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For nearly three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been trapped in a cycle of local feuds, civil wars and cross-border violence. Several reasons have been fronted for the persistence of conflict in Africa’s largest country. A 2004 massacre of over 160 Congolese refugees in Burundi may offer a window into the drivers of past and current Congolese wars. Christopher P. Davey argues that it illustrates how violence in the Congo multiplies across
borders, blurs the lines between victim and perpetrator, and is used to win a place in government rather than to overthrow it.
Kenya’s fraught relationship with the International Criminal Court in The Hague took a fresh turn last week following the death of lawyer Paul Gicheru in his home in Nairobi. Gicheru was awaiting the outcome of the ICC’s verdict in his case. He stood accused of interfering with witnesses in the case involving President William Ruto. As Tonny Raymond Kirabira explains, Gicheru’s death raises concerns about the ICC’s future engagement with Kenya.
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Christopher P. Davey, Clark University
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is used to win a place in government, not to overthrow it. And it keeps working.
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Tonny Raymond Kirabira, University of Portsmouth
The ICC can still reopen cases against President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta if it lands solid evidence.
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Allaina Kilby, Swansea University
Africa’s most famous funnyman and TV star, the South African stand-up comedian and author Trevor Noah, is leaving his job as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show in the US. Noah, who hosted the…
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Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Ebola is a highly transmissible disease but its spread can be prevented through behavioural measures.
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Zeblon Vilakazi, University of the Witwatersrand
Various innovations after the past century have improved the world for many - but there’s still much more for universities to do.
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Simon D Angus, Monash University
The greatest marathoner of our time just broke his own world record. Is an official marathon run in less than two hours any closer?
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Precious Chatterje-Doody, The Open University
Russia has annexed four Ukrainian regions, saying they have always been part of the ‘motherland’. But Moscow’s territorial claim is as flimsy as the excuse it used to start the war
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Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
A quick look back at the history books might have deterred the prime minister from her extreme actions.
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Tom Jackson, Loughborough University; Ian R. Hodgkinson, Loughborough University
Vast amounts of digital data is stored on computer servers and never used.
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