The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

as Congo accused Rwanda of ignoring calls for a ceasefire. Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have scrambled to try to end the fighting. Clashes have continued despite their calls for a ...

When global powers chant never again after atrocities, we must ask: do they truly mean repentance, or do they mean never again without profit? Belgium's colonial strategy had one objective: relentless ...

Will offers of resource wealth to the US and other powers help bring militia violence to heel in the Democratic Republic of ...

Ask pupils if they can say what Africa is. Explain that it is one of several continents that make up the world. Discuss the meaning of continent and show these on a globe or 2D map of the world.

Two years later, during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ... it as a tool of soft power and put his country on the map as a major player in nature conservation (AI, 12/10/23). The courts in Congo ...

Direct peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will begin in the Angolan capital on March 18, ...

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured the eastern Congolese cities of Goma and Bukavu, the region is facing a setback ...

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Although Rwanda has long meddled in eastern Congo, the events of the last few months took many by surprise. Among diplomats and analysts working on Africa’s Great Lakes, the prevailing assumption had ...