Colonel Aloys Ntiwiragabo was found near Orléans in 2020, having evaded international justice for 26 years. He was not in Rwanda when the president's plane was shot down on 6 April 1994. However, he and his subordinates were involved in every aspect of the plot. First...
In North Kivu and Ituri, the Congolese intelligence services, army and Wazalendo militias have been carrying out raids on Maasai itinerant vendors. One vendor was burned alive in public on 2 September.
While the mayor and bishop of Orléans refused to bury Protais Zigiranyirazo, who is suspected of masterminding the wheeler-dealer circle that promoted the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, and while two investigating judges are attempting to clear former first lady Agathe Kanziga, who is also suspected of belonging to this circle, African Facts investigated the survival of this network.
On 10 September 2025, Wazalendo militiamen gave the Tutsi 10 days to leave Uvira or face death. African Facts looks back at the two weeks of extreme tension and clashes between the militias and the Kinshasa authorities that preceded this ultimatum, and assesses the current situation in South Kivu’s second largest town.
In two reports published last Wednesday, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both accused the M23 rebels of committing war crimes. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was held on Friday. African Facts revisits these accusations and their reliability.
Nothing has been provided that allows it to be confirmed. In fact, a body of evidence suggests that members of the Nyatura-CMC militias would be at work. African Facts bring you up to date on accusations of the M23’s involvement in the massacre and the situation in the Rutshuru territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The belief in the false hypothesis of the existence of a "Hamitic" people lies at the heart of the reactionary and racist ideologies that have caused so much bloodshed in East Africa. In this exclusive interview, French historian Jean-Pierre Chrétien explains the...
In this second exclusive interview with African Facts, historian Jean-Pierre Chrétien discusses the political and social organisation of the Great Lakes region’s kingdoms prior to colonisation.
First episode in a series of exclusive interviews between African Facts and the French historian Jean-Pierre Chrétien. He recounts his early days in the region and the beginnings of his research.
Between April and June 1994, one million Tutsis were exterminated in Rwanda. Some of their killers now live in France, Belgium and other European countries, where they have formed new networks. However, only a handful of them are being prosecuted or investigated. African Facts aims to contribute to the fight against impunity and oblivion. You can find all our articles on the subject here.
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