Burundian military officers arrive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to tackle the rise of militias in the region.
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The RED-Tabara armed group operates out of the DRC’s volatile eastern region, which shares a porous 243km border with Burundi.
US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright (L), UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali (R) after a meeting with US President Clinton in 1994 to discuss the situation in Rwanda.
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The 1994 Rwanda genocide has left lasting scars. Children born of sexual violence and mothers have shown immense strength in overcoming their histories of violence.
A person holds a candle at a night vigil during the 100-day commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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The international effort to address three decades of violence in eastern DRC has drawn in the UN, east African troops and now a southern African force.
It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed demand a change of guard.
Kagame prefers partnership with successful European football clubs to market Rwanda.
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Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.
Delegates at the African Union Summit held in Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea, on 27 May 2022 to address worsening humanitarian crises in Africa.
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The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken setting out Washington’s new Africa strategy at the University of Pretoria.
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria