ungrounded CLAIMS Trump is wrong on South African land grabs, despite controversy over expropriation law Land expropriation without compensation is a hot topic in South Africa, but US President Donald Trump’s claims that land is being confiscated in South Africa are not true.

1 day ago · The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces launched a new offensive on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit.. The United Nations has said the battle for the key city of Goma, which the M23 and Rwandan troops seized last week, had left at least 2,900 people dead – far higher than the ...

1 day ago · The Republican-led Congress can help set foreign relations priorities – if it dares to challenge Donald Trump.. From funding government programmes to approving ambassadors to reauthorising the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that grants duty-free access to the United States market, lawmakers conduct oversight and hold the government’s purse strings.

4 days ago · The capture of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, by the M23 is widely seen as the most significant escalation in the conflict in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2012 when the group last seized Goma.. The UN at the time said Rwanda was helping create, arm and support the M23. That triggered international reactions as Kigali’s donor partners including the ...

4 days ago · A week on from their entry into Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 and their Rwandan allies no longer hide their plan to expand the territory they hold.While morgues in North Kivu’s capital are overwhelmed and small pockets of resistance have lingered in the city, attention is shifting towards neighbouring South Kivu.

Jan 30, 2025 · “South Africa’s military presence in the eastern DRC is not a declaration of war against any country or state,” Cyril Ramaphosa insisted in a statement Wednesday. Yet, in that same note, he accused the M23 rebels and the Rwandan army — dismissed as a “militia” — of attacking the peacekeepers sent by SAMIDRC.

A mother's resistance. Morocco: Abdellah Taïa’s new novel draws on one of his greatest inspirations – his mother Moroccan novelist Abdellah Taïa’s new book, translated from French to English by Emma Ramadan, ‘Living in Your Light’, goes straight to the source of ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Eritrea has been wary of Ethiopia after it signed the Pretoria Peace Agreement with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) instead of eliminating it as Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki intended. Afwerki planned to annihilate the TPLF in an effort to protect his regime from possible TPLF interest in taking over Eritrea.

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Africa: Latest articles on The Africa Report.com. Changing guard. Trump’s State Department pick Marco Rubio lays out vision for Africa From countering China to investing in fossil fuels, the US senator from Florida offered insights into the incoming administration’s priorities for the...