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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...
CNN2d
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
Much of the international community, including the Congolese government, has accused neighboring Rwanda of backing M23 and aiding the plunder of DRC minerals. UN experts believe that an estimated ...
International Rescue Committee2d
What's happening in DRC, and how to help
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly escalating humanitarian emergency, with civilians paying the price of escalating conflict. As violence surges in Eastern DRC, displacement is ...
The Hindu5d
Rwandan and Congolese leaders meet over eastern DRC conflict
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. The group took ...
USA Today3d
A Super Bowl performer pulled out a Palestinian-Sudanese flag. What were they protesting?
As millions watched Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday night, one performer jumped atop a car prop and unfurled a half Sudanese-half Palestinian flag before they ...
Daily Maverick4d
New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution
Mistrust between leaders and the Great Lakes region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential. Since the December 2024 meeting between ...
Radio France Internationale5d
Namibian independence leader Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
As president of the South West Africa Peoples' Organisation (Swapo), Nujoma shuttled from capital to capital seeking support for the independence cause. Swapo launched an armed struggle in 1966 ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
EWN Sport5d
Remains of 14 SANDF soldiers killed in DRC have arrived in Uganda
Members of the SANDF were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two weeks ago. They were part of a multinational Southern African Development Community (SADC) force deployed to ...
NBC News4d
Super Bowl halftime show dancer displays Palestinian, Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar performance
NEW ORLEANS — A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flag together with the words ...
Military.com1d
Flag Day
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...