What is happening in the DRC? | Explained
With Hutus at the helm, there was systematic repression of the Tutsis. This led to the formation of the Tutsi rebel group, ...
The New Times on MSN1d
Rwanda: Global Double Standards Are Existential Threats to Tutsi in Great Lakes Region
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international community.
The Nation Newspaper2d
Conflicts in DR Congo and across Africa
Some of the key issues lined up for discussions include the ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the ...
Mining5d
Middlemen siphon billions from war-ravaged DRC’s cobalt, coltan trade
The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.
West Africa Newsletter1d
Burundi, DRC How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet
Signs of Burundian troops in the eastern DRC province of South Kivu have been mounting in recent weeks, even if both Gitega and Kinshasa insist the Forces armées du Burundi (FAB) are not present on ...
The Africa Report2d
African Union: Electoral tension as Chairperson Faki steps down
At the opening of the 46th African Union summit, Moussa Faki Mahamat bids farewell as member states jockey for positions in ...
The Victoria Advocate3d
Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned ...
Railway Gazette International2d
Contract signed to build first railway to Burundi
AFRICA: A contract has been awarded for construction of an electrified standard gauge railway from Tanzania into Burundi, ...
The Star6d
China-Burundi "friendship walk" held in Bujumbura
BUJUMBURA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A China-Burundi friendship walk hosted by the Chinese Embassy and the Burundi-China Friendship Association (ASIBU) was held Saturday in Bujumbura, the Burundian ...
New Statesman5d
The Munich car attack will have a powerful political echo
‘Tragically, Congo’s horror remains unchanged. Foreigners full of lust, rebel groups, and a corrupt government have and are ...
Daily Express6d
‘I visited the world’s poorest country and couldn’t believe how wrong people are about it’
On a quest to right some wrongs about a poor African country, a traveller discovered that despite Burundi being one of the poorest nations in the world, it is actually home to wonderful people and ...