DR Congo’s M23 fighters seize Bukavu airport before African Union summit
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference in efforts to rally international supportThe Rwanda-backed M23 ...
Tag: Africa
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North ...
French troops to exit Senegal by end of 2025
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022.France and Senegal are setting ...
Will China and the US head into a full-blown trade war?
The US and China’s tit-for-tat tariffs are ratcheting up economic tensions between the two nations.They were seen as a restrained ...
M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause
Fighters continue advancing on South Kivu province despite ceasefire calls from regional leaders.The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed ...
How do global perceptions of Africa affect the continent?
Today on The Stream: We examine how negative global perceptions of the African continent affect its economies and the lives ...
‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer
US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’.United States President Donald Trump’s offer ...
DR Congo summit directs army chiefs to enforce ceasefire
The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands ...
Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa
For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, ...
Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration ...
DR Congo court issues arrest warrant for rebel leader Corneille Nangaa
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has issued an international arrest warrant for the leader of the ...
Trump’s plan to colonise Gaza is rooted in an old white fantasy
The US president’s imagined entitlement to other people’s land is very familiar to Africans.The declaration by United States President Donald ...
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the ...
Is South Africa ‘confiscating land’, targeting some groups as Trump claims?
Johannesburg, South Africa — United States President Donald Trump this week threatened to cut all funding to South Africa over ...
Amid ceasefire, Goma residents race to bury 2,000 bodies
People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week’s battles ...
South Africa leader calls Elon Musk over ‘distortions’ after Trump attack
Presidency says the two spoke after US president said he would suspend aid to South Africa over its land reform ...
Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover
The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic ...
Uganda starts clinical trial to combat Sudan strain of Ebola
The study comes amid an outbreak of the Sudan Ebola virus, which has already killed a nurse and infected others.Uganda ...
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels declare ceasefire in DRC
The M23 armed group said it will pause its advance across DR Congo for humanitarian reasons.Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic ...
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover
On a road west of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mary Ashuza and ...
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