Colette Braeckman

Reporter au service International du quotidien belge le « Soir », Colette Braeckman est spécialiste de l’Afrique centrale et des Grands lacs, en particulier du Rwanda, du Burundi et de la RD Congo. Elle a écrit dix-sept ouvrages, dont Mes carnets noirs, paru en 2023 aux Éditions Weyrich.

Rwanda : The former colonizer confronts forgotten truths about the Great Lakes Colette Braeckman · 21 May The diplomatic rift between Belgium and Rwanda has unearthed old historical grievances. Among them is the accusation that the Belgian colonizers deliberately sought to separate Kigali from a part of its territory located in North Kivu. Recent studies tend to prove that this accusation is (…)
Analysis Angola-DRC. The ‘Lobito corridor’ at the heart of rivalries between China and the West Colette Braeckman · November 2024 The United States and the European Union aim to revive an old colonial route to transport minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Atlantic Ocean. Their objective: to counter China’s near monopoly on these strategic resources which it currently transports to India Ocean ports. (…)