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Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Africa, South Africa, Maverick News

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, Op-eds

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, Politics, South Africa, DM168

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, South 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, Op-eds

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, Maverick Citizen, Op-eds

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, South Africa, World

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