Supporters of ex-DRC President Kabila denounce proposed death

Prosecutors in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo have requested the death penalty for former leader Joseph Kabila who is on trial in absentia on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed M23 armed group....

Tanzania invites SADC observers as it prepares free, fair, transparent elections

ANTANANARIVO: THE Tanzanian Vice President, Dr. Philip Mpango, has assured the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states that his country has made strong progress in its preparations to hold free, fair, and transparent General...

Military auditor in DRC seeks death penalty for former president Kabila

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) military auditor-general formally told a military court on Friday he is seeking the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in absentia for war crimes including homicide, rape...

Rwanda rejects accusations allied M23 rebels in DRC massacred civilians

Rwanda on Friday rejected accusations that Kigali-backed M23 rebels massacred hundreds of people in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July, saying there is no credible evidence to support the claims. Reuters first reported on the...

Morocco among African hopefuls ready to seal 2026 World Cup berth

CAPE TOWN – Africa could deliver the first of its nine guaranteed representatives at the 2026 World Cup when qualifying resumes this week, with Morocco among several familiar protagonists standing on the cusp of winning their groups. They set a...

The M23 has seized a number of mines in the eastern DRC with Rwanda's help

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DRC prosecutor seeks death penalty for former leader Joseph Kabila

A military prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is demanding the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila who is on trial in absentia. General Lucien Rene Likulia, the Congolese military auditor general, on Friday...

Why ‘Local Data’ Matters Now

Advertisements As Africa’s digital economy hurtles toward a cloud-first future, a new kind of infrastructure challenge is emerging, where data lives, who controls it, and how enterprises comply with fast-evolving national policies. On September...

Who could Anthony Joshua face in ‘carefully’ chosen comeback fight?

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

UN refugee agency to reduce spending by a fifth as cuts bite

The U.N. refugee agency plans to scale back its budget by nearly a fifth next year due to “financial constraints”, even as the war in Sudan and other crises cause a surge in people fleeing their homes, its projected budget showed. The UNHCR agency...

China has a near-monopoly on mining in the DRC

533 Rwandan refugees return home from DRC

KIGALI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A total of 533 Rwandan refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Rwanda on Monday through the Grande Barrier border post in Rubavu District of Western Province, the Ministry in charge of...

Ghana ranks 5th in Africa with outstanding debt to IMF

Ghana has been ranked the fifth most indebted African country to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as of August 2025, with its position unchanged from the previous month. Data from the IMF shows that Ghana’s outstanding credit stands at...

UN refugee agency plans to reduce spending by a fifth as cuts bite

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency plans to scale back its budget by nearly a fifth next year due to "financial constraints", even as the war in Sudan and other crises cause a surge in people fleeing their homes, its projected...

Rwanda slams HRW and UN Rights Office ‘bias’, denies role in DRC civilian deaths

KIGALI, Rwanda, Aug 24 – The Rwandan government has rejected allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and United Nations human rights bodies that its forces were complicit in the killing of civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC)...

DRC conflict: Is the peace deal with M23 faltering?

On July 19th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels signed the Doha Declaration of Principlesbrokered by Qatar. This was significant as it built on a peace deal the DRC and Rwanda signed in Washington on June 27....

DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions

Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the eastern Democratic...

Senior cop petitions William Ruto to post him to DRC as consul general: "I speak Congolese"

An assistant county commissioner from Murang'a County has pleaded with President William Ruto to deploy him to the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a Kenyan envoy. Jonathan Wandera cited his language prowess as his stronghold. He...

DRC: Rebels kill 52 with machetes as peace deal with government falters

Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least 52 civilians with machetes and hoes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out the attacks in Beni and Lubero territories after suffering defeats by...

How global organised crime thrives in Africa – Global Initiative report

THE East and Southern African region serves as a thriving source, hub and conduit for a wide variety of illegal commodities, according to the Global Initiative report. International criminal syndicates operate from the shores of Somalia to border...