Great Lakes & DRC

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (350+ words) An American security alert warning of reported violence and looting in central Durban has left locals confused over whether the US Consulate General described a real threat or pressed the panic button before the facts were clear. The alert, issued…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (459+ words) Latest meeting comes as regional and continental efforts continue to find lasting peace in eastern DRC. President Paul Kagame meets with a delegation of members of the African Union Panel of Facilitators for the peace process in eastern DRC, October…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago   (183+ words) An African Union delegation of former leaders met Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and AFC/M23 representatives as it sought to advance peace efforts in eastern DR Congo. The envoys urged the parties to honor the Doha ceasefire and cooperate with monitoring…...

20+ hour, 36+ min ago   (247+ words) Oct 7 (Reuters) - An African Union delegation that met Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo has called for continued engagementin the peace process, as fighting continues despite ongoing mediation efforts. • The delegation, which includes three former presidents, Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopia's Sahle-Work…...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (498+ words) October 7, 2026 Hour: 2:33 pm On Wednesday, a delegation of African Union (AU) mediators met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and with representatives of the Congolese rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) to address the peace process in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…...

1+ day, 1+ min ago   (286+ words) | The New Times The New Times Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe on Tuesday, October 6, received former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, a member of the African Union Panel of Facilitators for the peace process in eastern DR…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (830+ words) March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma accused Home Affairs of failing to distinguish genuine refugees from economic migrants, while SA First Forum leader Xolani Zuma condemned what he called the government’s handling of the refugee crisis. Thousands of asylum seekers…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (750+ words) https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/ Anti-immigrant vigilantes armed with sticks and knobkerries harassed asylum seekers outside the Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre in Durban on Tuesday, attempting to forcefully block access to the facility. The confrontation occurred just one day after the Department of…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (218+ words) October 7, 2026 at 10:23 am Sudanese families, numbering around 22,000 people, struggle to survive under conditions where even basic needs are met with great difficulty at Al-Affad Refugee Camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan on January 13, 2026. [Muhammed Emin Canik – Anadolu Agency] Nela Riehl, Chair of…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1779+ words) Last month, on 3 September, March and March supporters converged on an encampment of displaced immigrants at Che Guevara Road in Durban in a ‘clean-up’ operation. But, in their own words, the people displaced there had been driven from their homes…...