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When African dictatorships reach out to Trump

Paul Martial — 2025-09-22T11:19:00Z

The United States' goal is to force African countries to take in deported individuals. Some despots have already agreed.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / United States (USA), Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Eswatini

Rwanda-DRC: Peace agreed, people forgottenPeace agreed, people forgotten

Paul Martial — 2025-07-25T17:30:54Z

The peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda under the aegis of the United States is generally unfavourable to the Congolese side and remains fragile.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

Peace under the seal of business

Paul Martial — 2025-05-08T15:53:18Z

The option of peace between the DRC and Rwanda is now becoming plausible, albeit fraught with obstacles. However, this is proving disadvantageous for Kinshasa.

- IVP604 - May 2025 / Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

Democratic Republic of Congo: a conflict with multiple implications

Paul Martial — 2025-03-25T11:06:00Z

The capture of Goma and Bukavu, the regional capitals of North and South Kivu respectively in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the 23 March Movement (M23), strongly supported by the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF), is certainly a turning point for the DRC.

- IVP602 - March 2025 / Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

Africa: oil means blood for blood profits with the EU

Paul Martial — 2024-12-15T13:47:55Z

To protect its oil multinationals, the European Union has no qualms about funding the armies of African dictatorships. Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, is home to a jihadist guerrilla group that began in 2017 with an attack on police stations in the town of Mocímboa da Praia. The group is made up of young people who have questioned the local population's Islamic practices, deeming them to be non-compliant.

- IV599 - December 2024 / United States (USA), Italy, France, Rwanda, Mozambique

Central African Republic: looting as retribution

Paul Martial — 2024-08-06T17:17:12Z

Russian mercenaries and Rwandan soldiers are protecting the authoritarian regime in the Central African Republic (CAR). In return, they lay their hands on the country's riches. Yesterday, at the gates of Bangui, the capital of the CAR, the various armed groups operating in the country were partly defeated by the combined action of Wagner's troops, the UN mission, Minusca, and Rwandan special forces.

- IV595 - August 2024 / Russia, Rwanda, Central African Republic

Rwanda as the European Union's deputy in Africa

Paul Martial — 2024-05-06T15:46:54Z

Rwanda is becoming a key player for the European Union (EU) both in the fight against immigration and in securing African countries under attack from their rebels.

- IV592 - May 2024 / Rwanda

France was the “main accelerator of the genocidal process” in Rwanda

Paul Martial — 2024-04-04T12:40:39Z

In 1994, France, under president François Mitterrand, was at the heart of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda. Thirty years later, it is our duty to know and recount the course and responsibilities of this historic event.

- IV591 - April 2024 / Rwanda

France in Rwanda: responsible but not guilty?

Samuel Terraz — 2021-04-17T09:38:08Z

Crocodile tears at the top of government and the military high command deploring the tragedy of the Tutsi genocide.

- IV555 - April 2021 / France, Rwanda

A look back at the genocide and the essential role of France

Paul Martial — 2021-04-16T09:36:00Z

A background article concerning the 1994 Rwandan massacre and the role of France, an official report has just been published.

- IV555 - April 2021 / France, Rwanda