Daily Maverick

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we will send you a mail with a link or one-time pin to login

Sign in with OAuth

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

Democratic Republic of Congo

SADC mission withdrawal from DRC not sign of weakness but success of peace efforts — SA top brass

Africa

SADC mission withdrawal from DRC not sign of weakness but success of peace efforts — SA top brass

By Peter Fabricius

Anatomy of SADC’s failure in eastern DRC and what it means for future regional operations

Op-eds

Anatomy of SADC’s failure in eastern DRC and what it means for future regional operations

By By Paul-Simon Handy for ISS Today

Wasted chances to avoid war: The DRC is on the brink of collapse

Africa

Wasted chances to avoid war: The DRC is on the brink of collapse

By Thomas Jiji Nziratimana

DRC’s M23 conflict — Rwanda’s heightened role underscores regional tensions, mineral exploitation, brutal human cost

Africa

DRC’s M23 conflict — Rwanda’s heightened role underscores regional tensions, mineral exploitation, brutal human cost

By Yeshiel Panchia

SADC leaders likely to withdraw forces from DRC, including SANDF

Africa

SADC leaders likely to withdraw forces from DRC, including SANDF

By Peter Fabricius

Urgent need for grassroots security reforms in eastern DRC's prolonged conflict

World

Urgent need for grassroots security reforms in eastern DRC's prolonged conflict

By Samuel Igba

Strategic mediation: Tanzania's role in uniting east and southern Africa for lasting peace

Op-eds

Strategic mediation: Tanzania's role in uniting east and southern Africa for lasting peace

By Nicodemus Minde

Can the DRC peace mission be spared the fate of previous operations? Here’s how it can fix its problems

Op-eds

Can the DRC peace mission be spared the fate of previous operations? Here’s how it can fix its problems

By Nirvaly Mooloo and Remadji Hoinathy

The Luanda Process is revived, but major political, security challenges litter the path to peace in east DRC

Op-eds

The Luanda Process is revived, but major political, security challenges litter the path to peace in east DRC

By Philippe Asanzi and Remadji Hoinathy

Mpox outbreak in the DRC – a call for an urgent collaborative continental response

Africa

Mpox outbreak in the DRC – a call for an urgent collaborative continental response

By Peter Babigumira Ahabwe, Andrea Uhlig, Lawrence R Stanberry and Wilmot James

SA cops ‘accused me of plotting a coup against Kabila’, claims tortured DRC man embroiled in US asylum battle

Africa

SA cops ‘accused me of plotting a coup against Kabila’, claims tortured DRC man embroiled in US asylum battle

By Caryn Dolley

Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

Op-eds

Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

By Stephanie Wolters