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
Fed up with the perennial darkness in his village, Israel Habimana sold his land and used the money to build a mini-hydroelectric power station
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
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
28 years after the killing of more than 250 000 during the Rwanda genocide, Lulam Njapa visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
Designer Nyambo MasaMara stitches together each symbol, fabric and colour in a synchronised way to celebrate African people
A classified FBI report confirms that US law enforcement has long known of Rwandan intelligence operations against civilians on its soil
With nothing to look forward to and no respect, how can we expect unemployed, beaten-down young people to behave as if they have a stake in the future?
Leaders at some African firms are looking at Francophone markets as a way to expand sales hit by Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Mozambique and Rwanda’s new deal comes after 19 people ‘agreed’ to return home
Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘offer’ migrants a ‘choice’ between returning to their war-torn countries and Rwanda mimics Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ where people were dumped for years on islands
Research has shown that more than 150 000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa since 1994.
To celebrate International Museum Day, we look at10 culturally-relevant museums in African
The Central African Republic anti-Balaka leader faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court
Moving unwanted arrivals out of sight grants political footholds to richer nations in host regions
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
Miners of rare metals will score but the soaring oil price will result in various cost-of-living increases
Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international criminal court