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U.S. Pushes Congo and Rwanda to Sign Ukraine-Style Mineral Deals

Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa policy, told Reuters on Thursday that the administration wants the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to sign a peace treaty with each other — and then sign Ukraine-style minerals deals with the United States.

Senior American Advisor Massad Boulos gestures during a press conference at the U.S. Embas

India Sends Army Chief to Kashmir as Tensions Rise with Pakistan

Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, four-star general of the Indian army, arrived in Kashmir on Friday to assess the security situation after Tuesday’s deadly terrorist attack. India has accused Pakistan of facilitating the attack, moving the two nuclear-armed nations to the brink of conflict.

Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death

Rwanda Marks 31 Years Since Genocide

The United Nations marked Monday, April 7 as the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which a million men, women, and children from the Tutsi tribe were slaughtered, along with members of the rival Hutu tribe who spoke out against the bloodbath. 

People light candles during a night vigil at Nyanza Genocide Memorial Center as part of th

Kenyan Police Take Casualties Fighting Gangs in Haiti

Two Kenyan police officers were seriously injured in battles with Haitian street gangs this week, while an officer who went missing last week has reportedly been killed – the second fatality in Kenya’s peacekeeping deployment to gang-ravaged Haiti.

Kenyan police officers arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Pri

China Jails over 1,500 in Six-Year Crackdown on Dissent

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.

Activists tear a caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest near the Chin

U.N. Judge Accused of Tricking Young Woman into Slavery

Ugandan High Court Judge Lydia Mugambe, who sits on a United Nations criminal tribunal, made her first appearance in British court on Thursday to face charges of tricking a young Ugandan woman into serving as her slave while she studied at Oxford.

Lydia Mugambe