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Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Ukraine refugees: West is empathic – if you are blonde
Africa
/ 11 March 2022

Ukraine refugees: West is empathic – if you are blonde

Europe has changed its attitude towards Ukraine refugees

By Karsten Noko, The Continent
Don’t revive Leopold’s ghost or legitimise DRC’s president, Felix Tshisekedi
Africa
/ 10 March 2022

Don’t revive Leopold’s ghost or legitimise DRC’s president, Felix Tshisekedi

Like King Leopold II, Tshisekedi has enriched himself through stealing power and suppressing democracy. Belgium’s monarch should stand with Congolese, not the colonial past

By Martin Fayulu
SANDF to brief family of slain Congo soldier
National
/ 11 January 2022

SANDF to brief family of slain Congo soldier

Family hopes for answers now that a probe has been completed into a friendly fire incident that killed a South African soldier in the DRC

By Eunice Masson
Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure
National
/ 4 December 2021

Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure

Differing interpretation of the Firearms Control Act resulted in the seizure of a shipment of billets bound for the DRC from Durban harbour last week

By Erika Gibson
DRC investigates Kabila for corruption
Africa
/ 1 December 2021

DRC investigates Kabila for corruption

Last week, journalists exposed corruption linked to Joseph Kabila. Now a judicial inquiry is looking into the former president’s link with a major bank

By The Continent
Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums
Africa
/ 14 November 2021

Ghosts of colonial looting haunt Europe’s museums

Here is a recap of disputes over artefacts looted from Europe’s former African colonies.

By Agence France Presse
South African soldiers have been fighting in a distant land for 20 years
National
/ 22 September 2021

South African soldiers have been fighting in a distant land for 20 years

Troops were sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2001 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission that became an offensive against rebels

By Erika Gibson
Africa in brief: 4-11 September
Africa
/ 14 September 2021

Africa in brief: 4-11 September

What happened on the continent this past week

By The Continent
South Africans will pay for the costly electricity from DRC’s Inga 3 dam
The Green Guardian
/ 12 July 2021

South Africans will pay for the costly electricity from DRC’s Inga 3 dam

A new report says power from the hydroelectric scheme is more expensive than energy from solar and wind

By Sheree Bega
SANDF’s ‘dignity’ comes with a R200m price tag
National
/ 18 June 2021

SANDF’s ‘dignity’ comes with a R200m price tag

Find out about the SANDF’s new uniform, which is costing taxpayers close to R200-million, while mission-critical equipment is not maintained

By Erika Gibson
Judgments and jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa
Africa
/ 7 March 2021

Judgments and jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa

The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the outcome, regardless of numbers

By O’Brien Kaaba
West Africa readies for Ebola battle
Africa
/ 7 March 2021

West Africa readies for Ebola battle

Guinea is fighting the virus with a vaccine used in the DRC, while their neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia increase border surveillance

By Abdul S Brima
Exposing a Congolese bank’s dirty secrets
Africa
/ 26 February 2021

Exposing a Congolese bank’s dirty secrets

Meet Gardi Koko and Navy Malela, the two whistleblowers who risked everything to raise the alarm

By Simon Allison
The futility of elections: Re-thinking democracy in East Africa
Africa
/ 22 February 2021

The futility of elections: Re-thinking democracy in East Africa

Elections do not guarantee greater freedom or democratic governance and have contributed to instability and economic setbacks

By Su Muhereza and Eshban Kwesiga
Military lawyers fight their boss
National
/ 3 February 2021

Military lawyers fight their boss

As senior legal officers take their battles with the head of the legal division to court, about a thousand military court cases are in limbo

By Erika Gibson
DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out
Africa
/ 28 November 2020

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out

The country’s governing coalition is under strain, which could lead to even more acrimony ahead

By Stephanie Wolters
A modicum of release: Lumumba’s remains return home at last
Friday
/ 17 September 2020

A modicum of release: Lumumba’s remains return home at last

Sixty years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the DRC’s first prime minister, his remains will be returned from Belgium

By Percy Zvomuya
Extractive histories and a waste-laden present: On Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning
Friday
/ 21 July 2020

Extractive histories and a waste-laden present: On Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning

Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji’s Essay on Urban Planning interrogates the links between colonialism, extractive practices and environmental catastrophes in Urban Africa

By Mpho Matsipa and Sindi-Leigh McBride
Inside Facebook’s big bet on Africa
Africa
/ 25 May 2020

Inside Facebook’s big bet on Africa

New undersea cables will massively increase bandwidth to the continent

By Matthew Du Plessis
When bad reporting mirrors the thing it wants to criticise
Africa
/ 16 January 2020

When bad reporting mirrors the thing it wants to criticise

The documentary film, The American Crusade in Africa, on Kony 2012 is a lesson in how not to fight simplification with more simplification.

By Kristof Titeca
Dictators expand their toolbox
Africa
/ 27 September 2019

Dictators expand their toolbox

An update of How to Rig an Election is a guide to new strategies used by authoritarian leaders to stay in power

By Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas
Mother-tongue learning lays a better foundation
Article
/ 20 September 2019

Mother-tongue learning lays a better foundation

"But what does multilingualism mean in practice in this context?"

By Dennis Lamberti
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