Browsing: Central Africa

For years, many have wondered how Rwanda, a tiny landlocked country of some 14 million, can continuously cause mayhem in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Julius Malema (@julius_s_malema on X) spoke sharply about Rwanda and Uganda following 14 South African soldiers being k*lled as Rwanda- and Uganda-backed M23 militia entered the…

After taking control of Goma, the largest eastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, M23 rebels – who are backed by Rwanda – are reportedly…

Kayumba Nyamwasa, former Rwanda Army chief of staff and head of Rwandan intelligence from 1998 to 2002, dropped a bombshell on 2 February when he told…

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign minister has reached out to the owners of football clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, urging them to reconsider…

The war in Congo can be confusing, but in this video, @dylan.page gives a nice, clear summary of some of the key factors: vast mineral resources,…

What is wrong with the DRC? In this clip (from the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit in 2021), US economist Jeffery Sachs breaks it down, challenging Western…

In this clip, Congolese-British presenter, singer and instrumentalist Priscilla Toko uses an illustration by @mkadima01 (on Instagram) to drive home that the war in the Democratic…

Town after town in North and South Kivu (east DRC) is falling into the hands of M23 rebels – aggravating one of Africa’s worst displacement crises…

Is there a ‘Rwandan exception’ to international law? According to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) foreign minister, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, there seems to be…