The Democratic Republic of Congo

US and UN Treachery in the African Great Lakes Region: Why Rawandan Refugees Don’t Want to Go Home

September 25, 2021 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Racism, Rawanda, United Nations, US Hypocrisy

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 8, 2021 The United States and the United Nations are responsible for the ongoing plight of Rwandan refugees. The term “United Nations” in front of the UN’s various humanitarian agencies is deceptive. It implies that they’re funded by the UN’s general budget and therefore are politically neutral. In fact, however, the[…]

DR Congo, an Interview with Maurice Carney

July 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Interview

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 20, 2019 This is old news but it also reflects the current dilemma of the people of the DRC. Their democracy faces a complex process with multiple agendas and manipulators as does ours. Western intervention in Africa is consistently disastrous. [jb] The Congolese people succeeded in forcing President Kabila to allow[…]

Code Talking: UN Security Council on War and Peace in DR Congo

January 25, 2019 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo

Photo: Martin Fayulu and Félix Tshisekedi by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 16, 2019 Congolese President Kabila wants to shut out the apparent winner of last month’s elections in favor the of the second place finisher, who appears to have accepted the deal. “Congo’s elections commissioner threatened that the Kabila regime will remain in power if Congolese[…]

Democratic Republic of Congo Elections Increase Imperialist Interference

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Africa, Congo

Members of the Congolese community in Toronto protest 2011 election results in Congo-Kinshasa, in which President Joseph Kabila was named the winner. Toronto, Ontario, Canada ~Wikimedia, CreativeCommons By Carlos Lopes Pereira posted to Workers World, December 13, 2018 The Legacy of Joseph Kabila The U.S. and the European Union see Africa through the prism of colonialism. Statements by EU Commissioner[…]

Congo in the Abyss

October 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Women

By Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, October 17, 2018 The imperial aggressions of western governments have inflicted multiple holocausts on the Congolese people. “In Congo, globalized capitalism creates permanent chaos.” This week I spoke to Swiss Congolese historian, activist and coordinator of the Congolese movement Likambo Ya Mabele Bénédicte Kumbi Ndjoko about recent developments in the Democratic Republic[…]

Divide and Rule: Balkanizing the Democratic Republic of Congo

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo

Photo left: Congloese join Rawanda Day protests, 2012; Photo right: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Kagame’s farm in Muhazi.“Carnage on such a scale could not have occurred were it not for the connivance of the United States, which has nurtured Kagame at every juncture. … ~September 2010 by Ann Garrison interviews Boniface Musavuli on[…]

No to NATO; Yes to the NHS (4/4)

July 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, NATO, Protest, UNAC on the Road

by Phil Wilayto, Friday, July 15, 2018 See “My Peace Travels Around Europe” Part 1: On the Road for Peace, Part 2: Civil Resistance at Ramstein, Part 3: Belgium, the Lands the Congolese Made Rich LONDON, ENGLAND, Sunday, July 15 — Friday morning I could have looked out my window and seen a huge blimp designed to look like a baby Donald Trump,[…]