Not only did the FDLR create anti-Tutsi armed groups in North Kivu, such as Nyatura, but it also commands and coordinates them. Pictured here is FDLR "General" Stanislas Mutayomba, who leads a coalition of Nyatura and FDLR fighters known as the CMPDN (Coalition des Mouvements des Patriotes pour la Défense de la Nation).
He was recently seriously wounded during clashes with the M23 amid the FARDC-FDLR-Wazalendo coalition offensive and is reportedly receiving treatment in Kinshasa. His brother, Nzima, was killed in early January 2025 by M23
On June 3, 2026, North Kivu Governor Bahati Musanga Erasto visited Kinigi in Masisi Territory, accompanied by Vice-Governor Willy Manzi and several members of AFC/M23 administration.The visit comes just days after the Kinshasa regime’s CH-4 combat drone strikes on May 24, which caused heavy destruction and deeply affected the local population. The Governor met with residents impacted, expressing AFC/M23 solidarity with the community. Humanitarian concerns continue to rise as Kinshasa persists with bombardments targeting civilian areas.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), General MK Mubarakh, today received a delegation of students and faculty members from India’s National Defence College at RDF Headquarters. The visit forms part of the delegation’s week-long study tour of Rwanda, which commenced on 1 June 2026.https://t.co/dfmCk39fqD
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Umugaba Mukuru w’Ingabo z’u Rwanda, General MK Mubarakh, uyu munsi yakiriye itsinda rigizwe n’abanyeshuri n’abarimu bo mu Ishuri Rikuru rya Gisirikare ryo mu Buhinde ku cyicaro gikuru cy’Ingabo z’u Rwanda. Bari mu rugendoshuri rw’icyumweru mu Rwanda, rwatangiye ku wa 1 Kamena 2026.https://t.co/mgdbNt0qML
Today, Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), alongside other troop-contributing contingents, United Nations Police (UNPOL), and national civilian staff, conducted a Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) activity at Juba One Primary School.
The activity included cleaning the school compound, planting trees, collecting waste, and clearing overgrown vegetation. The initiative was organized to commemorate World Environment Day.
As part of the event, the peacekeepers also conducted a malaria awareness and prevention campaign for the pupils focusing on educating the students about the causes and symptoms.
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Uyu munsi, ingabo z’u Rwanda ziri mu butumwa bw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye bwo kubungabunga amahoro muri Sudani y’Epfo, bafatanyije n’ ’ingabo zituruka mu bindi bihugu, Polisi y’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, ndetse n’abakozi b’abasivili , bakoze igikorwa cy’umuganda w'isuku no kubungabunga ibidukikije ku Ishuri Ribanza rya Juba.
Iki gikorwa cyarimo gusukura ikigo cy’ishuri, gutera ibiti, gukusanya imyanda no gutema ibihuru. Cyateguwe mu rwego rwo kwizihiza Umunsi Mpuzamahanga w’Ibidukikije.
Mu rwego rwo kurushaho gufasha abanyeshuri, abo basirikare batanze kandi ubukangurambaga bwo kwirinda no kurwanya malaria, babigisha ibitera iyo ndwara, ibimenyetso biyiranga, ndetse n’uburyo bwo kuyirinda.
“The formula that succeeded in 2013, talking to #M23, distracting us, preparing war, bringing mercenaries and forcing us to flee, while letting our families get slaughtered… Never again” Col. Nzenze
📍DRC 🇨🇩 : So sad how America continues to shield Félix Tshisekedi while civilians keep dying in eastern DRC. Horrific images from Ituri, and yesterday more civilians were killed in Mushaki under bombardments by the Kinshasa government and its allies. Instead of naming the perpetrators, the world only says “we condemn.”
How long will this continue? There is a genocide happening in the DRC.👇👇
🇰🇵 Just pray no one kills Kim Jong-un
North Korea changed its nuclear policy law so that if Kim is killed or incapacitated by a foreign attack, a nuclear strike launches automatically and immediately, no further orders needed.
The revision was adopted in March, right after the U.S-Israeli strikes wiped out Iran's leadership in hours.
Experts say Pyongyang saw exactly how fast a decapitation strike can work and got terrified.
Kim basically said if I go, we all go.
Source: The Telegraph
Six years ago, rammed earth was illegal to build with in Rwanda. Today it’s the primary material of a 69-building university campus built almost entirely by local hands.
96% of all construction materials sourced within Rwanda. Rammed earth, compressed earth blocks, locally quarried stone, terracotta roof tiles made from on-site soil and clay. The buildings were literally harvested from the ground they sit on.
One cooperative formed by workers trained in rammed-earth techniques during construction now carries that expertise to projects across Rwanda. The building didn’t just train students, it trained builders and changed the local construction economy.
Embodied carbon 60% below the global average for institutional buildings. Fully off-grid, powered by a 1.5MW solar array. Projected to become fully climate-positive by 2040, removing more carbon than was produced during its construction.
Earth blocks were actually illegal in Rwanda until 2019. MASS worked with the Government of Rwanda to write new standards and guidelines to legalize their use. They didn’t just build a campus, they changed national building policy.
This is what it looks like when architecture takes its responsibility seriously.
RICA, Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture, Gashora, Rwanda by MASS Design Group.
📷 Iwan Baan
BREAKING: 🇫🇷 French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:
“We will withdraw from NATO. NATO only serves one purpose: to place us under U.S. control. (...) Israel is the most dangerous country in the region today. It is Israel that is attacking all its neighbors. It is the one triggering the war. It is carrying out a genocide. When I say Israel, I mean Netanyahu’s government.”
We cannot hold national elections because of the Kivus, but we will hold a national referendum to change the constitution. Our constitution was drafted by foreigners, but we will change the constitution to please the foreigners.
🚨⚡️ Despite the rain.. and despite Baltic states closing their airspace.. Fico arrives in Moscow. 🇸🇰🇷🇺
Slovak PM Robert Fico lands in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations.
Fico:
"I will not abandon the memory of Europe's liberation from Nazism because of political blackmail."