https://www.scmp.com/rss/519154/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, in the biggest escalation in months of the long-running war, sources said on Wednesday. Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, has served as the headquarters of the Kinshasa-appointed government in South Kivu province and its regional military base since the provincial capital, Bukavu, fell to M23 in February. Control of Uvira could open the way for the rebels to advance... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3335966/rwanda-backed-rebels-enter-strategic-dr-congo-town-trump-peace-deal-crumbles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3335966/rwanda-backed-rebels-enter-strategic-dr-congo-town-trump-peace-deal-crumbles?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:45:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A just-signed agreement aimed at ending the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo looked to be unravelling on Monday with the Congolese leader and Burundi slamming neighbouring Rwanda after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group attacked border areas. DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi accused Rwanda of “violating” the accord - signed only last Thursday in Washington at the urging of US President Donald Trump - as the M23 made a rapid advance to threaten the city of Uvira near the border with... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3335705/miracle-africa-peace-deal-signed-trumps-urging-already-unravelling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3335705/miracle-africa-peace-deal-signed-trumps-urging-already-unravelling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:34:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety. The pause applies to people from 19 countries that were already subjected to a partial travel ban in June, placing further restrictions on immigration – a core feature of US President Donald Trump’s political platform. The list of countries includes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334983/us-pauses-all-immigration-applications-19-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334983/us-pauses-all-immigration-applications-19-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:16:14 +0000 Tom Hussain Tom Hussain Global gas giant Qatar has pledged to invest US$103 billion in Africa in the coming years, joining Gulf neighbours the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as the continent’s biggest financiers amid waning interest from the West and China. Six sub-Saharan African countries are set to benefit from agreements signed during the second half of last month with Al-Mansour Holdings, a conglomerate owned by a branch of Qatar’s ruling al-Thani dynasty. Key critical metals producer the Democratic... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3324228/qatar-joins-gulf-surge-us103-billion-african-nations-wests-interest-wanes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3324228/qatar-joins-gulf-surge-us103-billion-african-nations-wests-interest-wanes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and reviving a divisive measure from his first term. The move was expected to disrupt refugee pathways and further restrict immigration as the Trump administration expands its crackdown on illegal entries. Many of the nations covered by the restrictions have adversarial relations with the United States, such as Iran... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313605/trumps-new-travel-ban-takes-effect-citizens-12-nations-barred-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3313605/trumps-new-travel-ban-takes-effect-citizens-12-nations-barred-us?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2025 04:53:29 +0000 Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region’s connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last week, a consortium of Chinese companies won a US$2.15 billion deal to build a railway line linking Tanzania’s main port of Dar es Salaam with Burundi’s nickel mines. It was the third contract of its kind to be awarded to firms from China and will take 72 months to deliver, including a 12-month... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3297451/africas-expanding-rail-links-benefit-chinese-contractors-and-mineral-needs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3297451/africas-expanding-rail-links-benefit-chinese-contractors-and-mineral-needs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:00:09 +0000 “I felt very sick and scared, I couldn’t even walk any more,” said mpox patient Samuel Nduwimana in Burundi’s economic capital Bujumbura, one of around 170 confirmed cases in the small African country. Talking to journalists from an isolation ward in the city’s King Khaled Teaching Hospital, Nduwimana’s face and upper body are scattered with painful-looking marks. “I started to lose my appetite, I had a fever and I felt a small pimple on my genitals that hurt a lot,” he said, describing the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3275778/burundi-treats-sick-and-scared-mpox-patients-amid-rising-cases-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3275778/burundi-treats-sick-and-scared-mpox-patients-amid-rising-cases-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:36:17 +0000