By Emmet Livingstone in Kinshasa and Mushaga Akili ( a pseudonum) in Goma Transfers of refugees and other individuals from areas controlled by the M23...
Blast from the past! The violence in Darfur is deja vu. In June 2004 I travelled in Darfur during the war and wrote this feature...
Some justice after 25 years in Congo: Wipe the slate clean really meant wipe everything out
A court case has strated againgst the motrious Congolese warlard Roger Lumbala. He is charged with complicity in crimes against humanity committed by his...
On the morning of election day, the streets of Dar es Salaam, the economic capital, were mostly empty. Then the violence broke. “It was...
Eritrean Amanuel Walid is tried in The Netherlands for leading an international criminal network that detained, tortured, raped and extorted Eritrean refugees in Libya. By Margherita...
By Ahmed Gouja, Philip Kleinfeld, and a journalist in Tawila El Fasher survivors speak of kidnappings and mass killings. Ibrahim had returned to El Fasher to...
El Fashar, an atrocity foretold
By Ahmed Gouja from Nyala Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale. This analysis is...
Sudan’s displaced are in homes, not just camps – and aid keeps missing them
“We must stop searching for a crisis that fits existing models and start designing responses that fit the crisis we actually have.” For the past...
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...
