Eid al-Fitr in Goma: A call for unity and peace http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJrJxG #EidAlFitr #Unity #Peace #Goma #DRC

A list of cancelled and retained USAID contracts presented to the US Congress indicates that at least nine African nations may have lost all projects…Analysis of the list by two research fellows at the Centre for Global Development shows the cuts are deepest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania. Across 44 African countries, they amount to nearly $4 billion in lost funding. —From “The Continent” #Africa #USAID #ForeignPolicy #DRC #Ethiopia #Uganda #Kenya #Tanzania #SouthAfrica #RepublicansDidThis #TheContinent

The #Shoebill is a magnificent and gentle big bird with an unnerving stare There are only 8000 left alive in #DRC, #Uganda #Africa. Vulnerable from #palmoil #deforestation, #hunting and more. Fight for them! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/09/10/shoebill-balaeniceps-rex/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

#PalmOil giant #PHC formerly #Feronia, violently silences environmental defenders in the #DRC #Congo. Protesters arrested, journalist kidnapped, workers left without justice. Take action for #HumanRights #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8xX?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

@DoctorsWithoutBorders has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in eastern DRC’s Ituri province, where its medical teams are providing care for civilians with horrific injuries. In a new report released today, “Risking Their Lives to Survive,” MSF underscores the extreme needs of many communities endangered by recent attacks, increased displacement, and reduced #humanitarian #aid.

PR piece: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/new-wave-violence-eastern-drc-puts-civilians-further-risk

Actual report PDF: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/documents/MSF_DRC%20Ituri%20report_March%202025-ENG-compressed.pdf

#BBCNews - DR Congo conflict tests China's diplomatic balancing act
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c234j4yj3klo
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This is absolutely crazy, as if central/horn of #Africa is about to errupt into full-on warefare: #SouthSudan, #Sudan, #Ethiopia, #Eritrea, #DRC, #Rwanda and now #Burundi. .../2 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5znee2dxno

Somali PM Engages in Regional Talks on DRC Unrest #CentralAfrica #EastAfrica #WestAfrica #DRC #Engages #regional #Somali #talks #unrest 
https://tinyurl.com/27dzdbfz

While a rapid response is needed to curb the insurgency, history has proven that US intervention, such as in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, brings more suffering to civilian populations rather than alleviating it. Additionally, the US is complicit in the DRC’s destruction

https://x.com/african_stream/status/1903159056618983677

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How not to report on Eastern Congo

Western media coverage of the DRC conflict is riddled with inaccuracies, oversimplifications, and racial bias—reinforcing dangerous narratives rather than informing the world.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/how-not-to-report-on-eastern-congo

"We can have different perspectives on the conflict and opposing theories about the geopolitics of the region, but these should be grounded on verified facts rather than sloppy coverage."

DRC | RWANDA
DRC, Rwanda Leaders Call for Ceasefire

Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Doha; call for immediate ceasefire in eastern DRC.
M23 rebels withdrew from Angola talks after EU sanctions on key leaders.
UN experts say Rwanda supports M23 with 4,000 troops.

"The current coverage of the crisis in the DRC has mostly been inaccurate, poorly contextualized, misguided, and dangerously stereotypical."

https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/how-not-to-report-on-eastern-congo/

As part of this scramble, in February last year, the EU signed a $900 million deal with Rwanda “to nurture sustainable and resilient value chains for critical raw materials.” Ironically, Rwanda exports more minerals than it does from its own mines. The DRC, the United Nations, and international human rights groups say the bulk of minerals exported by Rwanda are plundered from eastern DRC. Coincidentally, in the immediate aftermath of this EU-Rwanda minerals supply deal, fighting resumed in eastern DRC, peaking in February this year when the Rwanda-backed M-23 rebel group seized control of vast swathes of the area in this mineral-rich part of the country. Rights groups say over 8,500 people have been killed in this attack. Even the EU Parliament has voted for the suspension of the minerals deal until Rwanda stops supporting the M-23 rebels, but the EU is not keen to do so, putting its own interests ahead of the rights of the citizens of the DRC, and human rights in general.
....DRC remains one of the poorest countries in the world.
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/scramble-for-drc-critical-minerals-highlights-the-farce-that
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Read our Humanitarian Situation Report for #LGBTQI+ persons in displacement and emergency settings covering #Kenya, #Uganda, #Nigeria, #Malawi, #Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC.
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US engagement in the war raging in the DRC is not as "firefighters,”
- Kambale.

“They are the arsonists”

WATCH: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4m3yB89w_sg&feature=youtu.be

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I feel like I should write something about #Grimonprez' formally masterful documentary, which it seems to me continues to push a version of #Lumumba's murder that was established by Ludo de Witte and popularised by Raoul Peck; namely, one that underplays Lumumbas own tactical and political errors, presents Kasavubu and Tshombe as mostly pawns and Mobutu as the evil presence in the shadows and in general underplays Africans' agency. In contrast, Hammarskjöld seems more a traitor to the cause than a tragic figure in which the structural problems of the UN itself played out.

I've taught about the history of the #DRC several times. Each time, we would watch Raoul Peck's "Lumumba" at the end and take apart its heroic narrative. This doesn't mean downplaying the imperialist violence at the center of the story; it does mean taking African politicians' decisions seriously.

Cups in foreign aid: the evangelicals protest against Trump and Musk
March 11, 2025, in Washington, several evangelical groups, including BREAD FOR THE WORLD And World Relieforganized a prayer vigil to protest against the Drastic cuts in USAID programsannounced by Elon Musk And Marco Rubio. These c...

#DRC #Evangelical #Foreign_help_cuts #Haiti #Humanitarian_programs ...
https://en.bgospel.com/coupes-aide-etrangere-usaid-evangeliques-protestent-trump-musk/?feed_id=7006&_unique_id=67d192d22bc03