Crime and political thrillers that feel uncomfortably real.

Les richesses minières du Congo alimentent une guerre de l’ombre impliquant Kagame, le M23 et Washington, entre drones, ressources et luttes de pouvoir.

Congolese have every reason to celebrate. For too long, neighbors with better access in Washington helped themselves to Congo’s wealth. A direct relationship with the United States could protect the country from outside interference and bring real investment.

It comes from the memory of Patrick Karegeya, a former Rwandan intelligence chief who became a critic of his own government. In 2014, he was found murdered in a luxury hotel room in Johannesburg. He had checked in like any other guest. He was not hiding in a war zone. He was in a five-star hotel.

He did not fly around the continent shaking hands like a diplomat. Epstein preferred shadows. Quiet hotel rooms. Private dinners. Emails sent late at night. He was the kind of man who opened doors for powerful people and then slipped quietly into the room behind them. Most of the time he was not acting like a banker. He was acting like a fixer. A broker of influence. The man who knew another man who knew another man.

The General sat alone in his private office, the air thick with the scent of old Waragi and power. His tongue, still rough from last night’s drinking, ran absent-mindedly over his upper teeth. The texture was…unpleasant. Sticky, like something had died in his mouth overnight. It took him a moment to realize that, yet again, he had skipped brushing his teeth. It had become a habit. He told himself it was because he was too busy running a country and, more recently, hunti