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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 ...
The Financial Times13h
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat film review — dizzying history of colonialism, murder and jazz in the Congo
And the coup? Well, that is sometimes given the polite name “Congo Crisis”. The movie is a geopolitical true-crime story, rooted in the 1961 assassination of former Congolese prime minister Patrice ...
AllAfrica.com6d
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 ...
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 ...
East DR Congo Truce Monitors To Begin Operations Tuesday
A unit monitoring a truce between the Congolese army and Rwanda-backed rebels will be officially launched on Tuesday, ...
The Sacramento Observer13d
50 years after Ali fought Foreman in Congo, the ‘jungle’ hasn’t stopped rumbling
The Associated Press Senegal’s Karamba Kebe, right, wins the African boxing championship final against Congo’s Landry ...
The Gazette29d
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 ...
Houston Chronicle16d
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 ...