George Kibala Bauer

Rwanda’s troublemaking in DRC would be easy to stop Western countries let the African nation get away with fomenting conflict in its neighbour

“Western leaders seem hamstrung in managing many conflicts, but that need not be the case in DRC. There, more than 6mn people are displaced, at least a third because of the M23 conflict, but outsiders could easily make a difference.”

https://www.ft.com/content/8bae4ecd-9fd8-48c6-824c-41b929b640d7

Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Sunday

#GOMA "Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Sunday"

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

No, South Korea Was Not Poorer Than Kenya in 1960 With A Personal Coda

“No, South Korea Was Not Poorer Than Kenya in 1960” https://www.global-developments.org/p/no-south-korea-was-not-poorer-than

Contrary to the Pollution Haven hypothesis, air quality did not deteriorate in Vietnamese cities where urban economic growth has been most rapid. How did Vietnam decouple growth from environmental degradation?
https://voxdev.org/topic/trade/trade-and-environment-how-vietnam-gained-us-china-trade-war

2024: Year in Review African countries weathered ongoing fiscal squeeze better than expected, with emerging shoots of economic recovery. Electoral jamboree delivered mixed results, while weak state capacity endures.

2024: Year in Review via @kopalo.bsky.social
www.africanistperspective.com/p/2024-year-...