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Congo’s president and Blinken discuss escalating tensions with Rwanda

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday (9 August), is expected to raise concerns about tensions with neighboring Rwanda that could spread instability in the region and also about Russia and China’s access to rare earth minerals in the central-west Africa country. Blinken’s trip to Congo […]

Congo: Students in restive North Kivu province unveil long range missiles to be used against M23 rebels

Congolese students in conflict-plagued eastern province of North Kivu have tested successfully long-range missiles and explosives capable of attacking the positions of powerful M23 rebels sowing havoc in the region. The students from the ISTA, the regional applied technical Institute in the provincial city of Goma, reportedly unveiled long range surface-to-surface missiles and explosives. They […]

Morocco’s elections hailed as translating a great democratic maturity

Several countries, organizations, and national and foreign observers and experts have welcomed the successful unfolding of the September 8 triple elections held in Morocco, noting the integrity and transparency that marked the polls. The UK government looks forward to working with the new Moroccan government to be set up following the parliamentary and local elections […]