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Trump’s State Department Is Ending Life-Saving Aid Programs Without Review
The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier.
As Rwanda-Backed Insurgents Wage War in Congo, Western Nations Stay Silent
Advocates call for artist boycotts and public pressure on Rwanda over the resource-driven conflict in the DRC.
Congo Still Fights to Control Its Own Resources 64 Years After Its Independence
Author and analyst Vijay Prashad discusses how poverty and resource exploitation still ravage the country to this day.
Over 10K Killed or Harmed in Thousands of Attacks on Education in 2022 and 2023
On average, eight attacks on education were recorded daily over the past two years, according to a researcher.
US’s Electric Vehicle Boom Is Deepening the Suffering in the Congo
Black transit activists in the US are calling attention to the plunder of the Congo for cobalt mining.
There’s Great Power in Grief. Will We Use It to Fuel Solidarity With Palestine?
Grief can be transformative, and it compels me to imagine a world where freedom is possible -- in Palestine and beyond.
Humanitarian Crisis in Congo Is the Sinister Underbelly of “Green Tech”
The “green tech” industry is reproducing the same colonial and extractive patterns that got us to the climate crisis.
Covert US Operations in Africa Are Sowing the Seeds of Future Crises
AFRICOM regards itself as sleek and deadly effective, but operations resemble previous neocolonial interventions.
African Migrants Pledge to Continue Journey Despite US Asylum Ban
Migrants point out that U.S. policies created the conditions that led them to flee.
It’s Not Just the Amazon: We Must Also Protect Congo Basin Peatlands From Fire
Rainforests and peatlands are natural carbon sinks, and managing fires there should be a global priority.