September 30, 2025
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If Africans really want to end this conflict, they must sideline the merchants of death, in whatever form they come
Perhaps the biggest error has been to see DRC as a country of just “people of ndombolo” and nothing else.
Emancipation from stereotypes requires a collective commitment by Africans to see each other as multifaceted, evolving individuals rather than static, preconceived notions
Following the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, speculation about Rwanda’s alleged plans to annex parts of eastern Congo has intensified.
When it comes to language, everyone is at war front. The words they choose are as loaded as the guns and mortars
Any talk of withdrawing Rwandan troops before neutralising the FDLR threat is not just diplomacy as usual; it is an endorsement of Kinshasa’s thinly-veiled genocidal project
Those of us concerned about the return of great power competition cannot help but notice a pattern in the current shifts that precede the emergence of a multipolar world
“In the Sahel region, external powers or regional clubs like ECOWAS can either put the brakes on or pour petrol on the fire”
There is no doubt that, as established and emerging powers continue to ‘negotiate’ what they see as their rightful place in the world, the impact on Africa will not be pretty.
President João Lourenço is carefully manoeuvring to bring the Luanda and Nairobi processes together
If Africans really want to end this conflict, they must sideline the merchants of death, in whatever form they come
Perhaps the biggest error has been to see DRC as a country of just “people of ndombolo” and nothing else.
Emancipation from stereotypes requires a collective commitment by Africans to see each other as multifaceted, evolving individuals rather than static, preconceived notions
Following the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, speculation about Rwanda’s alleged plans to annex parts of eastern Congo has intensified.
When it comes to language, everyone is at war front. The words they choose are as loaded as the guns and mortars
Any talk of withdrawing Rwandan troops before neutralising the FDLR threat is not just diplomacy as usual; it is an endorsement of Kinshasa’s thinly-veiled genocidal project
Those of us concerned about the return of great power competition cannot help but notice a pattern in the current shifts that precede the emergence of a multipolar world
“In the Sahel region, external powers or regional clubs like ECOWAS can either put the brakes on or pour petrol on the fire”
There is no doubt that, as established and emerging powers continue to ‘negotiate’ what they see as their rightful place in the world, the impact on Africa will not be pretty.
President João Lourenço is carefully manoeuvring to bring the Luanda and Nairobi processes together
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than Read more