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Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children
1 week, 4 days ago

Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 cases of an unknown illness have emerged in rural and remote Panzi in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forty-year-old Denise Kabeya lives in the Panzi area in DRC’s western Kwango province – where health authorities say most cases of the unknown disease have emerged since October. Between October 24 and December 11, there were 514 cases …

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Crime against humanity: Why has a court found Belgium guilty of kidnapping?
3 weeks ago

Crime against humanity: Why has a court found Belgium guilty of kidnapping?

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of children were forcibly taken from their families in Belgium’s African colonies because they were mixed-race. A court has ordered Belgium to pay millions of dollars in compensation to five mixed-race women who were forcibly taken from their homes in the Belgian Congo as children, under a colonial-era practice that judges said was a “crime against humanity”. “When this …

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Mpox is killing again. It didn’t have to be this way.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mpox is killing again. It didn’t have to be this way.

Politico  

That proved costly, according to public health officials, who say it’s another demonstration of why pandemic preparedness requires global cooperation. But every single one of us needs to be asking that question,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s incident manager for the global mpox response. “ has been for years now trying to donate doses to the DRC, …

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At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps
7 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps

Al Jazeera  

Congolese government, US blame Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for targeting camps where thousands are seeking refuge. At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo …

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Rwanda is no refuge for UK asylum seekers
1 year, 6 months ago

Rwanda is no refuge for UK asylum seekers

Al Jazeera  

Before opening its doors to those seeking refuge in the UK, Rwanda should tackle the issues that lead Rwandans to flee and refuse to return home. However, Rwanda itself creates thousands of refugees every year and its government is yet to guarantee a safe environment for Rwandan refugees settled across the world to return home. Unlike Rwanda’s previous governments, the …

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DR Congo says more than 270 killed in massacre by rebels
2 years ago

DR Congo says more than 270 killed in massacre by rebels

Al Jazeera  

Democratic Republic of the Congo says ‘children were killed’ in attack it blames on rebels in country’s restive east. The UN’s peacekeeping mission in the DRC denounced reports of the atrocities last week, saying they could amount to “crimes under international humanitarian law” if confirmed. The DRC army and the M23 — a predominantly Congolese Tutsi rebel group — have …

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Investigation documents murder, rape by DRC national park guards
2 years, 8 months ago

Investigation documents murder, rape by DRC national park guards

Al Jazeera  

Report says US, German-funded park guards and DRC soldiers committed atrocities in Kahuzi-Biega National Park for years. It discovered that at least 20 Batwa people were allegedly killed by “joint contingents” of park guards and Congolese soldiers in three waves of violent attacks between 2019 to 2021. “These international supporters of the park were notified repeatedly that their funding and …

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DR Congo: 223 citizens rescued from Ukraine
2 years, 9 months ago

DR Congo: 223 citizens rescued from Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Congolese evacuees were mostly students, most of them currently in France, according to the foreign minister. The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that it has evacuated at least 223 of its citizens out of Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to local media. Citizens made it home thanks to diplomatic and consular …

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The pandemic has driven thousands of Africans out of Guangzhou. A generation of mixed-race children is their legacy
3 years, 9 months ago

The pandemic has driven thousands of Africans out of Guangzhou. A generation of mixed-race children is their legacy

CNN  

CNN — When the coronavirus pandemic ground China to a near-halt in early February last year, Youssouf Dieng jetted back to Dakar for, he thought, a brief sojourn. “For the whole issue of African traders in Guangzhou, I suspect that era is over,” says Gordon Mathews, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong …

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Int’l court judges award $30M to Congolese warlord’s victims
3 years, 9 months ago

Int’l court judges award $30M to Congolese warlord’s victims

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court judges on Monday awarded $30 million in reparations to victims of crimes for which a Congolese warlord was convicted including child soldiers and victims of rape and sexual slavery. Those eligible for reparations include direct and indirect victims of “crimes against child soldiers, of rape and sexual slavery, and children born out of …

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Nobel peace laureate calls for urgent justice in Congo
4 years, 2 months ago

Nobel peace laureate calls for urgent justice in Congo

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege says an international criminal tribunal is urgently needed to prosecute mass atrocities, including widespread sexual violence, that continue to go unpunished in his country. Mukwege’s call comes 10 years after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report describing numerous violations of human rights and international …

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The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb
4 years, 4 months ago

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb

BBC  

The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb Alamy The atomic weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were developed using uranium from a mine in the Congo The Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today. “Part of the second world …

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