Peace efforts must acknowledge the deeply political nature of the eastern DRC crisis, including the fallout from the collapsed power-sharing deal between Joseph Kabila and Félix Tshisekedi.

On a quiet morning, inside a sunlit classroom at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, a group of Chinese teachers was reciting Kiswahili greetings.

Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways establish strategic agreement, introducing a third daily flight between Doha and Nairobi. • Part of wider Qatari initiatives that includes a 60% stake in RwandAir and ...