Major-General Sylvain Ekenge has been sanctioned for using xenophobic tropes against Tutsi women on national television, sparking a diplomatic row and local outcry.

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 ...

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 ...

Major-General Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson of the Congolese army, has been suspended over alleged derogatory remarks against the Tutsi community. The officer allegedly made disparaging remarks against ...

Major General Sylvain Ekenge Mobusa Efomi, the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), has been suspended following a wave of national and international ...

DRC suspends its army spokesperson after remarks targeting the Tutsi community aired on state TV, citing zero tolerance for hate speech. NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 30 — The Democratic Republic of Congo has ...

Sudan and Burkina Faso enter this third matchday already having secured their spots in the round of 16. Yet, this clash in Casablanca still carries significant strategic weight. A draw would lock in ...