Much of the region is prey to armed groups, an aftermath of regional wars in the 1990s and 2000s
The football team begin their qualification campaign this weekend, and two former players believe that they have enough to make it to 2026
Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army
Nearly 200 000 people have fled their homes since the beginning of this month as clashes between militia and government loyalist groups intensify
Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into camps around the city of Goma, a crisis triggered by M23 rebels
It says the international community has failed to recognise and stem the persecution of Rwandan refugees and critics of the Kagame regime
There is growing evidence of women across the continent facing online disinformation campaigns
Growth in freedoms that enable citizens to abide by laws, elect and hold leaders to account and trade freely in and outside borders are contributing to prosperity
Ukiliho Kayishema Fulgence, who is on Interpol’s red notice for crimes against humanity, already has a total of 17 charges against him
Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society
The literary event aims to ‘inspire, delight, inform and challenge’ those who attend
Ehlers was in the apartheid government’s inner sanctum. By 1994, he found a new source of income in the killing fields of Rwanda
SA Tourism must give more thought to who it would like to emulate on the international scene
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