BGFIBank allegedly played a central role in a years-long scam that allowed former DRC leader Joseph Kabila’s family and close associates to launder $243-million in public and suspect funds
In 2001, my mother immigrated to South Africa from the DRC and applied for asylum. I was two years old. Now I must apply for asylum even though I know no other country
The women were promised jobs or threatened with losing their jobs during the Ebola outbreak
It is possible to convince newsrooms looking for a topical story that something is news when it isn’t, to dangerous effect
Corporal Simanga Khuselo join the peacekeeping mission in the DRC to save money to build his family a home
The Centre of Research in Natural Sciences (CRSN) in South Kivu has miraculously survived decades of war, natural disasters and chronic underfunding
Tens of thousands of residents fled Goma last weekend after Nyiragongo erupted on Saturday night — many across the nearby border to Rwanda — before returning.
Investigation finds extensive abuse of power by men allegedly working at organisations such as the World Health Organisation
“Family fortunes” in Chad reflect further-reaching dynamics of ruling
Climate change also has the potential to increase conflicts in Africa, as competition for scarce resources grows
The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless
Mail & Guardian pictures editor Paul Botes presents some of the most striking images
of 2020
Current and former workers at SG Coal, a large company that has a monopoly on coal hauling in the province, have accused it of unbearable working conditions and unfair treatment
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and leading nongovernmental organisations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by the nonprofit news agency The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. In interviews, 51 women — many of whose […]
To take care of ourselves, we must take care of the world around us
The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research
Although the overall rate of conflict has remained steady in Africa during the past 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nature of this is changing in subtle but significant ways
Now is the time to rewrite a collective script of Africa’s development agenda and the well being of its people
Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue
So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously
For South Sudanese refugees, fleeing war and sexual violence is only the beginning of their struggles, writes Amanda Sperber from northern Uganda. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
As health workers in the DRC deal with the news that Ebola has not yet been defeated, they reflect on the lessons the epidemic has taught them
Pretoria can make a real difference in helping to solve conflicts and other issues in Burundi, the DRC, South Sudan and Zimbabwe
Two ministers have taken precautions after a Dirco employee tested positive for the virus
The minister of international relations took the precaution after allegations that an employee had tested positive for the virus
Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow his lead
Medical treatment and traditional public health measures are important but early, frequent and transparent community engagement is the key to responding to any major outbreak
Government must take steps to clean up the country’s dirty real estate market, which has long offered a safe haven for criminals
Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi responds to a previous article on the death of Dag Hammarskjöld
President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC
It said the new vaccine, produced by a Belgian subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is aimed at protecting 50 000 people over a period of four months
The ability to contain outbreaks exists but states ignore the international treaty for health security