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He has been archbishop of Congo’s capital since 2018 and a cardinal since in 2019. Francis also appointed him to a group of ...
On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.
ShareWith another humanitarian crisis confronting the world in the Democratic Republic Congo, it is time for concrete action ...
There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.” That means they possess the ...
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Belgium's DR Congo Complex: The delusion of relevance
Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...
The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.
On Wednesday, Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, met with representatives from Congo and Rwanda in Doha, Qatar ...
ALBERT RUDATSIMBURWA in Kigali, RwandaRwanda BureauKIGALI, (CAJ News) - THE crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of those tragedies that feels like it’s stuck on repeat. And ...
The crisis in eastern DR Congo is one of those tragedies that feels like it’s stuck on repeat. And yet, here we are, witnessing a new chapter of chaos where the players and motives remain largely ...
Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Tiffany, helped broker the U.S. role ...
Both nations declared their independence from Belgium in the 1960s. The United States established diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960, and in 1962 with Rwanda.