region of the DRC in particular, committing abuses of all sorts and displacing large numbers of the population, the model adopted to defeat M23 shows that peace can be brought to the region when the right mix of political instruments is used and, above all, when political determination ...
In part because the US lacks the ideology and institutional structure of a real imperial power, in part because it is post-Bush a careful calculator of national interests, Syria, unlike Libya but much like Sudan and the DRC, was a bridge too far....
When you examine the intentional per capitahomicide rateof 230 countries/territories, the USA is just below the global median, which lines up with where it falls in the police shootings rate. Meanwhile, the homicide rate of other high-income countries is also much lower than in the USA. In ...
Brazzaville, the capital and largest city of theRepublic of the Congo, is situated on theCongo River, directly across fromKinshasa, the capital of the neighboringDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Brazzaville, with its population of around2 millionpeople, serves as the political, economic, ...
, Kinshasa serves as the political, economic, and cultural heart of the DRC. It is a bustling metropolis with a population of over14 millionpeople, making it one of the most populous cities on the African continent. SeeAlabamaswitcherfor other major cities in Democratic Republic of the Congo....
orthopoxviruses, experts havesuggestedthat the upward trend in monkeypox cases is due in part to the decline in smallpox vaccinations in the posteradication era. Forty years ago, about80%of the population was vaccinated against smallpox, according to the WHO. Now, that number is closer to30...
“Previously, they (M23) had clear demands to be integrated into the DRC army and have greater participation in the political process,” said Darren Davids, an analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit. But now, he said, “it seems like M23, with the help...
Congo DRC committed to stabilize its forest cover at 60%. South Africapledgedto finalise a just transition plan compatible with the 1.5C target and a climate change bill to provide the legislative basis for updating its climate plan, allocate sectoral emissions targets, and regulate large emitters...
Mouton, Lafite and Dom Pérignon; below it are Sassicaia, Petrus, Margaux, Latour, Haut-Brion and Yquem. It has had three times the level of interest that DRC's Romanée-Conti Grand Cru has. But the interest is coming not from Europe or the US, or even its native Australia, butIndia....
M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users to store and transfer money through their mobile phones. M-Pesa was introduced in Kenya as an alternative way for the population of the country to have access to financial services. Safaricom, the largest mobile phone operator in Kenya, lau...