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Conflict resolution musical chairs and the future of Africa’s crisis diplomacy
As conflicts rage across the continent, does the AU’s decision to relegate its mediation role in favour of weak and ineffective Regional Economic Communities ... -
Kenya’s Congo debacle: How crony elite politics lost the fight against M23
Kenya’s foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community’s ... -
Children and the Coltan Wars in Eastern Congo
With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping ... -
“Making a mockery”: Ending Fortress Conservation in DRC and beyond
The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. In July 2024, ... -
DR Congo quagmire poses an existential question to Southern Africa’s leaders
Engineering a permanent state of conflict in eastern Congo ensures the continued flow of minerals into the bloodstream of global capitalism. SADC must protect ... -
“All is lost”?: Cameroon’s controversial logging in biodiverse Ebo forest
Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company? When Yetina Victor last visited the ... -
How the international financial system exports extinction to the DRC
Biodiversity loss from unequal mining deals is not a glitch. It’s the logical end point of multiple transnational pressures. The Democratic Republic of the ... -
Lumumba assassination: New angle on the 20th century’s longest murder-conspiracy
At 99, the memory of Patrice Lumumba only grows stronger, as a new book uncovers fresh details about his gruesome assassination 64 years ago. ... -
“All it takes is one corrupt official”: Huge monkey seizure reveals DRC trafficking ring
One of the biggest ever illegal animals shipments in Africa involved senior conservation officials, suggest documents seen by African Arguments. Top officials from the ... -
What are the South Africans doing in eastern DRC?
Unlike the SADC contingent that defeated the M23 back in 2013, the SAMIDRC force’s tentative approach to the spreading conflict is raising questions about ...
