The DRC will be federal, or will not be

Posted by Editor | Apr 06, 2026 | POLITICS & GOVERNANCE, DEBATES & IDEAS, DEBATES & IDEAS, DIPLOMACY, GEOPOLITICS, POLITICS & GOVERNANCE |

For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been a giant trying to walk in shoes three sizes too small. As we move deeper into 2026, the laces are snapping. The “Grand Debate” that has haunted Congolese politics since the days of Lumumba and Kasavubu has returned with force: Should the DRC become a federal state, or is it destined for terminal fragmentation?
The thesis is as bold as it is polarizing, in other words: Is the DRC Too Big to Stay Centralized?

Special Report: The Economics of Extinction in the Kivus, DRC

Posted by Claude R. Ndahiriwe | Jan 11, 2026 | DIPLOMACY, POLITICS & GOVERNANCE, SECURITY |

In the mist-covered hills of Eastern Congo, a systematic machine killing and looting is at work since 2 generations. It is an industry that converts cattle into cash, villages into ash, and human beings into ghosts—all under the watch of a Congo failed state, “civilized NGOs” and UN Operations. And why is MONUSCO in RDC?

Tanzania’s Unrest: From Nyerere’s Dream to Today’s Crisis

Posted by CyrusClaude | Nov 08, 2025 | POLITICS & GOVERNANCE, DIPLOMACY, Uncategorized, SECURITY |

Dar es Salaam, November 2025. Smoke rises above the skyline as protesters clash with police. Tear gas drifts through the streets, gunfire echoes in crowded neighborhoods, and the ruling party’s banners hang limp in the chaos. Tanzania, once praised as East Africa’s most stable democracy, is now convulsed by its worst political crisis in years.