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‘End War in Ukraine’ Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly
It's time to stop this mass destruction," said Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso this week. "It's time to stop this war."
By Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S....
Belgian PM Issues Apology for Murder of Revolutionary Lumumba
Lumumba served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) from June until September 1960. He was murdered...
En mémoire de Patrice Lumumba assassiné
par Eric Toussaint
17 janvier 1961
Ce 17 janvier 2021, nous commémorons le 60e anniversaire de l’assassinat de Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961).
Suite à une victoire éclatante aux...
Ramage avant le plumage Le Sommet parisien pour le développement de...
Par Badia Benjelloun
21 mai 2021
Le parrain et ses ouailles
La France devait organiser un sommet de la Françafric début juillet à Montpellier. Le ban et...
DR Congo: Quash Whistleblowers’ Death Sentences
March 9, 2021
(Kinshasa) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should quash the death sentences imposed in absentia on two whistleblowers who provided...
60 years on, Patrice Lumumba’s assassination stands as a gruesome reminder...
By Peter Bolton
January 17, 2021
Exactly 60 years ago today, Congolese national liberation leader Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. Those responsible were most likely troops...
Report: Mossad Chief Campaigned Trump Admin to Ease Sanctions on Israeli...
Mossad's Yossi Cohen and Israel's former U.S. envoy Ron Dermer 'spoke with top U.S. officials over many months' on Dan Gertler's case, Bloomberg reports
Mar....
In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinated on 17 January 1961
In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinated on 17 January 1961
by Eric Toussaint
17 January 2021
On 17 January 2021, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...
Malawi is Just the Beginning: How Israel Changed the Political Narrative...
The Palestinian cause was pivotal on the agenda of many African political parties in the 1970s and ‘80s. Over the last three decades, however,...
‘Belgium Should Apologize for Its Colonial Past,’ Kompany Says
20 June 2020
Photo: Twitter/ @astroehlein
Up to 15 million people were killed by the entrepreneurial activities of King Leopold II, the "sole owner" of the "Congo Free...