#Congo and #Sudan are also going through genocides right now. Over 4.3 million people are displaced in Sudan, battling #starvation and #diseases. Congo is suffering with no shelter, food, water and many being assaulted, over 6 million have been killed since the 90s with over 7 million #displaced.
An attempted coup against the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo was put down. It’s too early to say if they’ll follow the American model of punishing some of the foot soldiers and leaving the organizers in place to try again.
You buy one fucking PC from best buy years ago and they don't fucking stop emailing you
And you know why I don't spam/block their asses?
Just in case I have to buy some other electronic BS from them in the future and we all know people in #Congo are dying for whatever tool I might need in that division
"Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (#DRC) have successfully thwarted an attempted coup. The incident, which unfolded Saturday night has left the nation on edge as authorities work to restore order and investigate those involved. '...The attempt involved foreigners and Congolese. These foreigners and Congolese have been put out of action, including their leader,' said Congolese army spokesperson Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge
🐣 ATTN: People with babies will know Ms. Rachel from #YouTube, & the genre of videos that show when she comes on how babies smile. She is the baby whisperer and a beautiful human. Well I opened my phone yesterday to see Ms. Rachel CRYING because after she launched a cameo fundraiser for the babies of #Palestine, #Congo, and #Ukraine Zionists have been bullying her so bad she was in tears!!! The woman who makes babies smile! They have no bottom! Come for Miss Rachel and we will find you!
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
Their roughly 12-meter (39-foot) boat was carrying 25 raincoats and 27 mobile phones, suggesting the original number of passengers was significantly higher. This also implies that people of other nationalities may have been among the deceased, local officials have said.
Brazil’s federal police said it is unlikely they will extract any information from the phones due to the long time of oxydation they were subjected to. The force also added they had found paper notes in the boat with phone numbers from Mauritania, Mali and #Congo. A kind of stove and two containers that could have carried water or fuel were also among the remains.
It was a rustic blue-and-white fiberglass boat that, when found, had neither motor, tiller nor rudder. Its canoe shape is similar to Mauritanian fishing boats often used by migrants fleeing West Africa and aiming to enter the European Union via Spain’s Canary Islands.
An Associated Press investigation published last year revealed that in 2021 at least seven boats from northwest Africa were found in the Caribbean and Brazil. All carried dead bodies, like the vessel found in Para.
So far, none of the victims have been identified. Authorities said the manner of their burial would allow for subsequent exhumations in case families of the deceased were located and wished to transfer the bodies back to their home countries...
Reuters is reporting that M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of #Congo have taken control of Rubaya, a key mining town for the smartphone mineral coltan, following days of intense fighting, a rebel spokesman said.
The mining town was previously under another pro government militia known as Wazalendo.
The DRC government is accusing Rwanda of financing and armimg M23 rebels.
À TV5 Monde, opération «portes ouvertes» aux autocrates
Le directeur général de la chaîne francophone souhaite faire entrer sept États africains dans le capital. Parmi ceux-ci: le #Congo et le #Cameroun, deux autocraties. La rédaction, notamment ses correspondants, s’inquiète, craignant pour son indépendance.
Guy Lagache:«Chaque minute, un hectare de la forêt du bassin du Congo disparaît»
Chaque minute, un hectare de forêt disparaît en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Cela se passe dans le bassin du lac Kivu, à la frontière du Rwanda et de l’Ouganda. Bien que ses habitants soient très pauvres, ce territoire est paradoxalement riche en ressources naturelles, suscitant de nombreuses convoitises, des groupes armés jusqu’aux trafiquants de bois
I don't know if anyone here mentioned this to me? Or if I found it elsewhere? Can't remember. Apologies if I'm treading on anyone's toes.
There is a new compilation out from Analog Africa, called: Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982).
Please consider supporting Debora Kayeme's new campaign for the Democratic Republic of Congo, if you haven't already. Even the smallest amount of support will do a very long way. Thank you 🥰
Was checking out some reports about the DRC and found this piece by the NPR. Just another "detail" western organizations pushed under the rug when talking about clean energy solutions.
Cobalt is mined using basically slave labour. The mines polute both soil, air, and water. Although nowadays we have a lithium battery type (LiFePO4) without cobalt, it's still used, and also in e.g. alloys and gas turbines.
With a dramatic jump in cases — and a strain of mpox that is deadlier than the virus that went global in 2022 — specialists are scrambling to reign it in.
The Yellow-crested Helmetshrike, previously thought to be a 'lost bird' as it had not been seen in two decades, was recently spotted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What a stunning, beautiful bird
Sunak’s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £1.8m for each of the first 300 people the government deports to Kigali.
The overall cost is more than half a billion pounds, according to the figures released to the National Audit Office. Even if the UK sends nobody to the central African state, Sunak has signed up to pay £370m from the public purse over the five-year deal.
Members of the #Congolese community gathered in #Winnipeg on Saturday to denounce the escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of #Congo, while calling for #Canadian intervention to bring peace to their home country.
Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon (apnews.com)
The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that were already decomposing. Brazilian officials later said...
Why the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is worrying disease docs (www.npr.org)
With a dramatic jump in cases — and a strain of mpox that is deadlier than the virus that went global in 2022 — specialists are scrambling to reign it in.