Recently in Africa Category

Recent turbulence in the financial market is a reminder that economic stability is heavily reliant on collective perceptions and 'market confidence'. So it is with security, and nowhere is this more evident than in a so-called fragile state like the......more

A video to promote a series of events at the Frontline Club. I wrote an article on the topic of Victorian-era clichés and the Congo for the current issue of the From the Frontline newsletter. I'm grateful to Tim......more

It must be a remarkable thing to grow up in rural Nepal, join the army, fight a guerilla insurgency in your own Himalayan backyard, and then be given a blue hat and deployed to militia-ridden, gold-rich Ituri, north-east Congo.......more

This guy got his marching orders today and is setting off to join his unit in an operational zone near Rumangabo in North Kivu, eastern Congo. Transport is not provided, so he'll probably flag down vehicles along the way. He......more

The truck's 'extrication kit' included shovels and a jack to deal with the mud; tools and spares for the Japanese diesel engine; and documents, cigarettes and whisky to ease our way through military checkpoints. We flew an identifying flag and......more

Choice observations upon examination of the recent peace agreement in eastern Congo: Percentage of signatories using green pens: 0.05Missing from the multimedia archives: audio file of the collective sigh of relief by 1,200 delegates when they heard, after several......more

Did you know that eastern Congo gets struck by lightning more often than anywhere else in the world? It's usually preferable to agree some sort of ceasefire before holding formal talks. Suspending hostilities - however temporarily - is the polite......more