Africa Focus
Jun 17, 2017
World Bank Fuels Land Grabs in Africa Through Shadowy Financial Sector Investments
The World Bank Group has indirectly financed some of Africa's most notorious land grabs, according to a report by a group of...
New York Times 1
Jun 2, 2017
Senior Congo Officials Linked to Kabila Face Sanctions for Rights Abuses
Police officers patrolling in December in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Griff Tapper/Agence France-Presse — Getty...
VOA (Voice of America)
May 30, 2017
Burundi Youth Militia Compares Opposition to Lice in Video
Burundi human rights activists expressed outrage Tuesday over an online video that shows pro-government youth militia members teaching...
Human Rights Watch
May 15, 2017
Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls
(Nairobi) – Ugandan soldiers in the Central African Republic have sexually exploited or abused at least 13 women and girls since 2015,...
Drew Boyd | The Sentinel Project
May 12, 2017
The Sentinel Project Launches New Initiative in North Kivu
Sentinel has launched a civilian protection pilot project in partnership with at-risk communities in the North Kivu region of the...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
May 8, 2017
President Kabila names new DRC government despite agreement for elections
The list of 60 ministers and deputy ministers was announced on state television in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday....
New York Times 1
Apr 26, 2017
How a Nation Reconciles After Genocide Killed Nearly a Million People
By Megan Specia MBYO, Rwanda — They awoke early and gathered along a plot of land here in this Rwandan village made up of a handful of...
The Conversation
Apr 23, 2017
Stability in the DRC: a look beyond political agreements
The DRC has extraordinary potential for socioeconomic advancement. EPA/Dai Kurokawa Once again, the cycle of instability and political...
Al Jazeera
Apr 19, 2017
UN: 17 new mass graves found in central DRC
The UN has now documented 40 mass grave sites in Kasai [File: Aaron Ross/Reuters] United Nations investigators have found 17 new mass...
Médecins Sans Frontières | Relief Web
Apr 13, 2017
Central African Republic: Civilians pay the price of renewed, brutal fighting
As conflict spreads and intensifies in the Central African Republic (CAR), dozens of civilians are being killed and wounded. Thousands...
KT Press
Apr 7, 2017
Rwanda Starts Commemoration of a Million Tutsi, Friends Join
Residents of Muhanga District – Kabgayi attending commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi last year This Friday, April 7, Rwanda...
The New Times
Apr 7, 2017
Genocide: Women survivors recollect the thorny journey to recovery
They say time heals, but for 30-year-old Josiane Ishimwe, it is taking longer. Twenty three years later, she is yet to recover from an...
