CONFLICT FUEL How a DRC coltan mine feeds the tech world and funds M23 rebels 5 min 0 By Giulia Paravicini and David Lewis
THE READINESS REPORT Watch – Redi Tlhabi & Michela Wrong on Rwanda–DRC peace deal and tensions 1 min 0 By Redi Tlhabi
ISS TODAY OP-ED Domestic power struggles likely to complicate US brokered Rwanda-DRC peace deal 5 min 0 By Bram Verelst, Nirvaly Mooloo and Remadji Hoinathy
SLEEPING WATCHDOG Parliament urged to pressure Pretoria to revive SADC Tribunal which died under Mugabe 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 31 March to 5 MARCH Yoliswa Dwane Memorial Lecture, protest against offshore drilling and unpacking land expropriation 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
GREAT LAKES CRISIS SADC mission withdrawal from DRC not sign of weakness but success of peace efforts — SA top brass 6 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CRISIS South African and other SADC troops finally begin withdrawal from war-torn DRC 3 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED Ceasefire in the DRC: A glimmer of hope amid political turmoil and rebel expansion 5 min 0 By Bram Verelst
GREAT LAKES CONFLICT Rwandan forces must withdraw from DRC, says Trump’s top Africa diplomat 4 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CRISIS Fears grow for trapped SAMIDRC troops after M23 rebels renege on agreement 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 4 APRIL 2025 SA's Orania Afrikaner enclave wants Trump’s help to become a state; US in mineral talks with DRC 6 min 0 By Reuters
GREAT LAKES CONFLICT OP-ED DRC peace is elusive amid regional tensions and a scramble for resources 4 min 0 By Samuel Igba
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 2 APRIL 2025 Egypt’s Sisi, US’s Trump discuss regional mediation efforts; SA’s Budget path still unclear 7 min 0 By Reuters
GREAT LAKES CRISIS Goma ‘fiasco’ — deal to bring SA and SADC troops home hits a snag 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 31 MARCH 2025 War criminal forms rebel group to topple eastern DRC; Zimbabwe police block anti-Mnangagwa protests 5 min 0 By Reuters
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 25 MARCH 2025 Renewed fighting breaks out in DRC; Burundi faces Rwandan attack, says President Ndayishimiye 9 min 0 By Reuters
GREAT LAKES CONFLICT Former SA president Kgalema Motlanthe joins eastern DRC peace process facilitators 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 24 MARCH 2025 DRC ceasefire falters as rebels renege on pledge; Kenya applies for new lending programme from IMF 6 min 0 By Reuters
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 23 MARCH 2025 Six police killed in Kenya ‘by al-Shabaab’; Gabon approves coup leader Nguema for presidential vote 8 min 0 By Reuters
THE MEANING OF MILITARY FAILS Anatomy of SADC’s failure in eastern DRC and what it means for future regional operations 4 min 0 By By Paul-Simon Handy for ISS Today
