Browsing: East Africa

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

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane – widely hailed as the father of Mozambique’s independence movement – was killed on this day in 1969 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,…

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…

Central to the escalating war in DRC is the country’s vast mineral wealth – valued at an astonishing $24 trillion. A significant share of Congolese minerals…

Ever eager to project his importance on the international stage, Kenya’s president William Ruto took to X on Monday to say that he’d had a call…

Since June 2024, a wave of abductions targeting government critics has swept over Kenya. 86 people, including activists and satirists, have been kidnapped – with foreign…

Kenya’s newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mutahi Kagwe has sparked controversy by rejecting the entry of genetically modified (GM) foods and livestock…

Britain still lionises its war-time prime minister Winston Churchill who died on this day 24th January 1965 . He’s credited with being a driving force against…