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Cheered to see Thomas L Friedman referencing "It's Our Turn to Eat" in his latest column. He focusses on Trump's inconsistency and failure to think ahead. In fact the venality is the more striking characteristic. nytimes.com/2025/06/03/opi…

This is the third person reporting torture, sexual abuse and humiliation while in Tanzanian custody. A Kenyan, a Ugandan and a Tanzanian have all recounted these horror stories. Majirani hawana utu?

About 70% of the African Union's $650m budget is funded by foreigners. "You call them colonizers but when they give us money, they're partners," Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim says. "This is a farce, either you're serious or you forget it," he told former AU boss Moussa Faki

For months, Frank Matt, Marin Scott (she/her), Tavleen Tarrant and I pored over leaked documents and satellite imagery, and spoke with sources who lent their expertise and took real risks to reveal the Rwandan military’s secret footprint in eastern Congo. This story wouldn’t exist

I was delighted to be able to play a part in this NBC investigation into Rwanda's covert three-year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The footage says it all. nbcnews.com/video/hidden-i…

It was good to be able to work alongside the NBC News team on this exposé of Rwanda's covert three-and-a-half-year war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. NBC News nbcnews.com/world/africa/r…

Interesting shift in Mali: Wagner declaring 'mission accomplished' & leaving, despite a deteriorating security situation & heavy recent losses. Afrika Corps, also controlled by the Russian govt, will remain but it's unclear whether it'll be the same scale. dw.com/en/russias-wag…

Snitty fit from Rwanda. newtimes.co.rw/article/27056/…

Rwanda commence à perdre des amies. foxtime.cd/cooperation-le…

Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.

Confirming what NBC reported last week....the US is insisting on a Rwandan pullout from DRC if there is to be a deal. reuters.com/world/africa/u…

I meant to retweet this yesterday but ran out of juice. Kigali’s foot dragging comes as no surprise, but there will be a limit to how long they can play that game.

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The #M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern #DRCongo to #Rwanda. The forcible transfer of civilians is a war crime, and Rwanda’s control over the M23 makes it ultimately responsible for the group’s numerous abuses. Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/06/1…

This is obviously good news, but Rwanda has a long tradition of signing deals and then carrying on as usual, so implementation is going to be the issue.

If the arrest of opp leader Victoire Ingabire is meant to show strength, it does the opposite. With rumours swirling about Paul Kagame's health and the regime under intense US pressure to sign a peace deal with DRC, the Rwandan regime feels beleaguered. therwandan.com/fr/rwanda-arre…

In power since 1991. Isaias has become an African cliché of personalised, unaccountable rule. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Are we supposed to believe someone as closely monitored as Victoire Ingabire has been for years now somehow found the time - and the freedom - to indulge in insurrection? The Rwandan authorities need to get a grip. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

It seems an appropriate time to plunge into this non-fiction account of underground life in Iran, written by a friend of a friend. It's a fascinating read.