DRC: Israeli TV show accuses Kabila of using ex-members of Mossad to spy on opponents

Former leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had employed two ex-agents of the Israeli foreign secret service to spy on his opponents, an Israeli TV show has revealed.   Joseph Kabila who led the country between 2001 and 2019 hired in late 2015 Black Cube, an Israeli secret company to gather intelligence on […]

China eyes new arms markets, allies in West Africa amid waning French influence

China is making inroads into the West African arms market and is also looking to make new allies and build influence in the region amid waning French influence there. Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali are all French-speaking and, as former colonies, historically fell under France’s sphere of influence. And although France is still the largest […]

US-Zambia inaugural business summit to boost trade, investment

Zambia is hosting a two-day business summit in Lusaka this week to try to attract American investors to the country, in effort to diversify the economy and decrease dependence on extractive industries such as copper, according to Zambian officials. Moving away from dependence on extractive industries, which account for most of the country’s exports, is […]