Read Human Rights Watch’s assessment of the December 2023 elections and review their recommendations for a path forward.  The article states, “Tshisekedi’s administration should make civilian protection and accountability for rights abuses a priority and take concrete steps to protect people’s fundamental rights.”

Al Jazeera begins its coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to the African continent thus: “Pope Francis has demanded that foreign powers stop plundering Africa’s natural resources for the ‘poison of their own greed’ after he landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a trip to two African nations.”