Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...
The Africa Report9d
Andrée Blouin, forgotten icon of Africa’s anti‑colonial movement
In the late 1950s Pan-African activist Andrée Blouin contributed to Sékou Touré’s campaign for independence in Guinea, then ...
Ex-African heads of state, financial experts convene in Cape Town, South Africa, to sign Cape Town Declaration
In February 2025, former African heads of state and financial experts convened in Cape Town, South Africa, to sign the Cape ...
Tribune on MSN19d
‘The Empire was hidden in Belgium. It was called the Empire of Silence.’
Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat opens with footage of a Max Roach drum solo, cut with intertitles of his wife, the singer, actress and activist Abbey Lincoln, announcing The Cultural Association of Women ...
Why Congo’s vast army is struggling
ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the country ...
Opinion
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Never again or never without gain: Belgium's cartographic crimes against Africa
When global powers chant never again after atrocities, we must ask: do they truly mean repentance, or do they mean never again without profit? Belgium's colonial strategy had one objective: relentless ...
The New York Times15d
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The roots of Congo’s fragility run deep. It was left with weak institutions and very little development after decades of Belgian colonialism. Then, after independence, the United States and ...