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A day in the life of a 19-year-old in ICE detention: ‘I feel that this nightmare is not going to end’ ⊖
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Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lbs, and wakes up every day with a headache
Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia.
The 19-year…
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‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo ⊕
As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting
Mist hangs l…
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Celebrations erupt as DR Congo ends over 50-year World Cup wait ⊕
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Fans braved heavy rain to celebrate as the Democratic Republic of the Congo beat Jamaica in extra time.
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From Purley to a World Cup playoff: how the DRC scour Europe for players ⊕
Gabriel Zakuani played over 400 EFL games and captained the Democratic Republic of the Congo – now he helps his country recruit talent like Aaron Wan-Bissaka
A Costa Coffee in Purley was the unlikely …
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‘It’s going to give us closure’: could there finally be justice for the murder of Patrice Lumumba? ⊖⊖
The assassination of the Congo’s first prime minister has been shrouded in mystery – but the impending trial of a Belgian diplomat may provide answers
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‘Extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas as new twins born in DRC ⊕
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Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park
A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democrati…
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Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell ⊖⊖
Nigeria had largest increase in terrorism-related deaths, ranking fourth in global index behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and Niger
Jihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Co…
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‘Orwell went off to fight. I thought I’d have to do the same’: Raoul Peck on his intimate connection with the writer ⊕
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The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, …
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Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression | Kenneth Roth ⊖⊖
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Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo
We shouldn’t beat around the bush: Donald Trump’s and Be…