The story of Patrice Lumumba, leader of #Congo, killed during the cold war by #Belgium and the CIA.

“The Congolese people will gain little from prosecuting a man who drafted cables.
What would actual atonement look like? For Belgium, it would entail a forthright apology and an admission of institutional responsibility. For the United States, it could mean the same, as well as investing in Congo’s governance, its institutions and its people, instead of merely racing to secure its cobalt.“
#colonialism #justice #GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/opinion/congo-lumumba-cia-assassination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.f5qh.V3aIu7FUm6As&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virunga-national-park-sees-hundreds-of-elephants-return-rare-gorilla-twins-born-an-encouraging-sign/

Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virunga-national-park-sees-hundreds-of-elephants-return-rare-gorilla-twins-born-an-encouraging-sign/

#goodnews #animals #wildlife #Congo #Uganda #Africa

RDC : les évêques alertent sur l’insécurité et appellent à préserver l’ordre constitutionnel

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tribunechretienne.com/rdc-les-eveques-alertent-sur-linsecurite-et-appellent-a-preserver-lordre-constitutionnel/

A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a male and a female. It’s the second twin birth just two months after another set (both boys) was discovered in the same park. Conservationists are taking it as a sign that the gorillas are in good health.

Photograph: Courtesy of Virunga National Park

#photography
#Congo
#gorillas
#conservation

Nord-Kivu : le gouverneur militaire Evariste Somo Kakule appelle au calme après le retrait de troupes rwandaises à Lubero.
#RDC #Congo #M23 #FARDC

https://congointer.info/y0if

https://congointer.info/2026/03/27/nord-kivu-le-gouverneur-militaire-appelle-au-calme-apres-le-retrait-de-troupes-rwandaises-a-lubero/

Partenariat minier renforcé entre la République démocratique du Congo et la République populaire de Chine : signature à Beijing d’un accord stratégique, avec à la clé un accès sans droits de douane pour les exportations congolaises dès mai 2026.
#RDC #Congo #Chine

https://congointer.info/2026/03/26/rdc-chine-signature-dun-memorandum-strategique-pour-renforcer-la-cooperation-miniere/

RDC- Rwanda | Washington hausse le ton aux Nations Unies : les États-Unis appellent au retrait « immédiat » des forces du Rwanda de l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, tout en réaffirmant que la crise reste une « priorité absolue ».

#RDC #Congo #Rwanda #USA #M23 #FDLR

https://congointer.info/2026/03/26/rdc-washington-appelle-au-retrait-immediat-des-forces-rwandaises-de-lest-du-pays/