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History repeats itself! After Patrice Lumumba’s 30 June 1960 Independence speech, the Congo Crisis started. The Belgians were not happy to leave their colony and thus funded Moïse Tshombe in the Katanga for the secession of Congo. This was at the height of the Cold War, and served as a proxy conflict between the East …


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A tourist in Egypt asks a guide, “Does your camel spit ?” The guide responds, “Only when it is angry.” The tourist then asks, “And when is it angry?” The guide looks at him annoyingly, “When tourists ask too many questions.“

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Today we will talk about the Congolese writer and poet Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard. To celebrate the ‘independence’ of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we will focus on Loutard’s poem on Congo: Congo natal (Natal Congo). Even though Loutard is from the Republic of Congo or Congo-Brazzaville, one can tell that he is talking about …


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Last Thursday, there was another attack on Niger’s main airport, the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey. In the early hours of the morning, inhabitants of the capital Niamey heard gunshots. This new wave of attacks by gunmen is said to have killed 11 soldiers and 2 civilians on the government side, while government forces …


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At last, another African country leaves that racist and prejudicial institution that is the International Criminal Court of Justice. It is no secret that the ICC only indicts mostly African leaders: Joseph Kony of Uganda, Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of Côte d’Ivoire, Charles Taylor of Liberia, Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Democratic Republic of …


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