On the morning of June 30, 2025, as DR Congo marked 65 years of independence, a civilian aircraft delivering humanitarian aid to Minembwe was shot down by the very government responsible for ...

The clean energy revolution is being built on the backs of enslaved children and at the cost of strengthening China.

I must say, when I first saw the words "Visit Congo" I thought they were talking about the other Congo, Congo Brazzaville. I honestly couldn't fathom that it was in reference to Felix Tshisekedi's DR ...

Nursing homes around the U.S. say they're feeling the effects of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Three schoolchildren were killed and two others, including the driver, sustained serious injuries after a passenger train rammed into a school van — carrying four students — which was attempting to ...

In the north of Mozambique, Al-Shabaab have waged a brutal insurgency since 2017, leading to beheadings, rapes, and burned villages, even as recent as reports dated 2024. The fight over liquified ...

Some say Trump is alive because he was lucky. The origin of luck as a concept is worthy of debate, and calling the president lucky isn’t necessarily wrong. Some may call it fate, others kismet, but ...

Coalition governance is messy, but parties should be able to agree on prioritising economic growth and trade into Africa.

General Moses Ali (86) is a shadow of his former self. The retired soldier now looks frail. His body and limbs move ...

Dive into unfolding events spanning governance shifts, military deployments, cross-border cooperation, financial reforms, environmental shifts, population movements and civic engagement. Monitor Afric ...

On July 4, 2025, at the 31st celebration of Rwanda’s Liberation Day, President Paul Kagame stood before the nation, not just to commemorate a victory, but to issue a wake-up call. His speech was less ...