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Disillusioned: Former combatants play a game of checkers at the Mubambiro camp in the DRC. (Guerchom Ndebo/AFP)
BAHATI SAFARI

The DRC’s surrendered rebels are left in limbo

Former Democratic Republic of the Congo militia fighters housed in sordid conditions, such as at camp Mubambiro, are protesting their living conditions

  • Heritier Baraka Munyampfura
4 min read
Sudanese protesters lift national flags as they rally on 60th Street in the capital Khartoum, to denounce overnight detentions by the army of government members, on October 25, 2021. – Armed forces detained Sudan’s Prime Minister over his refusal to support their “coup”, the information ministry said, after weeks of tensions between military and civilian figures who shared power since the ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir. (Photo by AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

Protesters die demanding full civilian rule

Sudan’s army pre-empted a handover to civilians with a coup, and then reinstated the civilian leader. On the streets, risking life and limb, demonstrators are still demanding the…

  • The Continent
2 min read