Browsing: DRC

South Africa-based civil society organisation Open Secrets’ investigation has revealed Africa’s corrupt political elites have laundered embezzled public funds through South Africa’s real estate sector while…

The charity Open for Business estimates that Uganda’s anti-gay law could cost the country as much as $8.3 billion over five years due to diminished foreign…

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…

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, has demanded an apology from the US ambassador, William Popp, to President Museveni – for alleged disrespect. Muhoozi…

From the election of Africa’s youngest president in Senegal to the tragic Baltimore bridge collapse in the US, here’s our weekly photo dump. Lyon, France –…

A video allegedly showing M23 soldiers walk in a file past a MONUSCO (UN) troop base in Rwindi, eastern DRC, has sparked anger online. MONUSCO has…

The M23 (March 23 Movement) is among over 100 armed rebel groups in the mineral-rich eastern DRC. However, the M23 is arguably the most significant threat…

These pictures are a good example of public feeling over what’s happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The candlelight vigil was held in the…