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Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...
Donald Trump, after joking about becoming Pope, posted an AI-generated image of himself in papal attire on Truth Social, ...
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Belgium's DR Congo Complex: The delusion of relevance
Imagine a man in a tailored suit, sweating profusely as he chases a bus that's long since pulled out of the station. He waves frantically, shouting at the passengers inside—particularly one sitting ...
The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s ...
President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...
The mission to bring peace to eastern Congo, however, is far from accomplished. The recent past is littered with broken ...
Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a bid to strip former President Joseph Kabila of immunity so he can face trial on ...
The soldiers were among those defeated and surrounded by M23 fighters during the fall of Goma in January 2025. While some ...
If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...
Conservatives are also pushing for Cardinal Peter Erdo of Hungary, who has been silently complicit in the wake of repressive ...
His prospects of becoming head of the Holy See do not inspire the same enthusiasm among the ruling elite as they do among ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...