More: Congo
Millions ‘on the edge’ in DR Congo, now in even greater danger of tipping over
Millions of lives could be lost to hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid escalating conflict and worsening COVID-19 transmission, the...
The Congo Affair With Russia
Over the years, Russia and the Republic of
the Congo have had good bilateral relations and, undoubtedly, there are still
prospects for strengthening these relations especially...
Trends in the Spread of Radical Islam in Africa: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Galina Sidorova and Natalia Zerlitsina*
Islamic radicalism and extremism are perceived around the world as a major threat to international security. The Islamists started...
Africa’s First Continental War: Rwanda, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and Internally Displaced Persons
Refugee movement and the concept of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has a profound effect on global security. Regional instability often scales up localized geopolitical...
Congo-Gabon: Toward Regional Digital Integration
A student of the Faculty of Sciences at the Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Marinette Moyo cannot imagine how she would be able to complete her...
Catholic Church under attack in the DRC
In a country increasingly wracked by armed conflict, nothing is sacred anymore. The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo ‘suffer in silence’
The dramatic deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic over the past year has been further complicated by recent floods and health...
Kenya’s Democratic Disappointment
Kenya's Supreme Court had voided the result of the presidential election held in August, but following a voting rerun – over two months and...
Environmentalism: A Slippery Slope of Ignorance and Hypocrisy
Perusing through my morning news digest, I came across an article from The Daily Mail featuring a story on the employment of child labor...
Can the DRC stop the next Ebola outbreak?
Some unexpectedly good news came out of the long-beleaguered DRC on July 2nd, when the WHO declared an end to the Ebola outbreak that...