South African opposition accuse President Ramaphosa of poor leadership after M23 rebels kill 13 soldiers
Brett Herron, Secretary General of the GOOD Party, on Tuesday echoed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in vigorously condemning the offensive on the North Kivu regional capital of Goma by the M23 rebels and the support given to them by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF).
Row between Ramaphosa and Rwanda’s Kagame over Congo losses exposes limit of South Africa’s diplomatic ambitions
The slow decline over the past decade of South Africa’s military capability has led to previous failures in other peace enforcement efforts on the continent including in Central African Republic and, more recently, Mozambique.
Why West is unable to rein in Rwanda’s with economic sanctions to force its army out of eastern Congo
The United States disbursed $180 million in foreign aid to Rwanda in 2023. The World Bank’s International Development Association provided nearly $221 million the same year. And in the years ahead, the European Union has pledged to invest over $900 million in Rwanda under the Global Gateway strategy, its response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Fall of Goma is game-changer: World powers’ reluctance to take on Rwanda means it’s going to be harder to push back M23 from Congo
A reluctance by world powers to take on Rwanda, other global distractions and on-the-ground military realities will complicate efforts to defeat the rebels in Goma and across eastern Congo and allow millions of civilians, like Nzambonimpa, to return to their homes, analysts and diplomats say.
Small businesses worry Trump’s next regime will be corrupt, controlled by crooks and the little guy is guaranteed losses
Take Trump’s promised tariff war. Under the new round of tariffs, economists warned, only the biggest businesses – those with the connections to flatter Trump and the resources to hire lobbyists – will be the big winners.
Fracture within Ecowas and animosity with US provides ideal ground for terrorism in West Africa
Despite the military regimes of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger forming an alliance of Sahel states to fight terrorism and to promote economic development, recent attacks with mass fatalities indicate that terrorist groups might already be taking advantage of the lack of a coordinated counter-terrorism strategy in the region.
Counterterrorism: Experts says economic growth is an alternative that’s never been tested in Africa
Social and economic development policies, on the other hand, contribute to the expansion of a new middle class in communities that have traditionally lent support to terrorist groups, according to Rand Corp researchers Kim Cragin and Peter Chalk.
While Southern Africa voters vented their anger via the ballot, in West Africa it was barrel of the gun
In Namibia, the candidate of the long-governing South West Africa People’s Organization or SWAPO — 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah — made history by becoming the country’s first female president.
Terrorist racism: Why terror group fails to set up shop, launch deadly attacks in Ethiopia
The Somali regional state is a natural stepping stone for al-Shabaab attempts at infiltrating Ethiopia, mainly because of its ethnic affinity to Somalia. However, the unfriendly relationship between the Ogden and al-Shabaab limits this potential.
Rape is ‘used in most Haitian camps as a deliberate tactic to control women’s access to humanitarian assistance’
There are currently more than 700,000 displaced people in Haiti, and 25 per cent of them live in makeshift displacement sites in Port-au-Prince like the one where Béatrice was killed. These are often schools, churches or government buildings that are overcrowded and where there is limited-to-no access to basic services, adequate food or healthcare.
