Democratic Republic of Congo - Page 3

Contents: DR Congo’s corrupt leader, Joseph Kabila, seeks to cash in on rise in cobalt prices; Tanganyika province in DR Congo faces a humanitarian disaster of ‘extraordinary proportions’; Thousands of children work as cobalt miners in DR Congo

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.

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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: 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

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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.

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.

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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

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