Rwanda is casting a shadow over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s upcoming presidential election, with arrests of prominent Congolese figures suspected of colluding with the country’s neighbour.Relations between the two Central African states have been dire since the late 2021 re-emergence of the M23 rebel group, which has captured swathes of territory in eastern Congo.Kinshasa …

Spectre of Rwanda looms over coming DR Congo electionWed, 07 Jun 2023 15:15:44 GMT Read More »

UN war crimes judges ruled Wednesday that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but should still go through a stripped-down legal process.Former tycoon Kabuga, who is 88 according to officials but claims to be 90, is accused of setting up a hate broadcaster that fuelled the 1994 slaughter of around …

Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga ruled unfit for trialWed, 07 Jun 2023 12:34:02 GMT Read More »

Along a polluted riverside, smoking charred oil drums in Mathare are cooking up chang’aa, a potent liquor that’s both a scourge and a lifeline.In this slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, back-alley distilleries are famous for cheap moonshine that’s powerful enough to fell grown men. Twenty Kenyan shillings (15 US cents) will buy you a glass …

Deadly booze brings profit and pain to Kenya’s streetsWed, 07 Jun 2023 09:54:48 GMT Read More »

A South African court on Wednesday threw out ex-president Jacob Zuma’s bid to try the lead prosecutor in his much-delayed corruption case, removing another hurdle preventing the trial from moving ahead.Zuma, who served as president from 2009 to 2018 before being forced out over graft allegations, faces charges of corruption in an arms scandal dating …

S.Africa’s Zuma loses bid to prosecute chief graft attorneyWed, 07 Jun 2023 08:53:34 GMT Read More »