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Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...
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Belgium's DR Congo Complex: The delusion of relevance
Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...
He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...
The two countries were expected to submit a draft agreement to end the war in Congo's east Friday. The draft deal would cover ...
The mission to bring peace to eastern Congo, however, is far from accomplished. The recent past is littered with broken ...
Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a bid to strip former President Joseph Kabila of immunity so he can face trial on ...
If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, were transferred from the rebel-controlled town of Goma in eastern Congo to the capital Kinshasa, the ...
Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, Carlos Reygadas and Jeremy Strong ...
Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to ...
The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly ...