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Congo tests boundaries of democracy, climate action during Blinken visit

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday was hoping to showcase the potential for democracy and climate action here in one of Africa’s largest countries. But backsliding reality got in the way.

Los Angeles Times

US and DRC to work together on protection of rainforest and peatlands

Antony Blinken announces formal working group during Kinshasa visit, while voicing concerns over auction of oil and gas permits

The Guardian - UK

Ahead of Rwanda visit, Blinken says US 'concerned' by reports of Rwandan support for DRC rebels

On the eve of his visit to Rwanda on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his country is “concerned” by “credible” reports that Rwanda is supporting rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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‘We like the sound of PVC tubing’: Fulu Miziki, the band who make music out of trash

The ‘Afrofuturist’ collective, who make their instruments out of what they find in Kinshasa’s dumps, play Womad this weekend

The Guardian - UK

Oil block auction in DRC punctures Africa's climate goals

Sections of a renowned peatland tropical forest in the Congo Basin that plays a crucial role in Africa’s climate system go up for oil and gas auction in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday

The Independent UK

Belgium is reviewing its colonial past in the DRC: it's a sensitive but necessary process

The year 2022 is shaping up to be a critical period for the troubled relationship between Kinshasa and Brussels.

The Conversation

Remains of DR Congo's independence hero buried at home

The remains of Congolese icon Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister, are laid to rest in Kinshasa. Belgium returned a tooth belonging to the murdered independence hero earlier this month. Also, African ministers of education were in Paris on Thursday for a UNESCO summit on tackling the devastating effect…

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Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains

The family of Democratic Republic of Congo's murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.

Reuters

Remains of Congo's independence hero interred amid honors

The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday

The Independent UK

Rwandans fear leaving their homes in Congo as anger grows over rebel attacks

Life in Kinshasa was going well for Zawadi, a mother of two from Rwanda, until faraway fighting stoked Congolese anger against her country and videos of men with machetes prowling the city streets in search of Rwandans surfaced on social media.

Reuters

Remains of independence hero Patrice Lumumba returned to Congo

The remains of the first post-independence Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba arrived Wednesday in the Democratic Republic Congo, more than six decades after his assassination. The remains will go on tour around the country, before being laid to rest in the capital, Kinshasa, next week.

Radio France Internationale

East Africa leaders agree regional force to quell DR Congo crisis

The decision comes as fighting escalates in DRC’s northeast, with Kinshasa claiming Rwanda is backing the M23 rebels.

Al Jazeera

DR Congo welcomes deployment of regional force to fight rebels

Kinshasa says it will not accept the participation of Rwandan troops in any regional force to fight the M23 rebels.

Al Jazeera

How Patrice Lumumba's assassination drove student activism, shaping the Congo's future

During a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), King Philippe of Belgium made a speech to the national parliament in Kinshasa expressing his “deepest regrets” for the exploitation and oppression of Belgian colonialism.

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Radio France Internationale

Belgium's King Philippe begins historic six-day visit to DRC

Belgium’s King Philippe has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for an historic visit to the central African country that his ancestor once brutally ruled.

Radio France Internationale

Anti-Rwanda protesters in DRC denounce alleged support for M23 rebels

Hundreds of people took to the streets in two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week to protest neighbouring Rwanda's alleged meddling in the country's affairs.

Radio France Internationale

Protest against Rwanda in DRCongo capital draws hundreds

A recent upswing in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by rebel group M23 brought out hundreds on the streets of Kinshasa, the capital, on Monday. The protesters blame Rwanda over its alleged support for the rebels, calling for the Rwandan ambassador to be expelled.

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PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.

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Al Jazeera

Rwanda says soldiers kidnapped by rebels in DR Congo

Kigali says two soldiers held captive by FDLR rebels, accuses Kinshasa of backing the armed group.

France 24

Tragedy strikes Senegalese hospital as fire leads to infant deaths

A fire has left 11 babies dead in a hospital in the west of Senegal. The tragedy has been blamed on an electrical short circuit, as our correspondent reports. We also take a look at ongoing fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 militia near the Rwandan border. It's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Intensifies Arab, European Efforts to Resolve Water, GERD Issues

Egypt has intensified regional and international efforts to secure water needs as Ethiopia is expected to start the third phase of filling the Renaissance Dam’s reservoir during the rainy season in July. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is set to be the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa but has…

France 24

DR Congo announces plans to cracks down on illegal construction

In this edition: Congolese authorities say they'll clamp down on shoddy construction after an accident in Kinshasa in February in which 26 people were killed. Also, a top Nigerian model agency launches a search for the face of a continent. And we head into the deep blue with South African…

The Independent UK

African forests ‘emptied of wildlife’ as 10,000 wild meat dishes served in city restaurants daily

Illegal hunting hastening extinctions as customers demand flesh of monkeys, antelopes and porcupines

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Qualify for 2022 World Cup Finals

Azzedine Ounahi scored twice as Morocco trounced the Democratic Republic of Congo 4-1 in Casablanca on Tuesday to reach the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. Tarik Tissoudali and Paris Saint-Germain full-back Achraf Hakimi also netted for the Atlas Lions, who qualified 5-2 on aggregate after the first leg finished…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Snatch Equalizer to Take Advantage in World Cup Playoff

Substitute Tarik Tissoudali scored minutes after coming on to earn Morocco a 1-1 draw away against the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Kinshasa. Tissoudali fired home in the 76th minute at the end of a counter attack in a rare foray…

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