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Strategic: US President Donald Trump’s infamous gaffe “Where did you learn your English?” to his Liberian counterpart Joseph Boakai was no
diplomatic misstep. Photo: Daniel Torok

Unmasking Washington’s strategic disengagement

Trump’s inflammatory remarks about “white genocide” during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit were not merely offensive; they invoked white nationalist tropes aimed at…

President Félix Tshisekedi. (AFP/Getty Images)

The DRC’s blood-soaked history

A five-minute history of the country since independence

Tanzania used to be a safe haven for Burundian refugees. But now some are being tortured and forcibly returned to Burundi.
(Crispin Kyala/Reuters)

Kivu: The forgotten war

Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of the vast powder-keg state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, first flared a generation ago

Anti-Joseph Kabila protesters left five people dead and scores injured in Kinshasa. (Robert Carrubba/EPA-EFE)

Kabila’s decision to step aside won’t change the DRC’s power dynamics

Emmanuel Shadary is President Joseph Kabila’s preferred presidential candidate meaning that Kabila could remain in power if not in office

Critics worry President Kabila is trying to ensure his favoured successor, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, faces no serious challenger. (Reuters)

DRC’s Kabila backs ex-interior minister for vote: spokesperson

The announcement came just hours before the deadline for lodging applications for the December 23 election

Tanzanian-led anti-rebel force in DRC given teeth

It has been decided that Tanzania will lead the mission to eliminate rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A tyrant of long standing

The Robert Mugabe regime did not, as some will argue, start off well and slowly descend into authoritarianism. It was always intolerant of opposition.

Eighteen million reasons to place your bet

Any country that wants to win the African Cup of Nations had better have a population of at least 15-million — or they might as well bury the thought. Since the inaugural…

DRC rebels rejoin peace conference

Tutsi rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday rejoined a peace conference aimed at ending long-running conflict in the east, a day after suspending their…

Fighting in DRC kills 20 rebel soldiers

Fighting flared in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s powder keg east on Wednesday, as the army battled insurgent troops after killing 20 rebel soldiers who staged a pre-dawn…

Clashes break fragile truce in eastern DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers and troops loyal to a renegade general broke an 18-day truce on Monday in the restive east of the country, officials said. ”We are in…

Make or break for Congo’s new Kabila

The main players in Congo’s conflict are waiting to see whether interim president Joseph Kabila is a man of war or peace.

Who’s surprised at Kabila’s fall?

There are certain people whose personali­ties are accurately depicted by their physi­cal features — one such person was Laurent Desiré Kabila.