
Africa: Why the US’s counterterrorism strategy in the Sahel keeps failing - Frank Andrews
First published at mg.co.za NEWS ANALYSIS In mid-2011, Matthew Page and his team at the…

DR Congo: Repression Escalates
First published at https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/28/dr-congo-repression-escalates Crackdown on Media, Dissent, Protests (Kinshasa) – President Felix Tshisekedi’s administration…

Outside Powers Are Making the Conflict in the Central African Republic Worse - John A. Lechner, Alexandra Lamarche
First published at foreignpolicy.com Proxy wars pitting France and Chad against Russia and Rwanda threaten…

Tshisekedi - Beni : The seven strategic mistakes of President Tshisekedi in the Beni crisis - B Musavuli
One year after the launch of military operations on the orders of President Tshisekedi in…

Angola in military rescue of Tshisekedi in his standoff with Kabila ? - JJ Wondo
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, went to Luanda on Monday,…

The United Nations has failed but not by as much its critics allow - Henry-Pacifique Mayala
Introduction This short essay argues that, seven decades after its creation, the United Nations as…

Inside the secret world of US commandos in Africa - Joel-Konopo
First published at atavist.mg.co.za United States Special Operations forces (SOF) — including Navy SEALs, Army…

Army command reshuffle by Félix Tshisekedi: expectations and disillusions - JJ Wondo
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi signed and promulgated a series…

DR Congo: Gangs Kidnap, Rape in National Park - Hrw-org
First published at hrw.org Armed Criminals Abducted at Least 170 People, Many Women, Since 2017…

The Kabila-Kagame strategy of military reconquest of Kivu-Ituri by the RDF and of semantic jamming - B. Musavuli
Assaulting a sovereign state, pillaging it and massacring its inhabitants are very serious international crimes…