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AU mustn’t forget pledge to ‘silence the guns’

Africa Imogen Hooper - 3 Feb 2021

Climate change also has the potential to increase conflicts in Africa, as competition for scarce resources grows

Africa: The only continent where political violence increased in 2020

Africa Clionadh Raleigh & Roudabeh Kishi - 1 Feb 2021

Militias have increased in numbers and strength, and now outnumber state security forces by four to one

Xenophobia weaponised in ‘truck wars’

National Des Erasmus - 5 Dec 2020

KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out

Africa Stephanie Wolters - 28 Nov 2020

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

Searching for justice in the war on womxn’s bodies

Opinion Gabriel Hoosain Khan - 9 Sep 2020

In a world defined by gendered violence, what can we do differently?

The DRC’s response to Covid-19 must be tailored to local context

Article Edouard Beigbeder - 2 May 2020

Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue

DRC in mourning as funeral parties banned

Africa Samir Tounsi - 2 Apr 2020

Numerous countries around the world have adopted similar measures to try to counter Covid-19

Pandor goes into self-isolation after Covid-19 scare

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Sabelo Skiti - 25 Mar 2020

The minister of international relations took the precaution after allegations that an employee had tested positive for the virus

Mega lessons from mega-events

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2020

Expo 2020 Dubai has already engaged 30 000 volunteers from the city

Amended Refugee Act restricts fundamental rights

Article Nation Nyoka - 20 Jan 2020

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the...

Ebola in the Congo: a forgotten conflict became a danger to world health

Africa Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka - 12 Sep 2019

Local communities are wary of the sudden arrival of outsiders and of their interest in regions where there's been violence for years

Durban refugee office turns away asylum applicants

Article Jan Bornman - 23 Jul 2019

A staff shortage means asylum seekers are unable to make appointments to apply for refugee status

DRC’s Ebola outbreak spreads to Uganda

Africa Simon Allison - 11 Jun 2019

World Health Organisation confirms one case of the virus

More than 1 000 dead in DRC Ebola epidemic

Africa Agency - 4 May 2019

The current outbreak is the second deadliest on record, after an epidemic killed more than 11 300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016

It’s time for a reckoning for Kagame and his estern cheerleaders

Africa Timothy B Reid - 23 Apr 2019

As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we cannot keep excusing the crimes of Rwanda’s current government

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Latest articles on DRC

AU mustn’t forget pledge to ‘silence the guns’

Africa: The only continent where political violence increased in 2020

Xenophobia weaponised in ‘truck wars’

DRC: Tshisekedi and Kabila fall out

Searching for justice in the war on womxn’s bodies

The DRC’s response to Covid-19 must be tailored to local context

DRC in mourning as funeral parties banned

Pandor goes into self-isolation after Covid-19 scare

Mega lessons from mega-events

Amended Refugee Act restricts fundamental rights

Ebola in the Congo: a forgotten conflict became a danger to world health

Durban refugee office turns away asylum applicants

DRC’s Ebola outbreak spreads to Uganda

More than 1 000 dead in DRC Ebola epidemic

It’s time for a reckoning for Kagame and his estern cheerleaders

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