DR Congo has suspended its army spokesperson after televised slurs against Tutsis triggered protests and diplomatic backlash.
Major-General Sylvain Ekenge has been sanctioned for using xenophobic tropes against Tutsi women on national television, ...
DRC suspends its army spokesperson after remarks targeting the Tutsi community aired on state TV, citing zero tolerance for ...
Discriminatory remarks made by the spokesperson of the DR Congo's armed forces during a televised interview have sparked condemnation from political leaders, civil society organisations, and ...
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Silence and indifference are enablers of genocide

On December 27, 2025, just after Boxing Day—the world woke up to what should have been an unremarkable, festive interlude between Christmas and the New Year. It was the kind of noiseless global pause ...
Analysis - In 1994, sticks, stones, and machetes broke Tutsi bones, but words hurt them first. On September 27, 1959, in Ngoma, southern Rwanda, words spoken at a political rally would leave a long ...
Statements by the spokesman for the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) implicating Tutsi women sparked a heated controversy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday. Speaking on public ...
The suspension was confirmed on Monday by Jules Banza Mwilamwe, the FARDC Chief of Staff, after Ekenge made the controversial ...
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