Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, the Catholic archbishop of Kinshasa, has emerged as the lone leader speaking out against the abusive presidency of President Joseph Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) violently repressed a largely Catholic Church-organized protest against President Joseph Kabila Sunday, killing at least six, including a 16-year-old girl.
To the surprise of United Nations officials, and with very little elaboration, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accused the U.N. of “preserving terrorism in the Democratic Republic of Congo” on Wednesday.
In a news cycle full of poverty, war, political intrigue, and all the usual torment, America’s media have wasted valuable time this week debating the value of President Donald Trump’s use of a bad word.
Politicians of all stripes and world leaders from around the globe are rushing to condemn President Donald Trump for his alleged reference to “shithole countries,” made during a negotiation with Democrats in the Oval Office on Thursday.
Contents: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad targets civilians and hospitals in never-ending war of extermination; Russia’s ‘de-escalation zones’ turn into total farce
Contents: United Nations stunned as peacekeepers are massacred in DR Congo; Violence continues to spread in countries across Africa; Generational analysis of the rise in armed conflicts in Africa
Contents: Climate change superstars Germany and Norway humiliated at climate change conference; African leaders once again furious that they won’t get a climate change bonanza; The flaws in the climate change story
Contents: Democratic Republic of Congo issues farcical call for elections in December 2018; Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe sacks the VP so that his wife can succeed him
Contents: DR Congo’s Joseph Kabila brings the art of power and corruption to new heights; Global Witness report finds most DRC mining revenue is wasted in corruption
Contents: Eritrean government laughably uses Orthodox Christian Patriarch as show prop; Eritrea’s Christian crackdown centers on Medhane Alem Orthodox Church; The violence of generational Awakening eras
Contents: DRC’s president Kabila refusal to step down threatens African stability; Catholic Church report documents massive government atrocities in DRC’s Kasai region; Brief generational history of DRC’s Kasai region
Contents: Christian vs Muslim violence continues to spread across Central African Republic; CAR refugees threaten to spread Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
Contents: The Gambia’s president prepares for war with Senegal on January 19; Congo’s president Joseph Kabila refuses to step down after losing election
Refugees are entering the city of Knoxville, Tennessee at an historic rate, with over 230 being resettled in the region and another 245 expected to arrive in 2017.
“An 8-year-old refugee from Congo died Tuesday after landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport,” the local CBS affiliate reports.
As violence continues unabated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pope Francis met with President Joseph Kabila Monday, sending what observers describe as unspoken yet clear messages of disapproval for the leader’s handling of internal problems.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared an epidemic of yellow fever, affecting the densely populated capital Kinshasa and infecting a suspected thousand residents nationwide.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has found Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, guilty of war crimes.
Warner Bros. has released the latest trailer for its Tarzan remake The Legend of Tarzan.
Ben Affleck sent an email to Hillary Clinton’s private email server during her tenure at the State Department, an email released on Friday by the agency revealed.
Contents: New York’s Obamacare Co-op collapses, the fourth so far this year; Copper’s crashing prices cause devastating economic ripples around the world; China’s ‘climate change’ promise may already be in trouble
The other Clinton scandal is back in the news, courtesy of a report from ABC, which picked up some State Department emails that “shed light on Bill Clinton’s lucrative speaking engagements and show he and the Clinton Foundation tried to get approval for invitations related to two of the most repressive countries in the world – North Korea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
Britain has wasted a fortune on funding schemes for foreign police forces that have increased crime, corruption and political repression. Over the past four years, Diana Good, who was appointed to scrutinise Britain’s foreign aid funding, found numerous examples of
Is there a better way to end a social media blackout than by tweeting John Kerry?
The violence in the Central African Republic has Muslims seeking shelter in Congo in the past months, prompting the Congo government to ban women from wearing full-face veils in public.
20,000 refugees flee violence in Burundi, fearing Hutu-Tutsi war; Generational history of Hutu and Tutsi tribes
Central African Republic ‘peace deal’ collapses instantly as slaughter continues; Nigeria’s Boko Haram attacks towns in Niger, as war expands into region; Houthis complete takeover coup in Yemen
