The United Arab Emirates signed a $1.9-billion deal with a state mining company in DR Congo to develop at least four mines in the African country's turbulent east, the Congolese presidency said Monday. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi's office stated on Monday evening that an Emirati government delegation had signed a partnership worth $1.9 billion with Societe Aurifere du Kivu et …
Madres de Primera Linea put their own bodies between police and protesters to prevent escalations of violence in Bogota. In an interview with The New York Times, Colombian President Ivan Duque said he did not consider police violence to be a “systemic” issue, although he did admit abuses of force by some officers. Back in Bogota, Natalia Torres, a 26-year-old …
