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Africa · Kinshasa

Congo accuses rebel group of 'ethnic cleansing' in country's east

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Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government has accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east. The minister of the interior, Jacquemain Shabani, on Tuesday denounced the “massive arrival of foreign populations” in the territories of Rutshuru and Masisi in the North Kivu province. Shabani says locals were “expelled by violence,” and that this “constitutes ethnic cleansing.” Mor…See the Story

Kinshasa · Kinshasa

Investigations launched after mausoleum keeping Patrice Lumumba’s tooth is vandalized - The Zambian Observer

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched an investigation after the mausoleum where Patrice Lumumba’s tooth is being kept was vandalized. Per Reuters, the incident occurred on Monday evening. Lumumba, who was the DR Congo‘s first democratically elected Prime Minister, was assassinated in January 1961 in a Western-backed overthrow from power. Besides […] The post Investigations launched after mausoleum keeping Patrice Lum…See the Story

Africa · Kinshasa

Tooth of Patrice Lumumba not stolen after all

The tooth of Patrice Lumumba, the only remains of the Congolese independence leader, was not stolen from his mausoleum in Kinshasa after all...See the Story

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