https://www.scmp.com/rss/525107/feed The latest news and top stories on Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Democratic Republic of Congo’s Foreign Minister. Appointed June 2024, she signed the US-brokered peace agreement with Rwanda. A political scientist with degrees from Harvard and Fordham, she is known for her work in international development, humanitarian work and peacekeeping missions with the United Nations. She was regional program manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Meta. 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 Bochen Han Bochen Han China is ramping up its science and technology outreach to the Global South while its collaboration with the US on the same front is receding, analysts said on Tuesday at an event hosted by the Institute for China-America Studies, a Washington think tank. “China is very heavily engaging with those countries,” said Caroline Wagner of the Ohio State University, noting Beijing has signed science and technology agreements with “dozens and dozens of countries”. That development marks a “critical... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316563/china-boosts-science-tech-outreach-global-south-its-us-collaboration-dips-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316563/china-boosts-science-tech-outreach-global-south-its-us-collaboration-dips-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:44:14 +0000