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This day in history
1687 – French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the ...
Presidents of Congo and Rwanda meet in Qatar to discuss the insurgency in eastern Congo
The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two ...
Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
Conflict still occurs over shared waters; however, since the late 1800s, and particularly since the end of World War II, cooperation has been the dominant interaction between countries in the world’s ...
Al Jazeera English6d
‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
leader of the rebel Congo River Alliance (AFC). A one-time elections commissioner, Nangaa fell out with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and then allied with M23 in December 2023. He now leads ...
Reuters6d
Congo weighs attending talks with M23 in Angola as rebels make demands
Angola says peace talks to begin in Luanda on March 18 Congo has so far refused direct negotiations with rebels M23 lists demands for dialogue 'Phased withdrawal' for Southern African troops in ...
Reuters6d
Southern African bloc to withdraw troops from Congo in phases
JOHANNESBURG, March 13 (Reuters) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated the mandate of its troop deployment in ...
The Quad-City Times4d
'These women did not deserve to die;' Augustana filmmaker seeks out the stories of Illinois' radium girls
"These women had suffered and endured so much," 22-year-old filmmaker Emma Watts said. "They've been waiting so long for ...
The Dispatch–Argus5d
Woman trapped in crashed car survives on creek water for 6 days until rescue
Authorities say a woman in Indiana who was trapped in her car with broken legs after a crash survived for nearly a week by ...
BBC5d
'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
He heads a coalition of political parties and militias - called the Congo River Alliance - which includes the M23. "I didn't see the reports," he said. "I cannot respond for the report that I didn ...
Yahoo6d
South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo
FILE - South African soldiers, part of the Southern African Development Community's mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stand in Goma as ...
BBC6d
European imports ban over foot-and-mouth
A ban on cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats from both countries has been introduced The Isle of Man's government has restricted animal imports from Hungary and Slovakia following an outbreak of foot ...
The New York Times5d
Movie Reviews
The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience. By Alissa Wilkinson In this coming-of-age drama from ...