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Captured fighters from DR Congo government coalition in Goma. M23’s entry into Goma, despite the futile efforts of the UN, SADC, and around 1,500 European mercenaries, has triggered a media and diplomatic firestorm. 

The Rubicon has been crossed, the only way is forward for the M23

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Patrick Muyaya, the Spokesperson of the Congolese government.

Denying citizenship as a weapon of war: DRC’s gamble against M23

Friday, January 24, 2025
A view of Mombasa Port in Kenya. Africa’s economic growth is forecast to improve from 3.4 per cent in 2024 to 3.7 per cent in 2025 and further to 4 per cent in 2026.
Africa

Africa's economy to improve in 2025 despite global stagnation - report

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
An artistic impression of the joint STEM lab. The facility will be set up at the University of Rwanda’s College of Science and Technology (courtesy)
Technology

Govt to invest $82m in STEM lab

Monday, January 20, 2025
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, DR Congo president.

Tshisekedi: A relic of Africa’s darkest leadership

Monday, January 20, 2025
Miners work in a tunnel in Mageragere in Nyarugenge. The government is using a digital platform called Inkomane to ensure transparency in the mining sector by addressing issues like illegal mining. Craish Bahizi
Technology

How a new digital platform is ensuring transparency, fighting illegal mining

Saturday, January 18, 2025
Number of bodies recovered from illegal mine in South Africa rises to 60. Courtesy
Africa

Number of bodies recovered from illegal mine in South Africa rises to 60

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Police officers and forensic pathology service members work during a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa, on Jan. 13, 2025. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)
Africa

82 miners rescued, 36 dead in South Africa mine operation

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Some of DR Congo citizens who are Kinyarwanda Speakers, captured here undergo a severe torture in Eastern DR Congo. Courtesy

"Genocide ignored, minerals adored: The west’s role in DR Congo’s unending tragedy"

Sunday, January 12, 2025
Some members of genocidal group FDLR are fighting along the DR Congo army in its battle against the M23 rebel group in the eastern DR Congo in 2022. File

Think tanks and the narrative of convenience: Rwanda, DR Congo, and the western agenda

Wednesday, January 08, 2025
Packages containing export products destined for Ghana before loading at the Kigali International Airport on September 25, 2024. Oliver Mugwiza
Economy

Top five destinations for Rwandan exports named

Wednesday, January 08, 2025
The European Union and the US State Department have once again issued statements on the “latest developments in Eastern DR Congo.” 

Western complicity in eastern DR Congo: A crisis sustained by selective diplomacy

Wednesday, January 08, 2025