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Mobutu with then U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger

Western Orwellian Hypocrisy: Preaching Freedom While Destroying Democracy In Africa

Dictator Mobutu—installed and maintained over Congo by the West shown with U.S. Secretary of Defense Weinberger. His African successors are Uganda’s Museveni and Cameroon’s ...

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Ugandan Individuals Who Committed the Crimes Must Bear Liability for $10 Billion Congo Reparations

Harold Acemah. [Aluta Continua] On Tuesday, April 20, the International Court of Justice based at The Hague, Netherlands, reopened a 14-year old embarrassing case ...

Congo's independence hero

Patrice Lumumba’s Homecoming: Belgium to Return Tooth of Murdered African Hero

Patrice Lumumba. Wikimedia Commons. [Commentary] Patrice Emery Lumumba’s remains—his teeth—are to be returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo, an event that draws memories ...

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Why Moderation In Defense of Liberty Is No Virtue—Malcolm X

Malcolm X. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Herman Hiller [From The Archives] The following essay is excerpted from Malcolm X’s presentation at the Oxford Union Debate on ...

Patrice Lumumba Tooth

Judge Rules Belgium Must Return Patrice Lumumba’s Tooth to Congo

[Patrice Lumumba Tooth] The Guardian: “The tooth had been seized from a Belgian policeman who admitted taking it while helping to dispose of Lumumba’s ...

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Congo Turns 60: Why Belgium Owes Formal Unequivocal Apology And Reparations

 King Phillippe. Photo: World Trade Organization/Wikimedia Commons   This year marks the 60th anniversary of independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo.   Those ...

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NY FILM FORUM WILL SHOW ‘SYSTEM K’ ON CONGO’S DYNAMIC STREET ART STARTING JANUARY 8

[NY Film Forum\ Renaud Barret’s SYSTEM K] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter on SYSTEM K: “(An) eye-opening and eye-popping exposé. Tracks an emerging ...

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Op-Ed: The Miracle Opinion Poll and the 2018 Congo Presidential Elections

Miracle polls. Only top three candidates have been shown by The Black Star News from a total of nine. [Op-Ed] Written January 10, 2019 ...

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Plundered African Artifacts: France To Do The Right Thing, Will Britain Return Arts And Remains of Kidnapped Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu?

  British Prime Minister Theresa May, what about African plunder and remains of kidnapped prince? Photo: wikimedia commons.   France has done the right ...

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World Cup: Belgium Packs Its Penalty Box, Then Counter-attacks to Knock Brazil Out 2 – 1

Belgium exults. Photo: Facebook When goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved a sensational spinning shot by Neymar, pushing the ball over the crossbar in the 94th ...