April 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: Malaria Remains Endemic in DRC

  April 25 is World Malaria Day, a day designed to highlight a disease that continues to kill almost 700,000 people around the world every year. Most of the deaths occur in young... Read more »

April 16

• Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Conflict Hits Mountain Gorilla Tourism

  Despite fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the population of mountain gorillas continues to grow in the Greater Virunga region. But tourism has taken a hit because... Read more »

March 14

• Malawi: African Press Review 14 March 2013

  Why did 11 Malawian politicians fail to appear in court? Who will the battle of the court cases that's following Kenya's election? Who's kidnapping DRC refugees? And how Botswana... Read more »

March 07

• Kenya: African Press Review 7 March 2013 [press release]

  Kenyans anxiously await election results. A Maasai woman candidate survives a curse. Is there a split in M23's ranks? And when will Egypt's next election take place? Read more »

February 25

• Congo-Kinshasa: African Press Review 25 February 2013

  The latest peace deal for the eastern DRC is making headlines across the continent. Read more »

February 06

• Africa: Coup Plotters Arrested and Kenyatta's ICC Case

  SA unemployment goes down. Alleged DRC plotters are rounded up in Limpopo. Anglo-American doesn't like a new mining law. Kenyatta and Uhuru face a summons from The Hague. And a... Read more »

February 05

• West Africa: French Arrest 'Jihadists'

  Three French-Congolese and a Malian were arrested on Tuesday in the Paris region as part of an investigation into a network set up to send jihadists to fight in west Africa, police... Read more »

January 21

• Africa: Seydou Keita - a Malian National Treasure, Claude Leroy - a Record-Breaker [opinion]

  Five things we learned on day two of the Africa Cup of Nations Read more »

January 10

• Africa: Why Does Rwanda Oppose Drones in DR Congo?

  Bosses and unions bicker of an SA farmworkers' strike turnout. Ramaphosa says employerss should be nicer to workers. Violence continues in Kenya's Tana River District. Is Nairobi... Read more »

January 09

• South Africa: African Press Review 09 January 2013

  SA farmworkers down tools. DRC rebels down weapons - for the moment at least. Ravalomanana appeals against travel restrictions. Violence flares again in Kenya. Read more »

December 10, 2012

• South Africa: African Press Review 10 December 2012

  Mandela, Mugabe and Ghana's elections are widely covered in today's African dailies Read more »

December 03, 2012

• Egypt: African Press Review 3 December 2012

  Egupt's proposed referendum on Morsi's constitution plan is under fire from Salafists and judges. A new African stocks index hopes to seduce foreign investors. SA farmworkers are... Read more »

November 27, 2012

• Kenya: African Press Review 27 November 2012

  It's not all smooth-running for Kenya's voter registration. Kenya's justice system sets up a new court. Party leaders start a charm offensive on the V-P. Will the Mwakwere rule be... Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Africa: In Brief - Presidents from Great Lakes to discuss DR Congo Hostilities

  South Africa's problems fill many columns in today's papers... Read more »

November 13, 2012

• Africa: News Brief - Odinga Optimisitic of Winning Kenya Presidential Race

  This African press review focuses on the murder of over 40 Kenyan policemen, the release of Mombasa Republican Council leader Omar Mwamnuadzi and accusations of discriminatory... Read more »

November 14, 2012

• Uganda: Govt Closes DR Congo Border Over Rebel Charges

  Uganda on Tuesday sealed its Bunagana border post with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Kisoro district over claims that M23 rebels in the eastern DRC were using it to... Read more »

November 01, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Doctor Mukwege Wants Go Home Despite Murder Attempt

  Gynaecologist Denis Mukwege described to RFI how assailants shot at him at least seven times as they escaped in his car after breaking into his home in the Democratic Republic of... Read more »

October 31, 2012

• Africa: News in Brief - Pressure Mounts on Uganda to Act on Missing Funds

  The Kigali High Court sentences an opposition party leader to eight years in jail. Kagame tells African leaders to work for the people and gives his analysis of the DRC's failings.... Read more »

October 18, 2012

• Rwanda: UN Security Council Seat a Vindication, Says Foreign Minister

  Rwanda's election to the UN Security Council speaks volumes, Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told RFI in relation to accusations contained in a UN experts report about... Read more »

• South Africa: African Press Review 18 October 2012

  Is Malema a brainless racist? Has the ANC become squalid? Where are the SA police's missing guns? Where are Kenya's (French-made) voter-registration kits? Is an arrested Kenyan MP... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Uganda Denies Backing Rebels

  Uganda has denied allegations in a UN report that the Ugandan army has helped rebel activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »

October 14, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: France Snubs Kabila at Francophone Talks

  The Francophonie summit of French-speaking countries closed in Kinshasa on Sunday with a pledge to back the host country's territorial integrity but after French President... Read more »

October 13, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: French President Meets Kabila at Summit

  Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila was warmly applauded by at the opening of the Francophonie summit, which brings together French-speaking countries in... Read more »

October 12, 2012

• Africa: Hollande Defends DRC Visit, Promises New French Africa Policy

  French President François Hollande has promised to "turn the page" in France's relations with Africa. In an exclusive interview with RFI and its partners, Hollande ruled out... Read more »

September 26, 2012

• South Africa: Your News Round-up

  Why were churchgoers in Mohlakeng, South Africa, shocked? How did Julius Malema come by 370,000 euros? How do Congolese school students pay for their studies? Why are Malawians... Read more »