Audio By Vocalize Armed men patrol Eastern DRC. [Agencies] A recent interview by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame by the news magazine Jeune Afrique has been doing the rounds on social media. In it, Kagame declares that he will not bow to external pressure and lift Rwanda’s defensive measures, whether troops or equipment, until the threat the FDLR, remnants of the military that committed genocide against the Tutsis, poses to Rwanda is fully eliminated. His detractors termed the statement a direct rebuke of the recent peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump. They claim, after all, that the Democratic Republic…
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Audio By Vocalize Armed men patrol Eastern DRC. [Agencies] A recent interview by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame by the news magazine Jeune Afrique has been doing the rounds on social media. In it, Kagame declares that he will not bow to external pressure and lift Rwanda’s defensive measures, whether troops or equipment, until the threat the FDLR, remnants of the military that committed genocide against the Tutsis, poses to Rwanda is fully eliminated. His detractors termed the statement a direct rebuke of the recent peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump. They claim, after all, that the Democratic Republic…
Protesters take part in a march organised by civil society groups in South Kivu to demand peace and dialogue in Bukavu on December 23, 2025. [AFP] Ethnic profiling is a grave threat to peace and stability in Africa, particularly in East and Southern Africa, where history has repeatedly shown how quickly identity-based politics can spiral into violence. When states define citizenship, security or political loyalty through ethnic lenses, they risk entrenching exclusion, legitimizing discrimination, and turning diversity into a fault line for conflict. The tragic experiences of Rwanda’s genocide against the Tutsi and the recurring cycles of ethnic violence in…