Shady diamonds, mysterious mercs, murdered journalists: Zakharov claims Russian innocence, but boasts the Kremlin is reviving what once was Soviet influence in Africa. BANGUI, Central [read more…]
On the night of 15 December 2013, shots rang out on the edge of South Sudan’s capital where the elite presidential guard slept. Juba was [read more…]
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – For the United Nations, it was a chance to clip the wings of powerful armed groups who had held the levers of [read more…]
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo may be approaching its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power in nearly 60 years, but Joseph Kabila, who has been president [read more…]
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US sanctions are undermining Zimbabwe’s access credit and investment. They’re supposedly about rule of law, but there’s likely an ulterior motive. Almost a year since Robert [read more…]
Janusz Waluś, who shot dead South African communist leader Chris Hani, could soon return home Ewa Waluś was a small child when her father, Janusz, [read more…]
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, yet its elections rank among the most expensive. Back in 2013, when 33 candidates competed [read more…]
One of the world’s most experienced autocrats has clinched another seven-year term by bending the rules of the game in his direction in ways both [read more…]
LUCAPA, Angola (Reuters) – Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighborhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep the looters [read more…]
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