Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (right) in the ICC courtroom during his trial in 2016.
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Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
President Kabila’s time in government has shown an inability to bring together the various ethnic groups.
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African leaders need to acknowledge the gravity of the Congo crisis and apply pressure on Kabila.
The head of the UN mission in Congo William Swing (second left) in 2003.
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The UN promotes local ownership in peace building, which is difficult to achieve.
Morocco’s World Cup squad training in St.Petersburg, Russia.
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The football world cup offers a useful chance to consider the apparent division between North and sub-Saharan Africa.
Egenie told her story for her father whom she describes as her friend and mentor.
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Wider access to technology has increased possibilities to share stories via digital means.
A nurse prepares the Ebola vaccine in Bikoro in the DRC.
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Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
Parts of Mozambique are under attack from an Islamist militia that wants to uphold sharia law.
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A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government’s plans for stability and prosperity.
A health-care worker wears virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 13, 2018.
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History, and math, tell us that the Ebola virus spreads exponentially quickly. This means Ebola is a global problem and all nations need to rally – to stop the epidemic fast.
A health worker outside the isolation ward at Bikoro Hospital, where suspected Ebola patients are diagnosed and treated.
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Ebola has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Perhaps the expert handling of the Fukushima nuclear leak could provide a template for what to do next.
Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza is one of many authoritarian African leaders.
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More leaders in more African countries will abolish term limits unless organisations like the African Union take action.
A Liberian burial team during the world’s biggest Ebola outbreak in 2014.
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The response to the latest ebola outbreak in the DRC has been rapid, well coordinated and well resourced.
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If the past is anything to go by, the DRC will effectively deal with the current Ebola outbreak. But that doesn’t mean we should be complacent.
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The DRC has developed good systems to diagnose Ebola. But it’s surveillance systems are still weak.
Anthropologist Georges Balandier in October 2003 in the gardens of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).
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As early as 1953, Balandier demonstrated how the struggle against colonialism was associated with an inverted vision of the world.
President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni refuses to relinquish power.
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Not all African leaders are willing to be swept by the democratic reforms of the early 2000s.
Citizens protest on the streets of Kinshasa in the DRC.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in turmoil since President Kabila refused to relinquish power at the end of his term. But there is hope of ending the stalemate.
A vendor at the Sigida Market, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Graft is common in the way that markets in Kinshasa are run.
A nurse nun visits the graves of victims of a 1976 Ebola outbreak.
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The audio version of a long read on the historical mistakes and cover ups that hampered the response to the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014.
Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai addressing a crowd outside parliament in Harare last year.
Reuters/Mike Hutchings
But for ZANU-PF’s coercion, Tsvangirai could well have ushered in a democratic era in Zimbabwe as the country’s second president.
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila. Time to step aside.
Reuters/Kenny Katombe
Africa needs strong institutions. But they can only be built if there’s a change in leadership.