“We’re going to take it:” Trump’s plan to annex Gaza and the return of imperialist barbarism
In declaring that the United States will “own” Gaza, Trump has proclaimed a new era of colonial barbarism and brutality, in ...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
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Resource-rich Congo is the first battle in New Cold War. India can’t miss out on cobalt
For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...
Oscar-Nominated Doc Features Filmmakers Explain How Art Is a Powerful Tool of Resistance | Video
The teams behind "Sugarcane," "Black Box Diaries," "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" and "Porcelain War" discuss the urgency of their work ...
'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat' Review: Art and Politics Intertwine in This Superb Documentary
Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...
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On conflict, critical minerals and the need for renewed global leadership
Sibusiso Nkomo, Africa programme manager at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), explains how the ...
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For DRC to survive, the tribe must die
With the M23 rebels now firmly in control of Goma, the provincial capital of the North Kivu Province, and now poised to take Bukavu Province, the capital of the South Kivu, the intentions of the rebel ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...