PRIME Coincidences in February 26th Berlin Conference, Congo talks In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst European failures that Leopold gathered and deployed to form the Congo army.
PRIME Will Trump’s aid freeze wake up Africa oligarchies? The Trump freak train is bound to hit other types of support, such as preferential trade deals and bilateral assistance.
PRIME American lessons on character, personality in era of Trump 2.0 In all the information available about Donald Trump, there isn’t much to recommend him in terms of nobility of character.
PRIME With Big Tech in bed with Trump, Africa states like Kenya set for social media tiff Political developments in the US, however, have escalated the challenges for Kenya and other African nations in regulating these social media giants.
PRIME Could East African Community part ways again as West African bloc has just done? If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk to regional blocs is men in uniform, with medals on their chests, and carrying pistols.
PRIME Africa presidents, look in the mirror to confirm it isn’t Trump you’ll see A wiseman next door in Tanzania, retired President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, advised that if a government wants to expel a tribe, they should let them go with their land.
PRIME African Union is taking continent for a costly ride Last year, I watched a debate among three men aspiring to head the commission. History could not have concocted a more Kafkaesque absurdity.
PRIME Systemic misogyny and the African politician: Dar RC Chalamila’s case Tanzania has a current of deep misogyny running through it that we feminists keep trying to alert the public to.
PRIME Why Rwanda and South Africa bickering persists post-Mandela Planes, small and big, fly in, are loaded with minerals, and fly out to destinations unknown, under the radar of the Congolese authorities and international control mechanisms.
PRIME Wrong friends and enemies: Why rebels are on a winning streak in eastern DRC Conservative estimates suggest the M23 rebels control approximately 43 per cent of North Kivu and 39 per cent of South Kivu provinces.
