The Observer3h
Rwanda, DRC presidents to meet as rebels take Goma
Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents of Rwanda and Congo have agreed to attend a meeting Wednesday ...
The Zimbabwe Mail8h
Demonstrators attack Western embassies in Congo’s capital to protest rebels’ advance in the east
Dozens of demonstrators attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium, on Tuesday ...
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Bodies in streets as battle escalates in DR Congo city
The UN says there are dead bodies on the streets and there are reports of rapes committed by fighters. More than 2,000km away in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, people are furious at the rebel assault ...
Rwanda, Congo presidents to meet as rebels take Goma, Kenya's leader says
The apparent takeover of Goma, a city of about 2 million, has prompted fears of further violence and mass displacement ...
The Economist1d
Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...
As it happened: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in DR Congo city
Kenyan private airline Jambojet has suspended all flights from Nairobi to Goma after rebels entered the city in eastern DR ...
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of ‘declaration of war’ after rebels enter key city
In an op-ed in the Financial Times on Sunday, Jason Stearns, author of The War That Doesn’t Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo, accused the west of soft-peddling on Rwanda, which he ...
'All we can hear are gunshots': DR Congo fighting as it happened
DR Congo soldiers have surrendered to Rwandan forces following fierce clashes with the M23 rebel movement in DR Congo's ...
Buffalo Rising1d
Secrets of Buffalo’s Gilded Age | If Buildings Could Talk
If only old buildings could talk, the stories they might tell! Here’s one I’d love to sit down and have a chat with—462 ...
Column: Architecture is having a movie moment — but do ‘Brutalist’ and ‘Megalopolis’ make architects more than pure ego?
There’s no place for originality in architecture! Nobody can improve on the buildings of the past!”  Those are the second and ...
The Africa Center’s New Leader Focuses on Connection
Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan diplomat, said his past work positions him to build on the Africa Center’s diverse programming ...
UN Security Council demands M23 stop offensive in eastern Congo
The council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related to the presence of Rwanda Defence Forces in the eastern Congo and Congolese support for the ...