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Watch: Pope Francis addresses crowd of Congolese youth at Kinhasa stadium

Pope Francis addressed a crowd of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo today, 2 February, during his three-day visit to the country.

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How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

WEKU

In Congo, activists look to Pope to boost forest protections

Local climate activists in Congo are hoping Pope Francis’ visit will help spur action to protect the country’s rainforest from oil and gas interests

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As Pope Francis visits Congo, LGBT+ activists cheer for perceived ally

LGBT+ activists in Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating the arrival of Pope Francis, whose recent push for the decriminalisation of same-sex relations has given them hope of greater acceptance of their community across Africa.

Reuters

1 million flock to pope's Congo Mass on day of forgiveness

An estimated 1 million joyous Congolese have poured into the capital’s main airport for Pope Francis’ first big Mass in Africa

The Independent UK

Pope hears harrowing tales of Congo violence and says: 'Enough!'

Pope Francis heard harrowing accounts from victims of conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, including rape, amputation, forced cannibalism and sexual slavery, and he condemned the atrocities as war crimes.

Reuters

UN found no managerial misconduct at WHO in Congo sex scandal

A U.N. investigation into the World Health Organization's managerial mishandling of a sex scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo found that allegations against senior staff were "unsubstantiated," the health agency chief said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Pope slams foreign plundering of Africa as he arrives in DR Congo

The 86-year-old Francis says a ‘forgotten genocide’ is under way in DRC as he begins his trip to two African nations.

Al Jazeera

Black history just won’t stay buried

The horrors of the Congo long outlived Belgian domination.

Chicago Sun-Times

What is driving the violence in eastern Congo?

A focus of Pope Francis' visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo is a meeting on Wednesday with around 60 victims of the decades of violence in the east of the country who have made the cross-country journey to see him.

Reuters

‘Moment of joy’ as Pope Francis arrives in war-torn DR Congo

Pope Francis landed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for a visit that will highlight the human cost of decades of conflict in the vast central African country, which is rich in minerals but where millions are displaced and live in poverty.

France 24

Watch: Pope Francis makes first papal visit to DRC in 37 years

Watch as Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a three-day stay in the capital Kinshasa.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis to bring message of peace to DR Congo and South Sudan

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, followed by a trip to South Sudan. He will be delivering a message of "peace and reconciliation" to two sub-Saharan African nations plagued by conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Pope's Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church's future

Pope Francis is starting a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan where he'll bring a message of peace to countries riven by poverty and conflict

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Pope Francis to spotlight conflicts ‘world has tired of’ on trip to DR Congo, South Sudan

Pope Francis arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, two fragile African nations where protracted conflicts have displaced millions of civilians, sowing death, hunger and despair.

Reuters

'Hands off Africa,' Pope Francis tells rich world

Pope Francis denounced the "poison of greed" driving conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, saying the rich world had to realise that people were more precious than the minerals in the earth beneath them.

Reuters

Part of stage built for pope collapses in Democratic Republic of Congo

A canopy overhanging a stage built for Pope Francis in a Kinshasa stadium collapsed overnight during a heavy storm, Congo authorities said on Monday, three days before he is due to appear there for a public event.

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Survivors of conflict to meet Pope Francis in Congo

Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan next week comes amid soaring insecurity in both war-torn countries, as desperate populations say they want his visit to quell the endless violence and bring stability and attention to two of the world’s most neglected crises

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Pope Francis to visit two fragile African nations: DR Congo and South Sudan

Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where protracted conflicts have left millions of refugees and displaced people grappling with hunger.

Reuters

Congo revivalist churches draw in Catholics

Congolese event organiser Deo Malela was born to Roman Catholic parents and identifies as such.

The Independent UK

‘He’s close to us’: Wheelchair users in Africa await pope

When Pope Francis arrives in Congo and South Sudan next week, thousands of people will take special note of a gesture more grounded than the sign of the cross

Al Jazeera

M23 rebels take control of Kitshanga in eastern DR Congo

The rebels seize the strategic town after days of fierce fighting, drawing condemnation from the UN.

Financial Times

The 60-year, 4,000-mile journey home of Lumumba’s tooth

Decades after his murder, the tooth of the former Congolese leader turned up in Belgium. This is the story of its return

Reuters

U.N. condemns M23 rebel offensive on Congo town, hundreds flee

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday condemned an offensive by M23 rebels in the east of the country that forced 450 people, including women and children, to seek refuge around its base in Kitshanga town.

Reuters

Factbox-Pope Francis heads to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan

Pope Francis next week heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, two countries grappling with conflict and profound poverty, in what will be his third visit to sub-Saharan Africa since he became pope in 2013.

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