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16 JUL 21 :: Dan Gertler, middleman in one of the world's biggest mining scandals, laundered money and paid US$360 million in cash bribes to high-ranking politicians in Congo-Kinshasa, according to court documents seen by @Africa_Conf |
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7 JUL 21 :: Mobutu had the remains of assassinated Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana stored in a mausoleum in Gbadolite. |
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25 JUN 21 :: Nations w/ new record #COVID19 daily cases past week @jmlukens |
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24 JUN 21 :: Delta coronavirus variant: scientists brace for impact @Nature |
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14 JUN 21 :: Kinshasa According to a projection (2016) the population of Kinshasa will increase significantly, to 35 million by 2050, 58 million by 2075 and 83 million by 2100. |
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14 JUN 21 :: Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus @Reuters |
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14 JUN 21 :: Africa Awaits Covid-19 Vaccine Donations as Cases Surge @WSJ. |
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28 MAY 21 :: The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush @NewYorker [further] |
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24 MAY 21 :: President promises to make Democratic Rep. Congo "the world capital of strategic minerals" @TheCitizenTZ H/T @lajohnstondr |
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17 MAY 21 :: @LeMonde_Afrique : «sur Twitter, l’amb. Peter Pham, avait salué d’un «Bravo!», un article...révélant cette renégociation à venir des contrats chinois» Congo - Kinshasa#RDC. Fier de l'avoir dit! @DrJPPham |
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30 APR 21 :: Why Did Washington Let a Stolen Election Stand in the Congo? @ForeignPolicy H/T @MartinFayulu |
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16 APR 21 :: Addis and Asmara exchange vows @Africa_Conf |
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26 MAR 21 :: “WE ARE CELEBRATING the victory of our president,” says Arnaud Oyaba, standing next to a sweaty, chanting crowd. “And because they will give us some money to buy juice,” he adds @TheEconomist |
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22 MAR 21 :: Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo continued to claim that President Laurent Kabila was alive, if not well, last night even though one of his closest allies said his corpse was lying in a foreign morgue. |
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17 MAR 21 :: Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo continued to claim that President Laurent Kabila was alive, if not well, last night even though one of his closest allies said his corpse was lying in a foreign morgue. |
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15 MAR 21 :: Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo continued to claim that President Laurent Kabila was alive, if not well, last night even though one of his closest allies said his corpse was lying in a foreign morgue. |
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12 MAR 21 :: Kinshasa |
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12 MAR 21 :: Monument to Lumumba and Tower of Limete. Matters Kinshasa |
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1 MAR 21 :: Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest urban area after Cairo and Lagos.It is also the world's largest Francophone urban area (surpassing Paris in population] |
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1 MAR 21 :: Exposing a Congolese bank’s dirty secrets @mailandguardian @thecontinent_ @simonallison |
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