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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Belgian colonialism

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Africa

DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC

    By Didier Makal, via Mongabay   On May 24, 2024, clashes broke out between members of a local community and security guards at an oil palm plantation in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest such incident in a long-running dispute over some 58,000 hectares, or 143,000 acres, of land. A source in the town of Lokutu said the community members were protesting the […]

todayAugust 13, 2024 35

Africa

Beyond images of war: Sammy Baloji’s work captures DR Congo’s vibrant arts and culture, challenging western views

      By Pierre-Philippe Fraiture, University of Warwick   The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is all too often associated with violent conflict, at the expense of its positive aspects. Reports on this huge country, the second largest in Africa after Algeria, and nearly twice the size of South Africa, tend to overlook its intellectual and artistic vibrancy. My research has focused on this part of the continent. This […]

todayApril 16, 2024 10

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