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Back to the future in the Great Lakes: Who’s backing the M23?
In May 2013, the M23 surrendered to a multinational onslaught in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Is history repeating itself? The Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) reinforce ... -
Who wants to hear about White Saviourism gone wrong?
A new book on the Congo recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It’s been rapturously ... -
The return of M23: Is there a way out for the DRC?
Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory. Last week, Angola’s President ... -
“I am powerless”: Chinese company mines with impunity in Congo Basin
In January, officials ordered Xiang Jiang Mining to cease operations. Nine months on, the mine is still open and residents are still protesting. Not ... -
Congo’s oil auction: foiling climate colonialism or filling the coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world’s second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. On 28-29 ... -
Liberté, Egalité, Impunité
Cameroon’s courting of Russian support has left France on the back foot. Emmanuel Macron landed in Cameroon last month as the first French president ... -
“I have to work in a field”: 300,000 teachers in DRC going unpaid
Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing. ... -
Chad’s transition to nowhere
15 months into an 18-month transition, there are few signs of it ending. And the Western-backed interim president is acting a lot like his ... -
The unseen trial of Congo’s “phantom spymaster” and what it means
The veteran political operator François Beya Kasonga had been one of the president’s inner circle, until his sudden arrest. Few people manage to navigate ...
