Russians Are Unraveling Before Our Eyes
A wave of fresh humiliations has the Kremlin struggling to control the narrative.
Too much news is routed through London and New York. The capitals of the global south need to step up.
Despite a strong foothold during the Cold War, Washington has since fumbled on the continent.
After a surprise peace deal in Ethiopia, there is hope for progress in talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
The U.S. secretary of state is urging Kigali, Kinshasa, and others to stop backing militias in the region—but a lasting peace deal remains elusive.
The M23 rebel group is back, threatening to take much of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and sparking wider regional tensions.
The scramble for battery metals threatens to replicate one of the most destructive dynamics in global economic history.
King Philippe stopped short of apologizing for colonial-era atrocities, angering the Congolese opposition and diaspora.
Denying the links between the Allied Democratic Forces and militant Islamists will endanger civilians.
The COP26 deforestation commitment is disingenuous—and could harm the Congo Basin.
Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
A new book explores the historical roots and contemporary fallout of Paul Kagame’s aggressive foreign policy.
If the Biden administration wants to advance democracy around the world, it needs to fix U.S. diplomacy first.
By removing Saudi Arabia and other serial violators of children’s human rights from the annual list of shame, António Guterres is weakening one of the U.N.’s most effective accountability mechanisms.
As U.S. policymakers grapple with systemic racism, it’s time to start tapping the expertise of diasporas.
The global transition to renewables could lead to human rights abuses and risks exacerbating inequalities between the West and the developing world.
Testimony of African eyewitnesses to the U.N. secretary-general’s death was dismissed because of their lack of education and perceived susceptibility to political manipulation.
The International Criminal Court has many flaws, but abandoning it now would give free rein to war criminals and open the door to impunity.