News24 | Rwanda fires back after Pretoria warns it of war
Rwanda has accused South Africa of siding with genocidal forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying the force SA leads in the DRC was sent to join in battle, not to keep the peace.
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How a US freeze upended global aid in a matter of days
The State Department says the freeze was the only way to evaluate aid programs and defended the pause.
Three military-run states leave West African bloc – what will change?
In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group.
Congolese president snubs peace talks over Goma crisis
The announcement comes as M23 rebels tightened their control over Goma city, seizing its airport.
Outgunning Congo – the evidence that shows Rwanda is backing M23 rebels
Where are rebels causing havoc in eastern DR Congo getting their funding?
News24 | Rwanda, DRC in Goma crisis summit as Kagame agrees with US on ceasefire
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma.
News24 | African Union urges M23 to ‘lay down arms’ in eastern DRC
The African Union said on Tuesday it condemned the violence in eastern DR Congo and called on the M23 armed group to “lay down arms”.
News24 | Embassies in Kinshasa attacked over Rwanda as conflict rages in DRC’s Goma
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after embassies were attacked over the conflict in the country’s east.
Nigerian extradited to US for alleged sextortion
The 24-year-old was flown to the US accused of child exploitation, which he denies.
News24 | Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo’s Goma in major escalation
Rwandan-backed rebels marched into east Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday and Congolese troops exchanged fire with the Rwandan military across the border, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.
Holders Ivory Coast to face Cameroon at Afcon 2025
The draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Morocco where defending champions Ivory Coast will be in the same group as Cameroon
News24 | Congo’s ex-election chief turned rebel boss builds insurgency
In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the public face of a sprawling coalition of Congolese politicians and rebel groups fighting to oust him.
Watch: Escaped prisoners on the streets of Goma
Footage shows people believed to be escaped prisoners on the streets of Goma, as M23 rebels enter the Congolese city.
News24 | SA is also to blame, says Rwanda as M23 fight rages in DRC
SA pointed to Rwanda as M23 rebels fought South African soldiers in the eastern DRC. Rwanda says Congolese armed forces – with the support of an SA-led mission – violated a ceasefire.
News24 | ‘There is confusion in the city’: Gunfire and looting accompany reports of M23 in Goma, DRC
Congolese M23 rebels entered the centre of the eastern city of Goma, two witnesses said, hours after they claimed to have seized the city despite the United Nations Security Council demanding an end to the offensive.
What’s the fighting in DR Congo all about?
M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.
News24 | R3bn Maputo port expansion kicks off
The expansion project will see the port’s capacity more than double in just two years.
Nigerian star 2Baba announces separation from wife
Tuface, also known as 2Baba, is seen as one of the pioneers of Nigeria’s vibrant music scene.
News24 | M23 rebels seen in centre of Goma, DRC, despite UN demand for them to leave, witnesses say
Congolese M23 rebels have entered the centre of the eastern city of Goma, two witnesses told Reuters.
News24 | De Beers chooses Botswana’s first Olympic gold medallist Letsile Tebogo as global ambassador
The World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year 2024 has just become the global ambassador for the De Beers Group.
News24 | ‘Packed with patients receiving care’: WHO Chief slams attack on Sudan hospital that left 70 dead
An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organisation chief said.