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Fight against climate crisis being hacked off at the knees in DRC

Onke Ngcuka
31 Oct

Africa is a mineral treasure chest that could be a huge boost for development – if state predators are kept at bay

Greg Mills and Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
19 Oct

Child miners: the dark side of the DRC’s coltan wealth can be countered by legitimate mineral certification

Oluwole Ojewale
18 Oct

Rapid reaction forces assist DRC’s fight against armed groups but other strategies also needed

Peter Fabricius
17 Sep

The SANDF’s ingrained culture of secrecy and non-communication is counter-productive and anti-democratic

Craig Bailie
24 Aug

A harrowing tale: Escape From Lubumbashi – ‘A Refugee’s Journey on Foot to Reunite her Family’

Carol Allais
12 Aug

As the Refugee Convention turns 70, the plight of millions of Africans highlights the challenges ahead

Valentin Tapsoba
28 Jul

Déjà vu: The DRC’s perpetual cycles of hope and despair require economically focused leadership 

Peter Fabricius
23 Jul

Good news for bonobos and elephants: Africa’s largest rainforest reserve is off Unesco’s endangered list

Onke Ngcuka
21 Jul

Oil-drilling threat to Africa’s oldest national park highlighted by young activists’ documentary

Lungi Langa
02 Jul

Living kingdoms of the clouds

Don Pinnock
21 Jun

Covid-19 and the escalating assault on press freedom across Southern Africa

Tatenda Mazarura
25 May

DRC’s poverty-stricken population needs urgent policy change to enable a better future

Kouassi Yeboua and Jakkie Cilliers
06 May

Protests against UN peace mission send clear message to Tshisekedi as bloodshed continues

David Zounmenou for ISS Today
05 May

US aims for herd immunity as new Covid variant threat lurks

An Wentzel
04 May

Climate crisis and the Congo Basin: The planet’s future may ride on President Tshisekedi’s grip on the DRC

Phillip Van Niekerk
19 Apr

Refugee musician gives Joburg children learning opportunities he’d never had

Julia Evans
08 Apr

With Covid vaccine deliveries to Accra and Abidjan, the race for equity begins

Solomon Zewdu
04 Mar

Can Tshisekedi really revive DRC’s Grand Inga Dam vision?

Peter Fabricius
19 Feb

Presidentialism shouldn’t trump democracy in the DRC

Paul Simon Handy and Felicite Djilo
16 Feb

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi knocks Joseph Kabila off his throne

Peter Fabricius
08 Feb