Congo-Kinshasa: SA Troops Still Fighting in Eastern DRC After Peace Summit Fails

A contingent of South African soldiers began their second year in the war zone with no peace in sight. Read more »

Africa: Lessons for South Africa As Angola, America Engage in New Era of Cooperation

The US is a master at pivoting and changing its allegiances and focus when there are benefits to doing so. South Africa must learn this lesson from both the US and Angola, and not… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC President Felix Tshisekedi Must Be Held Accountable for Human Rights Violations

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi ignored the continuing deterioration of human rights under his own government when he spoke at the UN General Assembly on 25 September. The… Read more »

Rwanda: The West Is Turning a Blind Eye to a Rogue, Illegal Rwanda

As the impact of this illiberal autocracy extends beyond Rwanda's borders, its president knows he is a vital African chess piece in the global geopolitical circus. Read more »

South Africa: UN Demands Release of South African Engineers Held in Equatorial Guinea

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention effectively rejected the drug charges against Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham as bogus. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Two More SANDF Soldiers Killed in Eastern DRC, Death Toll Rises to Five

South Africa's death toll in the DRC mission has risen to five after a mortar attack on their base claimed two soldiers. Read more »

South Africa: Families of Two South Africans Jailed in Equatorial Guinea Launch 'Free Frik and Peter' Campaign

The two engineers were arrested on what they say are trumped-up drug charges days after assets of Equatorial Guinea's vice-president were seized in South Africa. Read more »

Chad: Pieter Coetzé Edges Out Chad Le Clos in Tightly Contested Day Two of SA Champs

Chad le Clos put all his eggs in the 100m freestyle basket, opting out of his favoured 200m butterfly event on Tuesday evening, but still fell short of 19-year-old sensation Pieter… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: After Mortar Fire Tragedy, Two SANDF Soldiers Deployed in DRC Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Just two weeks after two South African soldiers were killed by mortar fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two more SA soldiers died in an apparent murder-suicide in the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Soldiers Killed, 3 Injured in Mortar Explosion in Eastern DR Congo

The soldiers had only begun being deployed two months ago as part of a regional force to tackle Rwanda-backed rebels. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Most Underrated Man in African Politics Could Soon Be Re-Elected in the DRC

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi, the underdog who is now the top dog, has surprised time and again by triumphing over his rivals. But now he is coming up against his most… Read more »

Angola: Angola Shows How Overriding Democracy Is America's New Realpolitik in Africa

The opposition's appeal to respect democratic principles, the separation of powers and civil-political liberties is at odds with Washington's support for a civilian constitutional… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Families of SA Engineers 'Wrongfully' Jailed in Equatorial Guinea Urge Pretoria to Get Them Home for Christmas

The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham believe they were jailed because a Cape Town court seized a superyacht and two mansions owned by Equatorial Guinea's vice-president. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa/South Africa: All to Play for in Second Leg of Banyana Vs DRC Olympic Qualifier Following Stalemate

On a sweltering Thursday afternoon in Kinshasa, Banyana Banyana and the Democratic Republic of Congo drew one-all to set up an intriguing second-leg clash as both sides eye the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa/South Africa: Banyana Banyana Eye First-Leg Advantage in Crucial Olympic Games Qualifier Against DR Congo

Banyana Banyana missed out on Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020. With the next Games under a year away in France, the team is keen to book their place in Paris. It starts with a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Defence Force Recalls 8 Soldiers From UN Peacekeeping Duty to Answer Sex Misconduct Charges

Eight soldiers arrested in DRC have returned to South Africa to answer to 'sexual abuse and exploitation' allegations. Read more »

South Africa: SANDF Soldiers Detained or Suspended for Alleged Sex Crimes and UN Violations

Their alleged offences include running brothels. Read more »

Central Africa: Roll Over Prigozhin - Here Comes Paul Kagame

Wagner's African adventurism was neatly summed up when Russian TV, set loose to insult Yevgeny Prigozhin in the wake of the failed putsch, labelled him the 'wannabe Robin Hood west… Read more »

Rwanda: UK Court's Go-Ahead On Rwanda Asylum Plan a Major Setback for Human Rights

Mia Swart is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Edge Hill University and Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Ghosts of History and the Policing of Remembrance

January 17 marked the 55th anniversary of the US- and Belgian-orchestrated assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic… Read more »