DRC peace lie: What attracts Washington, Doha and other powers is strategic minerals, not tears of displaced families
The Washington deal committed DRC’s army to neutralise the FDLR – which is referenced far more in the deal than the M23 – and Rwanda to end what the text terms “defensive measures”, a euphemism Kigali uses for its deployments.
Congolese rebel leader Lumbala trial over wartime atrocities during Second Congo War starts in Paris
he trial is possible under a French law that recognizes universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity. His case marks the first time a Congolese political or military leader has been tried for mass atrocities before a national court under the universal jurisdiction principle.
Kenyan youth demand increased taxation of world’s super-rich, polluting oil giants for climate justice
The UNTC’s third round of negotiations (INC-3) in Nairobi, from 10-19 November 2025, coincides with COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where countries are debating how to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap, ending forest destruction and who picks up the tab for international climate finance.
WWF reviews blue economy programmes in Western Indian Ocean
While the programme has made progress in awareness creation and policy engagement, Awadh pointed out that the fisheries sector still faces challenges, including limited funding and capacity gaps among Beach Management Units (BMUs).
Dysfunction as preferred control tool of Africa: Case of Museveni dissembling Uganda and East Africa
In Uganda, the Generation Zs have heard President Tibuhaburwa Museveni pronounce that interests are superior to identity and belonging, and are now aware that the enemy number one of the identities and belonging of the indigenous groups of Uganda is President Tibuhaburwa Museveni
Returning African migrants question why Europe-funded programme dumped them upon arriving home
Interviewed, three returnees in Gambia and four in Guinea, and thy said a WhatsApp group of over 50 members founded around returnees’ was full of frustration with the IOM. They described months of reaching out to the IOM with no reply.
Over 100 protesters in Tanzania face death penalty for treason as it emerges 3,000 people were killed and buried by police
According to Section 39 (2) (d) of Tanzania’s Penal Code, treason is a non-bailable offence that carries an automatic death penalty upon conviction.
‘UAE has encircled Sudan in a ring of fire’ research team tells US Congress and links Kenya and Ethiopia to Darfur killings
Tiny in size but enormously wealthy, the Emirates supports a network of factions across the region to spread its influence. In long-divided Libya, the UAE has supported forces of the military strongman Khalifa Hifter against Islamist and other militias based in the capital, Tripoli.
Resurgence of Boko Haram to northeast Nigeria means the region’s IDP return policy is in disarray
Much of Borno’s countryside has been depopulated by the 15-year insurgency. The army switched to a “super camp” strategy in 2019 after losing a series of remote outposts, concentrating its forces in fortified bases in key towns.
Sudan’s RSF militia agrees to humanitarian truce proposal by US-led mediators, army declines
Massad Boulos, a US adviser for African affairs, said the US was working with the Sudanese army and RSF to bring about a humanitarian truce and could have an announcement “soon.”
