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DRC crisis: Can Africans stand up to Western nations’ perpetuation of the tragic status quo?

When Congo’s President, Felix Tshisekedi, squeezes his corpulent bulk into designer clothing, accessorised with expensive watches that would feed thousands of his immiserated…

  • Albert Rudatsimburwa
12 min read
Diplomacy: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, President Donald Trump and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. Photo: The White House
994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI

Great Lakes strife calls for no bias

US partiality towards one party risks subverting mediator role in Washington Process

  • Albert Rudatsimburwa
4 min read
The M23 rebels have said they support the withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force from the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Wikipedia
AFRICA

The fall of Uvira is a turning point in the DRC conflict

The city’s capture by M23 means neighbouring Burundi, an ally of the DRC government, now shares a border with an area controlled by the rebels, escalating the risk of…

  • Intore Nelson
3 min read
Wildlife protection activist Adams Cassinga holds the skull of a buffalo, indicating the existence of this species in the past in the Bombo Lumene protected area near Kinshasa © Conserv Congo
ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES
Video

DRC stockpiles fuel illegal wildlife trade

Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Jonas Kiriko
15 min read