Africa Archive

In a stunning blow to cease-fire hopes, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the mineral-rich town of Walikale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late Wednesday, marking their deepest incursion yet into the country’s heartland, local sources revealed Thursday. The

The leaders of Congo and neighboring Rwanda held their first direct talks in Qatar on Tuesday since Rwanda-backed M23 revels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year. The meeting between Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President

Congolese and Rwandan presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame, respectively, the two main leaders in the escalating conflict in eastern Congo, will attend an extraordinary summit in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam to address the armed conflict, Kenyan President

Three junta-led Sahel nations announced plans Tuesday to form a 5,000-strong joint force to combat the persistent terrorist violence afflicting the region. Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali will create a “unified force” within weeks, Niger’s defense minister said. The three nations

On Monday, Ghana’s electoral commission announced that former president and leader of the main opposition party, John Dramani Mahama, has won Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the votes, based on provisional results. His primary challenger, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who