Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat film review — dizzying history of colonialism, murder and jazz in the Congo
The musical cast of documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is stellar: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Nina Simone just some of the jazz titans whose work fills the film. And the coup? Well, that is ...
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Congo wants UN peacekeepers gone. But endless war around minerals is complicating that
a Congolese researcher for the International Crisis Group. “There are many actors, but everyone has their own agenda ... they ...
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Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency
Congo has the largest displacement camp population in Africa, and one of the largest in the world. The humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo has almost every possible complication when it comes to ...
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The ancestry of a Jewish refugee’s son is at the heart of a major political crisis in Congo
(JTA) — The ancestry of the son of a Jewish refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged as a flashpoint for a political crisis that is threatening the integrity of the massive ...
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Johan Grimonprez’s ‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat’ Details the Origins of the Congo Crisis
A fascinating new documentary by Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, 'Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat' shines a light on a ...
This refugee fled brutality in Congo. He steeled himself to share his story.
Yves Kaduli, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, had spoken publicly before as an activist for refugees. But he ...
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DR Congo's Democracy Threatened as Constitutional Crisis Deepens
A proposal to change the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo will only intensify citizens' distrust of ...
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Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available
“The people who have died are better off than I am.” Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Aid groups say the number of people seeking care has spiked as ...
The missing puzzle piece in India’s child stunting crisis
Decades of caste discrimination have contributed to India having higher levels of child stunting rates than across ...