CATEGORY
REGIONAL
Corneille Nangaa calls for peaceful reforms to rebuild DR Congo
Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) movement, has called for a violence-free Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) as a foundation...
DRCongo: 4 dead and 7 survivors as a result of shipwreck on the Wamba River
Four people from the same family lost their lives in a shipwreck on the evening of Thursday, 17 April, on the Wamba River. She...
Blackwater founder and Trump ally strikes deal to secure DRCongo’s mineral wealth
Former Blackwater chief executive officer and Donald Trump supporter, Erik Prince, will lead a team helping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) secure and...
SADC prepares for troop withdrawal from Eastern DRCongo
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has formed a technical team to speed up the withdrawal of its troops from eastern Democratic Republic of...
Tensions in Eastern DRC: Analysts warn FDLR’s presence fuels violence against Tutsi
Political analysts in the Great Lakes region have expressed deep concern over the continued presence and influence of the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the...
Since the morning of Saturday, April 12, a relative calm has returned to several neighborhoods in the city of Goma, including Himbi, Kyeshero, Ndosho,...
DRC-Rwanda: African Union supports appointment of Faure Gnassingbé as new mediator
On Saturday, April 5, the Bureau of the African Union (AU) Assembly endorsed a proposal to appoint Togo’s President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, as the...
DRC: Former Governor Joseph Mukumadi joins AFC/M23
Former Sankuru governor Joseph-Stéphane Mukumadi officially announced that he had joined the Congo River Alliance (AFC/M23) in a statement issued on Thursday. He thus...
Belgium’s colonial shadow: Harm in the Great Lakes Region
Belgium’s involvement in Africa’s Great Lakes region, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, has historically caused and continues to cause...
Can higher pay for Congo’s Army turn the tide against M23?
Despite being ranked as the eighth strongest military in Africa, with a defense budget of $794 million and an estimated 150,000 soldiers, the Democratic...
