Browsing: Central Africa

Jokes often contain more than a hint of truth. US president Joe Biden just gave a classic example during his visit to Angola. Thinking he was…

Chad has become the latest African state to end a defence cooperation pact with former coloniser France. In a Foreign Ministry statement issued on 28 November,…

A recently collapsed ‘slag’ dump in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s southeastern province of Katanga highlights the danger ordinary Congolese face amidst the country’s…

Reports have surfaced alleging the leaked sex tapes involving Baltasar Engonga, a prominent official and the 54-year-old nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s 82-year-old president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema,…

A sex-tape scandal has rocked Equatorial Guinea. Baltasar Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency, has been arrested after investigators discovered more than…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Chad continue to deny claims that they are playing a role in exacerbating the war in Sudan despite foreign dignitaries’…

In September 2023, DRC President Tshisekedi officially requested the gradual withdrawal of MONUSCO (the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

On 20 October, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the eastern Congolese town of Kalembe after battles that pushed out the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s…

Western politicians have used African migrants as a scapegoat for the failings of capitalism, blaming our people for few decent jobs and high crime, despite no…

A viral video of police shooting student protesters has sent shockwaves across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The protest broke out on the morning…