In het vredesakkoord tussen Congo en Rwanda blijven de oorzaken van meer dan dertig jaar geweld grotendeels buiten beeld

Regional and international initiatives to end the war between M23/AFC and the Congolese government are multiplying, leading to mounting pressure on the belligerents to negotiate through sanctions and ...

Nederland stopt alle projecten op het gebied van vrouwenrechten, gendergelijkheid, beroeps- en hoger onderwijs en sport en cultuur.

De Amerikaanse socioloog Musa al-Gharbi houdt de universitaire elite een genadeloze spiegel voor in zijn boek We Have Never Been Woke. Over politieke correctheid en het gevecht om schaarse…

Armed militants killed more than 35 civilians during an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province on Monday night, a village chief said on Tuesday.

On Sunday night, the Congolese rebel group M23 and the Rwandan army invaded Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fall of Goma […]

Het plotse overlijden van academicus Stephen Bouquin (1968-2025) dompelt de Belgische linkerzijde in rouw.

De zucht van Rwanda naar Congolese mineralen als hoofdfactor zien van de inval in Oost-Congo, is te kort door de bocht.

Western countries let the African nation get away with fomenting conflict in its neighbour

Nine South African and three Malawian peacekeeping soldiers have been killed by M23 rebels, authorities say.

A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”

This project explores the transformations in cattle production in Southern and Central Africa during the colonial and early postcolonial period.

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Violent extremist groups in the Sahel have proliferated, splintered, and formed affiliations with actors elsewhere in the Muslim world. This has resulted in a complex and shifting landscape of groups ...

The Polish government has adopted a resolution vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of Israeli leaders who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Aus...

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Final TikTok post of Colombian reportedly missing in Sudan sheds light on possible journey from Colombia through Libya to the conflict zone.

The Kaziba chiefdom is part of the Walungu territory, in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. This report examines Kaziba’s key social, political, geographic, and economic features. It d...

La chefferie de Bukumu se trouve dans le territoire de Nyiragongo, dont le nom est tiré de son volcan actif, dans la province du Nord-Kivu, en République démocratique du Congo.Ce rapport analyse les p...

The Bukumu chiefdom is located in the Nyiragongo territory, named after its active volcano, in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. This report examines Bukumu’s key social, political, g...

Endowments, research funding and DEI initiatives expected to be among many possible targets of the incoming Trump administration

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Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands

In mid-December, West African heads of state will meet to discuss the imminent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the regional bloc ECOWAS. Crisis Group experts explain the importance of the breakaway and the dilemmas the two parties face at this pivotal moment.