Browsing: Central Africa

An unsettling silence envelops Rwanda. Kigali is complicit in the mineral war that’s tearing the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo apart. The UN says Kigali has…

African Stream’s ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast episode no. 18 explored the three-decade-long, Western-backed proxy war over natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that…

‘Rolling out the red carpet while Sudan burns’ – that’s how political commentator @djbwakali describes Kenya’s hosting the Rapid Support Forces, which unveiled plans in Nairobi…

France’s strategy in the DRC has been one of covert manipulation, military interference and economic exploitation, often using proxy forces to maintain control while publicly positioning…

The EU talks tough, but when it comes to Rwanda’s role in the Congo’s blood-soaked mineral war, it rarely backs its words with action. The EU…

In this clip, @tothelefttotheleft7, an activist and organiser from The Future of Congo, rails against the world’s silence over the Western greed-fuelled, Rwanda-enabled gen*cide of the Congolese…

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has captured another major Congolese city – this time, without a fight (almost). They entered Bukavu – the capital of South…

Each week, we share an African proverb – and try to relate it to what’s happening in Africa today. As so often, we think again of…

Maurice Carney, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo (@congofriends), argued on Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast that Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame,…

Violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached unprecedented levels. According to the UN, there are few (if any) worse places to…