Browsing: Central Africa

‘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…

The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has become skilled at using ceasefire agreements to regroup – warns Claude Gatebuke, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and a…

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has chosen to attend the 61st Munich Security Conference in Germany as his country faces a Western-backed…