Link To Article On Friday, April 25, 2025, The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda stated they would create a peace deal and end supporting rebel groups before May 2, 2025. However, ceasefire agreements in the past have not stopped the violence between the two countries. The deal said that the Eastern part of the DRC, which is… Read more »
Link To Article On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Belgium’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Maxime Prevot, stated that the country would like to become more invested in the mineral sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Democratic Republic of the Congo has large mineral reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, and uranium. However, the country has struggled to extract these… Read more »
Link To Article Thousands of children subject to sexual violence in eastern Congo, UNICEF sayshttps://www.reuters.com/world/africa/thousands-children-subject-sexual-violence-eastern-congo-unicef-says-2025-04-11/ On Friday, April 11, 2025, the United Nations Children’s Agency stated that children have been more than a third of all victims in the 10,000 rape and sexual violence cases that are occurring in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…. Read more »
link to article:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj451xd0ezwo The U.S. embassy in Zambia has warned American citizens about the country’s new Cybersecurity Act, which mandates surveillance of all electronic communications and gives the government broad powers to monitor and intercept digital content. Signed into law with little publicity by President Hakainde Hichilema the measure has sparked backlash over its potential to suppress freedom of expression… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8q644g5eo The U.S. and Somali forces carried out a joint airstrike targeting al-Shabab militants during an intense battle over the strategic town of Adan Yabaal in central Somalia. The strike killed 12 fighters, including senior al-Shabab operatives, and followed a major raid by the group on the town, which is vital for military operations in the region. Although… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/ivory-coast-cocoa-farmers-trump-tariffs-406a27c616a35cc3861ba9cb2b91fd60 In Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, farmers are struggling due to poor weather, plant diseases, and rising production costs. Now, they face added uncertainty from former President Donald Trump’s proposed 21% tariff on Ivorian products, including cocoa. Although the tariff is currently paused for 90 days, it has already caused concern among farmers and local… Read more »
Article link This article recounts the position of a US official as he says there is a multi billion dollar deal in the work for mineral rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These negotiations aim to develop[ the Congo’s abundant natural resources including the large cobalt deposits. This carries deep political implications as the Congo has been the target… Read more »
Article Link This article discusses the repatriation of 3 American citizens who were involved in a Coup attempt in Congo. These 3 Americans were given commuted death sentences that became simply life imprisonment that is to be served in the US after the transfer. One of the people Marcel Malanga was the son of an opposition figure who led this… Read more »
Article Link This article covers the attempts of the Zimbabwe’s government attempt to mend racial and international relations by righting its supposed past wrongs in its own country. Zimbabwe has just distributed $3.1 million to start off its compensation agreement that was signed in 2020 between President Emmerson Mnangawa and dispossessed white farmers. This payment was meant to cover infrastructure… Read more »
HIV rates surge in Ethiopia’s Tigray after war, Trump’s aid cuts aren’t helping | AP News Ethiopia’s Tigray region is facing major rises in infectious diseases, including malaria, measles, cholera, and HIV, after the two-year war between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces. Before the war, Tigray had one of the lowest HIV rates in Ethiopia at 1.4%, but it… Read more »