It started with a most deceptive name, the Congo Free State, the name for what was a personal real estate fiefdom for Belgium’s king Leopold who retained mercenary explorers in the 19th Century ...
(SHOW MAP). HERE'S A MAP ... BEING PAID BY THE STATE OF ARIZONA. >> MICHAEL, WHAT IS YOUR F. >> MY F GOES TO THE CONGRESSMAN IN GEORGIA WHO SAID KIDS WHO GET FREE LUNCHES ARE SPONGING OFF THE ...
last year the U.S. State Department said Rwanda exported more minerals than it mined, citing a U.N. report. And just last month, Congo filed lawsuits against Apple’s subsidiaries in France and ...
which was attended by eight heads of state, including Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi joined via video link. Kinshasa has repeatedly refused to talk directly to the M23 ...
The rebels want to provoke a national discussion on widespread feelings of neglect in eastern Congo while gaining “as much territory as possible such that they can force the Congolese state to ...
Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. The entire country stood under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. These companies ...
The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... state. It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the ...
The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis, involving several neighbouring ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured ... Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on X that he spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on “the need to ensure a ceasefire and ...
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