In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he tells a personal story on a performed kinship, ordinary horror and the meaning of belonging

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC

The city’s capture by M23 means neighbouring Burundi, an ally of the DRC government, now shares a border with an area controlled by the rebels, escalating the risk of cross-border conflict

Urgent diplomatic interventions are needed as the second largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo falls to M23

The March 23 Movement is filling administrative positions in Goma and Rwanda may do the same in Kivu