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DRC: Peace in Eastern Congo Must Include the Banyamulenge
Many people may have never heard of Minembwe, and those who know it may have learned about it through stories of war, displacement and ... -
There’s No Conspiracy in the Sahel — There’s a Gap, and Bamako Knows How to Use It
A familiar claim keeps surfacing in the rhetoric of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s ruling juntas, echoed enthusiastically by Russian state media: the West ... -
DRC: The INGA Dam Paradox
Congo already has electricity it cannot deliver. Inga’s problem is not the dam. Everyone is arguing about who will finance 44 gigawatts. Almost nobody ... -
Ebola and Africa’s Preparedness Dividend: From Crisis to Capability
Africa is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak, and this time the continent is meeting it with the most capable response architecture it has ever ... -
Violence, Profit, and the Economy Sustaining Eastern Congo’s Endless War
At a checkpoint between Miba and the Kachanga hill in Fizi territory, soldiers of the Congolese army wave through bicycles loaded with mineral ore, ... -
How Russia Lost the Ability to Leave the Central African Republic
When armed groups attacked the border post of Am-Dafok in northeastern CAR on 30 June 2026, most analysts asked the familiar question: who was ... -
Cameroon Has the Power. It Cannot Deliver It
The dams Cameroon dreamed of for fifty years are built and running. What blocks their megawatts is everything downstream: wires, transformers, unpaid bills, and ... -
African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees
Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year ... -
The Politics of ‘Terrorism’ as a Designation in Eastern DRC
Words matter in conflict, and few carry more consequences than ‘terrorist’. Overused for decades, applied to insurgents, separatists, and state enemies alike, the label ... -
Ebola in Congo Is Also a Crisis of Trust, Not Just a Health Emergency
During the 2018–2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attacks on treatment centres, resistance to contact tracing, and widespread distrust ...
