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January 24, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: How DRC's Elite Use Sport to Build Their Reputations and Hold On to Power
Football in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - as in much of the world - is intertwined with politics. Read more »
January 13, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Mining and Armed Conflict Threaten Eastern DR Congo's Biodiversity in a Complex Web
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: East African Troops Hope to Bring Peace in the DRC but There May Be Stumbling Blocks
The East African Community decided to deploy troops in one of its member states for the first time in June 2022. The deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict in the DRC - 5 Articles That Explain What's Gone Wrong
For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed, and an estimated 5.6 million others displaced… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: M23 - Four Things You Should Know About the Rebel Group's Campaign in Rwanda-DRC Conflict
Fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo's national army and the rebel group M23 has displaced thousands of people in the eastern border city of Goma. Formed 10 years ago,… Read more »
October 02, 2022
East Africa: Massacre Offers Window Into the Past and Future of the DRC Conflict
For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in violence. Millions of people have been killed and an estimated 5.6 million others displaced… Read more »
September 02, 2022
Africa: Gorbachev's Legacy in Africa Remains Ambiguous
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He presided over the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States as well as… Read more »
August 09, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Exploitation By UN Peacekeepers - Fatherless Children Speak About the Pain of Being Abandoned
My father left my mother while she was pregnant - she gave birth when he had already left. People call me "daughter of a bitch". They disturb and hurt me so much. They say they… Read more »
East Africa: Rwanda and DRC's Turbulent Past Continues to Fuel Their Torrid Relationship
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) make for very unhappy neighbours. Both sides claim the other is set on bringing down their government, and violating past… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: The UN Is Under Attack in Eastern Congo. but DRC Elites Are Also to Blame for the Violence
Demonstrators in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission. Recent… Read more »
July 31, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Protests Against UN in Eastern Congo Highlight Peace Mission's Crisis of Legitimacy
Violent protests erupted in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in late July 2022, resulting in the deaths of at least three peacekeepers and several civilians. Read more »
July 27, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Belgium Is Reviewing Its Colonial Past in the DRC - It's a Sensitive but Necessary Process
The year 2022 is shaping up to be a critical period for the troubled relationship between Kinshasa and Brussels. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Peat Swamps Store Three Years of Global Carbon Emissions - Imminent Oil Drilling Could Release It
Democratic Republic of the Congo's government is preparing to auction off a series of licenses to drill for oil in the Congo basin. This threatens to damage around 11 million… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: How Conflicts Intertwined Over Time and Destabilised the DRC - and the Region
The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the world has ever witnessed. One report estimates the death toll at 5.4 million while a more… Read more »
July 05, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Patrice Lumumba's Tooth Represents Plunder, Resilience and Reparation
Patrice Lumumba is the hero of the Democratic Republic of Congo's truncated bid for complete independence. He was assassinated by local counter-revolutionary forces with the help… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: How Patrice Lumumba's Assassination Drove Student Activism, Shaping the Congo's Future
During a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), King Philippe of Belgium made a speech to the national parliament in Kinshasa expressing his "deepest regrets" for… Read more »
June 12, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Retracing Belgium's Dark Past in the Congo, and Attempts to Forge Deeper Ties
Belgian King Philippe and his wife Queen Mathilde recently led a delegation on a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The trip was billed as a chance to… Read more »
May 29, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: What Coltan Mining in the DRC Costs People and the Environment
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources - its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold, diamonds, cobalt and zinc… Read more »
May 22, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: What M23's On-and-Off Insurgency Tells Us About Precarious Search for Peace
Since March 2022, fighting has escalated in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between the army and the rebel group March 23 Movement, more widely known as M23. The… Read more »
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