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The tech giant has been accused of sourcing conflict minerals from sub-Saharan Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has filed criminal complaints against tech giant Apple’s subsidiaries in France and Belgium over the use of “conflict minerals” in their supply chains. Lawyers representing the Central African country, claimed in a statement this week that Apple’s subsidiaries in Europe are …

A small landlocked African nation playing in the big league: with military might, image branding and political influence, Rwanda under President Paul Kagame has become a major strategic player with tentacles spread far and wide. Unlike many other African nations, “Rwanda is pursuing a real foreign policy strategy”, says Paul-Simon Handy, East Africa director at the Institute for Security Studies. …

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2 South African soldiers killed by a mortar explosion in eastern Congo amid unrest

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured when a mortar landed in their base in eastern Congo amid increased unrest in the region, the South African armed forces said Thursday. The South African National Defence Force, which oversees all of the country’s armed forces, said it believed the mortar explosion on Wednesday was …

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Burundi closes border with Rwanda in latest East Africa row

The Rwandan government says Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after its president accused Kigali of hosting a rebel group. In late December, Burundi’s president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, accused Rwanda of hosting and training the Red Tabara rebel group, which claimed responsibility for an attack near Burundi’s western border with the Democratic Republic of …

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Rwanda has fired on a Congolese military aircraft it alleges violated its airspace in a new escalation of tensions between the neighbors that has set off alarm across central Africa. A Rwandan government statement said “defensive measures” were taken against a Sukhoi-25 from Congo on Tuesday evening, and it urged Congo to “stop this aggression.” Rwanda’s state …

East Africa bloc announces peace talks for eastern DRC

The announcement came as Congolese troops clashed anew with the M23 north of the city of Goma in the volatile east. East African leaders on Sunday announced peace talks in a bid to stabilise the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where M23 rebels clashed with troops just north of its key city of Goma over the weekend. The seven-nation East …

Escalating border war in Africa tests a Biden administration already weighed down by global crises

U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Rwanda, the last stop on his three-nation tour of Africa where he has articulated Washington's new strategy for engaging with sub-Saharan African nations as “equal partners". Rwanda is rejecting a new report by United Nations experts saying they have “solid evidence” that members of Rwanda's armed forces are conducting operations in …

East Africa leaders agree regional force to quell DR Congo crisis