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With the move to freeze foreign aid, the international development sector stands at a crossroads, HKS experts say
The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development ...
Caribbean leader tells EU chief: Apologise and pay reparations for slavery
Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European Commission President Ursula ...
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Leaked Archives Expose Belgium’s Colonial Crimes as Rwanda Delivers a Crushing Diplomatic Blow
A newly surfaced historical image from Belgium’s highly protected archives has reignited debate over the country’s dark colonial legacy in Central Africa. The image, depicting Belgian royalty during ...
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After resolutions on Sudan, DRC at AU summit, analysts urge swift action
More than 3,000 people have been killed in clashes between government forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. The ...
Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage?
Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...
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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC
When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...
Ukraine isn't invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples, with devastating results
Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week to decide what ...
Why have Rwanda-backed rebels seized 2 Congolese cities and is there an end in sight?
Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two major cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east after a major escalation in their yearslong ...
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Beatriz Nascimento’s Histories of Afro-Brazilian Rebellion
The scholar, poet, and filmmaker devoted her life to sketching out a revisionist historiography of resistance in Latin ...
Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating
Unsurprisingly, some in Eastern Europe view the current US-Russia talks over Ukraine’s future as a revival of this kind of ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
Andrée Blouin (1921–1986) was a central figure in the struggles for decolonization that swept Africa in the 1950s and ’60s, ...
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DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
DRC has launched a plan for a green corridor at the world's largest protected area - but local people say they haven't been ...