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TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Rebels kill at least 36 civilians in eastern Congo villages

BENI, Congo (Associated Press) — Rebels have killed at least 36 people in attacks on villages in eastern Congo, a local official and civil society group said Thursday. The Allied Read More

DRC: Tshisekedi invites Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda to battle over minerals

Burundi’s minister of public security, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni (C) visits with other officials a village in north-west Burundi, in the Cibitoke province, where 26 people were killed by attackers coming Read More

RDC : Félix Tshisekedi n’écarte pas l’option de dissoudre le Parlement

Félix Tshisekedi, Président de la RDC. Photo présidentielle. Par RADIO OKAPI Le Président Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi n’écarte pas l’option de dissoudre le Parlement. Il l’a déclaré dimanche 19 janvier à Londres Read More

MUSEVENI’S ‘DISCPLINED ARMY’ COSTS UGANDANS US $23B (photos)

Photos may be subject to copyright Photos may be subject to copyright Photos may be subject to copyright Photos may be subject to copyright CHANGE OF GUARDS – Between 1997 Read More

DR Congo Army says ADF Rebels Killed 30 Soldiers

Dozens of Women Gang-Raped in North Kivu Province By Agence France-Presse January 12, 2020 11:45 AM Islamist rebels killed 30 soldiers and wounded another 70, some seriously, during fierce fighting last Read More

Congo Wants to Sell Gertler’s Oil Blocks on Ugandan Border

By Michael Kavanagh and William Clowes, BLOOMBERG Sanctioned billionaire could receive as much as $150 million Tullow discussed Lake Albert blocks with Congo’s governmentAn oil exploration tower on the shore of Read More

HOW UGANDANS ARE FLUKING REFUGES’ OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT SLOTS

PHOTO may be subject to copyright PHOTO may be subject to copyright PHOTO may be subject to copyright CHANGE OF GUARDS – In order to tap into the donor funding Read More

HOW UGANDANS ARE FLUKING REFUGES’ OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT SLOTS

PHOTO may be subject to copyright PHOTO may be subject to copyright PHOTO may be subject to copyright CHANGE OF GUARDS – In order to tap into the donor funding Read More

AFRICA: Rebels ‘hack civilians to death’ in eastern DRC attack

Distrust in government grows after 23 people die in an attack by ADF, which has killed hundreds since late October. By AL JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES At least 23 people Read More

Congolese woman dies after entering US border custody

NEWS /US & CANADA By AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES Asylum seeker, who arrived with her husband and two children, had paperwork documenting a ‘previous medical condition’.2 hours ago A Read More