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Insolent: US President Donald Trump’s contempt for Africans is an intentional act of humiliation, designed to denigrate them, strip them of dignity and exploit African leaders. Graphic: Supplied
AFRICAN UNION

From s***holes to summits

To call Mogadishu ‘garbage’ while extolling Botswana’s diamonds in the same sentence is not diplomacy; it is duplicity

  • Wellington Muzengeza
9 min read
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (centre) with US President Donald Trump and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. (Rwandan Presidency)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO DRC

The Washington Accord: A fragile peace for the Eastern DRC

The lure of American investment and economic partnership could ultimately eclipse the current comprehensive peace framework as the central focus of US engagement in the region

  • Intore Nelson
4 min read