The M23 takeover, part 3: Land grabs and assassinations in DR Congo’s Rutshuru
“They tell us they are hunting the FDLR, but it is peasant farmers who are dying.” It is the place where the insurgency began nearly...
Ali Kushayb, the convicted symbol of crimes in Darfur
Followed by Sudanese in The Hague and in refugees’ camps near Darfur, offering finally “some relief” to the victims, the judgement handed down on...
Those responsible for Sudan’s war have no business being involved in the peace
The war is now deemed responsible for the deaths of up to 150,000 people in mass casualty incidents and of over 500,000 people due...
The ICC has spoken in the first Darfur case trial and convicted a leader of Devils on Horsebacks
The latest news: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday the 6th of October convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed...
The end of an era. The development worker goes home, what remains of the morality that drove him
Development aid by the white Western world to poorer countries is in retreat. It marks the conclusion of an era. What drove Westerners to...
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe: the philosopher who explored what decolonised African thought might look like
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was one of the most influential African thinkers of the 20th century. He showed that Africa was often imagined as a void to...
Part 2 What the visit of the Dutch king to Kenya achieved
The Dutch state visit to Kenya, already fraught with controversy due to an internet campaign against the visit, got an extra controversial tail. No,...
A difficult homecoming. Ali Kony and the twilight of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Once the Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda was one of the most brutal fighting groups of Africa. It hardly exists anymore but is not...
Congo’s stylish sapeur movement goes beyond fashion – 5 deeper insights
By Sylvie Ayimpam In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend...
