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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) isn’t just suffering from a crisis, it’s enduring a Western-backed resource war. Yet, the world looks away. As our…

Rwanda has expressed strong discontent over recent US sanctions imposed on State Minister James Kabarebe. The US accuses him of contributing to the Western-backed, three-decade-long war…

Rwanda has turned its back on a $99-million aid programme with Belgium – accusing the latter of blackmail. Kigali alleges that Brussels – together with the…

The West has consistently misrepresented Africa as a continent of poverty and in dire need of saving. But it’s quite the opposite: The West desperately needs…

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…