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Call for Brussels statue to be melted and made into memorial for Congo victims

Expert group offers two options for statue of King Léopold II that pay tribute to millions who died under his colonial rule

The Guardian - UK

Congo nears deal with Israeli billionaire to recover assets

Democratic Republic of Congo’s government announced it is nearing a deal with Dan Gertler’s Fleurette Group to take back billions of dollars worth of its mining and oil assets in the country.

Tribune News Service

Row about Congolese statue loan escalates into legal battle over NFTs

Gallery at site of revolt against colonial rule accuses US museum of stonewalling request for artefact

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‘Human Zoo' expo in Belgium's Africa museum highlights colonial past as EU/AU summit continues

Some twenty kilometers away from the 6th EU/AU summit, Belgian's Africa Museum is showing the Human Zoo exhibition, which revives the forgotten history of colonial powers and their practice of creating displays of human beings in live 'exhibits'.

Radio France Internationale

OPEC Head Sees 'No Immediate Solution' to High Oil Prices

There is no "immediate solution" to high oil prices, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said on Wednesday. The oil-producing countries' capacity to increase crude supply is curtailed by a lack of investment in the industry, said Itoua, who is also Congo’s minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Machete-wielding attackers kill 15 in eastern Congo, local chief says

Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in an early morning raid on a village in Congo's eastern Ituri province, according to local authorities.

Reuters

WFP vows cooperation for Italy investigation of Congo deaths

The World Food Program is pledging continued cooperation with Rome prosecutors after they indicated they would seek indictments against two U.N. employees in connection with the 2021 killing of the Italian ambassador to Congo and two others

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Uganda slams UN court's Congo ruling as 'undue interference'

Uganda has slammed as “undue interference” the International Court of Justice’s ruling that it must pay $325 million to Congo over violence in the late 1990s

The Independent UK

Uganda says ICJ ruling awarding DR Congo $325 million in reparations unfair and wrong

Uganda said on Thursday it considered as unfair and wrong an International Court of Justice ruling asking it to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province.

Reuters

UN court orders Uganda to pay Congo $325M for violence

The International Court of Justice has ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to its neighbor Congo for violence in a long-running conflict between the African neighbors that began in the late 1990s

The Independent UK

World Court set to rule on Congolese claim of over $11 billion from Uganda

The International Court of Justice will decide on Wednesday if Uganda should pay over $11 billion in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province.

Reuters

US and Russia clash over use and impact of UN sanctions

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the U.N. Security Council over the usefulness and impact of U.N. sanctions, currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and their affiliates and supporters

The Independent UK

Demonstrators protest killing of Congolese refugee in Brazil

Demonstrators gathered on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other Brazilian cities to protest the killing of a 24-year-old Congolese refugee who was beaten to death on Jan. 24, and which sparked outrage and revulsion across the nation

The Independent UK

‘A George Floyd every 23 minutes’: fury at refugee’s brutal murder at Rio beach

Thousands expected at Saturday demonstration as killing of young Congolese lays bare racial fault lines in Brazilian society

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Islamist militia frees about 20 prisoners in eastern Congo

Members of an Islamist militia freed about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a local chief and the head of a local humanitarian group said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Dozens sentenced to death over murders of U.N. experts in Congo

About 50 people were sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in connection with the murders of U.N. experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp in 2017, a defence lawyer in the case said.

The Independent UK

Thousands displaced in Congo's east amid rebel, army clashes

Thousands of people in Congo have been displaced after they fled ongoing clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters this week

The Independent UK

Rwanda to reopen Uganda border after three-year standoff

Rwanda’s government says the border will officially reopen Monday

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Suspected Islamists kill at least 12 in eastern Congo attacks on villages

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, two local human rights groups said on Wednesday.

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