1 December 2025

Welcome Reconciliation Month and Sobukwe and Mandela Week.

1. DR Kongo- Rwanda- M23

Congo, Rwanda leaders set to sign peace agreement amid M23 tensions

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will travel to the United States this week to sign a final peace agreement with his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern Congo. 

The deal, the result of months of diplomacy led by US President Donald Trump, comes amid ongoing tension over Rwanda’s alleged support for the M23 rebel group.

1. Guinea–Bissau- ECOWAS

ECOWAS expels Guinea-Bissau after army general seizes power

West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS suspended Guinea-Bissau's membership hours after an army general was sworn in as the country's president.

The decision was reached at a virtual session of ECOWAS’ Mediation and Security Council (MSC), chaired by Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio.

The meeting included leaders from Cabo Verde, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Benin, among others.

It condemned the army takeover as an 'illegal abortion of the democratic process', seeking to subvert popular will.

1. Mozambique – South Africa 

President Cyril Ramaphosa undertakes a working visit to the Republic of Mozambique tomorrow until Wednesday. 

South Africa to strengthen relations with Mozambique at Fourth Bi-National Commission.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will, at the invitation of His Excellency President Daniel Fransisco Chapo, embark on a working visit to the Republic of Mozambique from 02 - 03 December 2025 for the 4th South Africa - Mozambique Bi-National Commission.  

South Africa and Mozambique have strategic and fraternal relations developed during the fight against colonialism and apartheid.

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day, 1 December 1987, when the late Mzee Julius Nyerere, chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), addressed the ANC in Arusha

Julius Nyerere, president of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), a party that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending the African National Congress (ANC) conference in the Tanzanian city of Arusha. Notably, Arusha is the city where Nyerere issued the Arusha Declaration in 1967, which inaugurated the Ujamaa Movement.

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