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DR Congo: Following Attempted Prison Break Deaths And Sexual Violence Must Be Investigated

By Human Rights Watch Photos: YouTube Screenshots (Kinshasa) – Democratic Republic of Congo authorities should promptly and impartially investigate and provide a transparent, credible account ...

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Kabila ally to quit as DR Congo PM as parliament rallies behind Tshisekedi

President Tshisekedi. The power shift in the DR Congo parliament marks a step forward in President Felix Tshisekedi’s bid to wrest the levers of power ...

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Paul Kagame and His House Negro, Félix Tshisikedi

“The market analyst predicted a complete geostrategic restructuring in central Africa, with Rwandan Tutsis, an ethnic group that had faced existential threats for decades, ...

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SIX YEARS SINCE INGABIRE ARREST, 20 SINCE DRC INVASION

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame   October 14th marked the sixth anniversary of Rwandan political prisoner Victoire Ingabire’s arrest, and ...

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INDIGENOUS CONGOLESE MASSACRED IN BENI TERRITORY

Burial of one of the victims in Beni Territory, North Kivu Province, DR Congo.  Beni Territory sits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ...

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HOPES OF ‘AFRICA RISING’ BESET BY GLOBAL DOWNTURNS

Dec. 28 (GIN) –This was the year African economies were poised to rise and invest some of their new-found capital in jobs and infrastructure. ...

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BURUNDI: US SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS TESTIMONY

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, told the Senators that she had read the UNHCR reports on Rwandan government conscription ...

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OBAMA SINGLES OUT BURUNDI, AMIDST AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION STRUGGLES

US President Barack Obama and Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Presidential succession struggles continue in many nations on the African continent, including the vastly resource ...

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The Beginning of the End for Kagame?

Paul Kagame If the U.K. is not safe for a war criminal, then where in the West is? On June 22, 2015, it was ...