mvuka This article examines the horrific events that occurred in Baraka and the disappearances of Banyamulenge girls in 1996. Drawing on firsthand accounts, including the testimony of a survivor who was only five years old at the time, it sheds light on this tragic chapter in Congolese history.Continue Reading - What the timing of the leak of the UN Group of Experts’ report on DRC to the media tells us about the Group’s political motive
By Bojana Coulibaly We have witnessed an eruption of relentless commentaries and articles as well as social media posts on the final 2025 UN Group of Experts’ report this past week, occurring in the immediate aftermath of the signing of a peace deal between DRC and Rwanda in Washington. TheContinue Reading - Amnesty International in DRC: Unreliable reporting and inflaming of hate
By Bojana Coulibaly Since the resurgence of the DRC conflict, Amnesty International has been an unreliable source of information, breaching research ethics and promoting hate ideology. The latest instance is the fabrication of crimes attributed to the movement M23 in a report published on May 27, 2025 titled “RDC. LeContinue Reading
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