꼬리표: Congo
Italy investigates UN officer over death of diplomat in DR Congo
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Italian prosecutors have placed a UN officer under investigation in relation to the murder of Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was killed in February along with two other people in an at...
Playtime in the Congo: Michael Christopher Brown’s best phone picture
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수년간, Michael Christopher Brown had noticed the planes from the road leading to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma airport. From his first visit in August 2012, they drew his gaze like a magnet, abandone...
Congo Calling review – idealism and reality collide
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The history of NGOs in the global south is a complex one, riddled with palpable accomplishments as well as painful failures. Revolving around three white European humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of the...
As violence in the Congo escalates, thousands of displaced people are effectively held hostage
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In a bare and violent patch of land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 75,000 people are living in what one UN field officer described as “hellish conditions”. Food and water are scarce. Even the flimsiest shelt...
Nyiragongo volcano erupts in eastern Congo
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The Mount Nyiragongo volcano has erupted, spewing red fumes into the night sky over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma and sparking an exodus to neighbouring Rwanda. The military governor of North...
America is full of ‘democracy deserts’. Wisconsin rivals Congo on some metrics
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The United States is becoming a land filled with “democracy deserts”, where gerrymandering and voting restrictions are making voters powerless to make change. And this round of redistricting could make things even wor...