The country needs to establish a deliberate geopolitical hedging strategy to traverse this changing terrain
If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.
Universities in Africa need to secure funding for students and build new research collaborations while not excluding our US partners
Making America Great Again is the personification of narcissistic censure to maintain dominance. We need to build solidarity and safety in the face of geno/ecocides, hate and state repression
The Southern African grouping reiterated the need for a political and diplomatic solution to help restore ‘peace, security and tranquility’ in the conflict-torn country
The country should be aware of its limitations and rather address its problems at home
Reparations are not only for slavery and colonialism, it’s also for the Global North’s environmental legacy and their disproportionate carbon emissions that harm Africa
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
The battle against this manipulation is collective, requiring unified action from all who seek to preserve democracy and human rights
The Rwandan president is defying international pressure to withdraw his soldiers from eastern DRC where they are backing militia
President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda, the perceived backer of the M23 rebels
The destruction of indigenous forests, which act as carbon sinks, is also driven by foreign demand
Without addressing democratic backsliding, ongoing conflicts and the climate crisis, the pact risks becoming another set of unenforced promises
Only five of the 15 countries in the region have signed the International Convention on Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
The DRC is rich in the minerals needed for renewable energy technologies, central to reducing our carbon footprint, but they come at great environmental and human cost
Crocodile hunting was once lucrative, with its skin sought after for its power to protect people against evil spirits, and for use in the fashion industry
Shinkolobwe mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced the uranium that made the US’s nuclear weapons programme possible — and inspired the ‘Wakanda’ comics
The church on the continent is growing fast but not all clergy hold with the pope’s progressive ways
It is the first time since 1985 that a pope has visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a vast and deeply troubled country
At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with […]
Although direct trade and financial links between Africa, Russia and Ukraine may be small, the main effect of the war will be civil strife in Africa driven by food and energy inflation
The DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group, but Kigali denies it
East African leaders are mobilising armies to intervene in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades ago, Zimbabwean soldiers came to Kinshasa’s aid and learnt harsh lessons
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo conflict, as well as peacemaking, have become ends in themselves, while the fighting is carried forward by its own momentum
Three countries in sub-Saharan Africa notorious for consistently executing people – Botswana, Somalia and South Sudan – were responsible for all the known judicial executions in the region in 2021
Electrification of the global economy has created fresh demand for the ‘red metal’, pushing the price of copper to a 10-year high
An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife
The Democratic Republic of the Congo will bring economic opportunities for the East African Community and the DRC – but it will also bring a number of major security problems
People live a ‘hellish existence’ in countries such as South Sudan, northern Mozambique, the DRC but these are a blip on the international media’s news cycle
Miners of rare metals will score but the soaring oil price will result in various cost-of-living increases
Europe has changed its attitude towards Ukraine refugees