Friday, 22 November , 2024

Congo

‘Belgium Should Apologize for Its Colonial Past,’ Kompany Says

20 June 2020 Photo: Twitter/ @astroehlein Up to 15 million people were killed by the entrepreneurial activities of King Leopold II, the "sole owner" of the "Congo Free...

Belgians want statue of genocidal King Leopold II removed

Jun 04, 2020 Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions...

World Food Programme warns: COVID-19 pandemic will cause “famines of biblical...

By Jean Shaoul 23 April 2020 The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday that without urgent action and funding, hundreds of millions of...

UK more nostalgic for empire than other ex-colonial powers

A YouGov poll reveals 30% of Britons believe colonies were better off as part of the British Empire By Robert Booth Social 11 Mar...

Alors que le monde regarde ailleurs, la mort rôde en République...

Depuis l’est de la RDC, Nick Turse nous parle d’une des catastrophes les plus tenaces de la planète. A GOMA, province du Nord-Kivu, République démocratique...

As World Looks Away, Death Stalks Democratic Republic of Congo

From the eastern DRC, Nick Turse reports on one of the most enduring catastrophes on the planet.   By Nick Turse in GOMA, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo October...

Congo in the Abyss

The imperial aggressions of western governments have inflicted multiple holocausts on the Congolese people. By Ann Garrison 17 Oct 2018 “In Congo, globalized capitalism creates permanent chaos.” This...

Néocolonialisme et « crise des migrants » par Manlio Dinucci

La « crise des migrants » diminue actuellement en Europe, mais elle devrait s’amplifier de manière dramatique dans les prochaines années. Les gigantesques déplacements de population...

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech at the UN headquarters (Dec. 2017)

Speaking at the United Nation’s Geneva headquarters today (December 8, 2017), Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, made the following statement.Thank you...

The impact of economic sanctions

Since the early 1990s, economic sanctions have emerged as a favoured foreign policy tool. With the US ramping up measures against North Korea and...