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Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe shakes hands with his DR Congo counterpart, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, after signing a peace agreement, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on in Washington, DC, on June 27. Courtesy

Thirty years later, the FDLR survives: What do the DRC and the West really want?

Monday, September 07, 2026
Members of the genocidial group FDLR in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy
Editorial

The FDLR: three decades of reinvention and regional insecurity

Monday, August 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump interacts with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi during the signing ceremony of the Washington Peace Accords on December 4, 2025. Courtesy
Africa

Congress members ‘alarmed’ by US-DR Congo mineral deal

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Claver Gatete addresses the 46th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, held in Durban, South Africa. Courtesy
Rwanda

Gatete: Africa holds potential to process 30% world's critical minerals

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A view of the Balama graphite mine in Mozambique, one of the world’s major graphite projects. File

SADC’s critical minerals can power Africa’s structural transformation

Friday, August 14, 2026
A section of Rubaya mines, a series of coltan mining sites near the town of Rubaya in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Courtesy Luwowo is one of several validated mining site that respect CIRGL-RDC norms and guaranties conflict free minerals.

Who really profits from DR Congo’s minerals?

Thursday, July 09, 2026
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, and Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye meet in Bujumbura on December 22, 2024. Courtesy.

The alliance driving instability in the Great Lakes region

Thursday, June 04, 2026
Officials pose for a photo during the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Annual Meetings 2026 in Brazzaville on Tuesday, May 26. Courtesy
Editorial

Africa has the capital to finance its future, now it must mobilise it

Friday, May 29, 2026
Miners at Nyakabingo mines where machines pull 120 tonnes of tungsten ore from the ground every month. Photo by Craish Bahizi

The mine and the factory

Thursday, May 28, 2026
Participants at the second edition of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2026) in Kigali.
Finance

New financing model key to Africa’s nuclear energy ambitions

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
More than 4,000 Banyamulenge gathered in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 20, for a peaceful march calling for international action to end violence and a prolonged humanitarian blockade in Minembwe, eastern DR Congo.

Banyamulenge and the blueprint of global neglect

Friday, April 24, 2026
President William Ruto of Kenya speaks at an infrastructure development summit in Kenya
International

EA leaders explore ways to establish joint oil refinery

Thursday, April 23, 2026