[JusticeInfo.net] Bangui -- On October 31, the Bangui-based Special Criminal Court issued its first verdict. It found three former members of a Central African armed group guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 2019. One of the...

[ISS] The bloc's first-ever troop deployment to a member country will test its capacity to resolve complex conflicts.

[The Exchange] The much-anticipated world's biggest October issuance of carbon credits by Gabon towards the protection of its rain forests, is projected to be the largest on record, raising potentially more than US$2 billion; and has put the small fr...

[The Exchange] Popularly known as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda is still on an ambitious quest to become Africa's Singapore,leading the country in technology advancements to revolutionize key economic sectors.

[African Arguments] Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory.

[IPS] Kinshasa -- The Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif, launched a strong call for public and private donors to step up funding, asking them to "show the same courage" she saw in the children she met during her week-long visit ...

[Radio Okapi] Eleven people, including two police officers, died on Saturday, October 29, in the stampede that occurred during the concert of Congolese musician Fally Ipupa at the Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa. This official report was given by the Min...

[HRW] Rwandan-Backed M23 Armed Group Long Linked to Atrocities

[VOA] Campo, Cameroon -- Cameroon says Equatorial Guinea has deported several hundred Cameroonians, some of whom say they were fleeing terrorist and rebel attacks at home. The government of Equatorial Guinea says the deportees were economic migrants ...

[DW] M23 rebels have made gains in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears of a further deterioration of security. The African Union has called for a ceasefire and negotiations to ensure peace.

[The Conversation Africa] To survive, animals compete for resources, be it food, mating partners or territory. But a ground breaking recent study shows chimpanzees and gorillas form friendships, some lasting at least 20 years. They play, eat and soci...

[DW] A UN-backed court in the Central African Republic said the three accused militiamen showed no remorse over the attacks which killed 46 civilians.

[The Point] Rishi Sunak, the new British Prime Minister, has vowed to pursue the tough and uncompromising UK-Rwanda immigration plan designed to transfer to Kigali asylum seekers and refugees including Senegambians that crossed the English Channel.

[UN News] The UN Secretary-General has expressed deep concern over the uptick in fighting between Government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23 rebels in the east, which in the past ten days have seen multiple civilians kill...

[New Zimbabwe] Independent Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has challenged securocrats to account for "proceeds" from Zimbabwe's participation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war of the late 1990's.

[The Point] The Gambia senior national team; the Scorpions will play against Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia in international friendly matches next month in Antalya, Turkey.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed concern over the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[VOA] A conservationist and veterinarian with dual French and Australian citizenship who was kidnapped last week in Chad has been released.

[African Union] 30 October 2022, Addis Ababa: The current Chair of the African Union and President of Senegal, president Macky Sall, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, express their extreme concern at the deteri...

[DW] The expulsion of Rwandan Ambassador Vincent Karega came on a day when M23 rebels doubled the territory they control. DRC authorities accuse Kigali of backing the rebel group.

[The Exchange] DRC President Felix Tshisekedi has made his second visit to Tanzania, where he signed bilateral deals for regional infrastructure works to increase connectivity and improve the ease of doing business.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has reafirmed his support to the mediation efforts of the Angolan state for the resolution of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[New Times] Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of many deaths worldwide and present as an emerging global health threat to day. Also known as chronic diseases, these are non-transmissible diseases of often long duration.

[UN News] Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets' competency toolkit.

[RFI] Critically endangered forest elephants use their acute senses of hearing and smell to detect poachers while they are still some distance away and well before they have fired a shot, a new study in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests.

[ISS] Violent protests in DRC and Mali highlight fundamental aspects of peace missions that need reform.

[UN News] In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Special Criminal Court to Deliver Judgment on October 31

[Global Press Journal] Kirumba, Democratic Republic of Congo -- The Central Bank of Congo has stopped printing low-denomination bank notes, and traders who conduct most of their business in small transactions are struggling to adapt.

[DW] A DW journalist has been given unprecedented access to rebel-controlled gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Miners and civilians are forced to risk their lives, while the wealthy buy gold in the global north.