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2 天之前 · The capture of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, by the M23 is widely seen as the most significant escalation in the conflict in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2012 when the group last seized Goma.. The UN at the time said Rwanda was helping create, arm and support the M23. That triggered international reactions as Kigali’s donor partners including the ...

2 天之前 · A week on from their entry into Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 and their Rwandan allies no longer hide their plan to expand the territory they hold.While morgues in North Kivu’s capital are overwhelmed and small pockets of resistance have lingered in the city, attention is shifting towards neighbouring South Kivu.

2 天之前 · The land issue in South Africa has long been divisive, with efforts to redress the inequality of white rule drawing criticism from conservatives including Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful US President Donald Trump adviser.. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed a bill that stipulates the government may, in certain ...

6 天之前 · “South Africa’s military presence in the eastern DRC is not a declaration of war against any country or state,” Cyril Ramaphosa insisted in a statement Wednesday. Yet, in that same note, he accused the M23 rebels and the Rwandan army — dismissed as a “militia” — of attacking the peacekeepers sent by SAMIDRC.

A mother's resistance. Morocco: Abdellah Taïa’s new novel draws on one of his greatest inspirations – his mother Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taïa’s new book, translated from French to English by Emma Ramadan, ‘Living in Your Light’, goes straight to the source of ...

2025年1月28日 · “[Energy and energy access] isn’t traditionally a sector where the private sector invests, so we have to find financial models that make commercial investment viable, and I think this is entirely possible [because] renewable energy is a valuable resource,” says William Asiko, vice president for Africa at the Rockefeller Foundation. “Everybody agrees that …

2024年12月18日 · Eritrea has been wary of Ethiopia after it signed the Pretoria Peace Agreement with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) instead of eliminating it as Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki intended. Afwerki planned to annihilate the TPLF in an effort to protect his regime from possible TPLF interest in taking over Eritrea.

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Africa: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Changing guard. Trump’s State Department pick Marco Rubio lays out vision for Africa From countering China to investing in fossil fuels, the US senator from Florida offered insights into the incoming administration’s priorities for the...