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 09, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon's 'Exploding Lakes' - Disaster Expert Warns Deadly Gas Release Could Cause Another Tragedy
A sudden change on 29 August 2022 in the colour and smell of Lake Kuk, in north-west Cameroon, has caused anxiety and panic among the local residents. Fears are driven by an… 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 31, 2022
Angola: MPLA Has Been in Power for Nearly 50 Years. The Big Challenges They Must Fix
Angolan president João Lourenço, who has been returned to power with a greatly reduced majority, faces the challenging task of turning around the economy and… Read more »
August 27, 2022
Angola: Official Result Gives Ruling MPLA Wafer-Thin Win. On the Streets the Outcome Isn't Believed
Angola's elections were, for the first time, a tight race between the governing People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and a coalition led by its historic rival,… Read more »
August 25, 2022
Chad: Govt Making a Huge Effort to Find Peace - Chadians Aren't Convinced It Will Work
The normally quiet airport at the Chadian capital N'Djamena was recently inundated with internationally well-known arrivals. Read more »
August 24, 2022
Chad: Breakthrough Shows Humans Were Standing On Their Own Two Feet 7 Million Years Ago
The study of present-day species has delivered a clear verdict on humanity's place in the living world: right alongside chimpanzees and bonobos. However, this does not tell us much… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Angola: The 2022 Election is an Unfair Contest the Ruling MPLA Is Sure to Win
Angolans go to the polls on 24 August to vote in parliamentary elections. The leader of the party with the most seats in parliament automatically becomes the president, so this is… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Cameroon: The Environment Is the Silent Casualty in the Anglophone Crisis
Most analysis of Cameroon's Anglophone crisis has been skewed towards the socioeconomic, cultural and political ramifications of the conflict. Read more »
Angola: Angola's Eduardo Dos Santos - An Unlikely Leader Known for His 'Judicious' Use of Violence
José Eduardo dos Santos, the former Angolan president who died on 8 July 2022 five years after relinquishing power, was an unlikely leader. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Angola: How Not to Respond to Drought - Lessons From Angola
Three years after a severe drought in southwestern Angola, people in the area continue to suffer. Hunger remains pervasive and they are still losing livestock. Read more »
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 »
August 03, 2022
Rwanda: The U.S. and Rwanda - How the Relationship Has Evolved Since the 1994 Genocide
One of the primary points of discussion between Antony Blinken and Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the US secretary of state's upcoming visit to Kigali will be the renewed… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Rwanda: How Annual Genocide Commemoration Fans the Flame of Ethnicity
Each year, Rwandans at home and in the diaspora remember those killed in the 1994 genocide. This is not a single-day event. Kwibuka ("to remember" in the local Kinyarwanda… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Burundi: Burundi At 60 Is the Poorest Country On the Planet - A Look At What Went Wrong
Burundi, which marked 60 years of independence on 1 July 2022, ranks as the poorest country on the planet in terms of GDP per capita. This must be understood in the light of a… 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 »
October 29, 2015
Angola: Where Did All the Oil Riches Go? - Luanda Residents
A few years ago, Luanda, the capital of Angola, was on every ambitious investor's lips. With large infrastructure and housing projects rapidly changing its appearance, the city… Read more »