A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
The Diplomat1d
China, America, and the Great Railway Race in Africa
China and the United States are engaged in a battle for access, resources, and influence along railways in Tanzania, Zambia, ...
UNHCR2d
UNHCR calls for continued protection and assistance for Congolese fleeing escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), advising that Congolese nationals fleeing the conflict, as well as those ...
Foreign Affairs2d
How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo?
Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
Lincoln Journal Star4d
Nebraska Democratic Party chair Jane Kleeb wins DNC leadership post
Jane Kleeb, the chair of Nebraska's Democratic Party who first gained political notoriety as a climate activist a decade ago, won a national leadership post Sunday within the Democratic National ...
Africanews on MSN6d
DR Congo's Goma faces economic and financial crisis following M23 takeover
Businesses are struggling to survive, financial transactions are almost impossible, and people are having trouble making ends ...