Le conflit congolais révèle les contradictions européennes, avec un coût humain catastrophique.
Des chercheurs et ONG exigent la suspension des accords UE-Rwanda, des sanctions ciblées contre Kigali, et une diplomatie alignée sur le droit international. La résolution du Parlement européen du 13 février 2025 (89,49 % de votes favorables) symbolise une pression croissante.
EU urged to axe #Rwanda minerals deal after Luxembourg firm linked to smuggled coltan
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/arc547ac10
République démocratique du Congo : derrière les conflits, l’Europe ?
par Andy Storey : https://www.revue-ballast.fr/republique-democratique-du-congo-derriere-les-conflits-leurope/
Seeing mountain gorillas in the wild is a magical bucket list experience for many travelers to Rwanda, but it hasn’t always been possible. Poachers decimated gorilla numbers in the 1960s and 70s. Then came the Rwandan genocide in 1994. @BBCNews has more on the global success story of mountain gorilla conservation, partly due to the annual celebrations of baby gorillas being born.
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On today's #BBCLauraK, Alex Burghart, the Shadow Duchy of Lancaster, talked about how #Badenoch had changed the #Conservative Party after saying the country needed a '#Rwanda' policy to stop immigration
Ahem
Is Europe finally waking up to the seriousness of the abuses taking place in eastern Congo, Rwanda’s role, and the EU’s own involvement with #Rwanda?
https://euobserver.com/africa/arfb81b92a
"The current coverage of the crisis in the DRC has mostly been inaccurate, poorly contextualized, misguided, and dangerously stereotypical."
https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/how-not-to-report-on-eastern-congo/
@huntingdon @HarriettMB @StillIRise1963 This is what Europe wants to do with Rwanda, they tried it in the UK but somehow we managed to stop it. Now I hear Denmark is interested.
10 jours après l'indépendance du Congo, la Belgique s'empare de la province du Katanga et donc des ressources en Uranium du pays.
65 ans plus tard les civils congolais sont toujours massacrés et les femmes violées en raison de la la richesse de leurs sous-sols.
#rdcongo #Rwanda #m23rebels
And another story of life in a war zone: This time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a militia group called M23 has seized control of Goma, which borders Rwanda. It’s easier to cross the border now, but the banks in Goma have closed, and small-scale women traders are struggling. @thecontinent tells the full story.
https://continent.substack.com/p/selling-tomatoes-in-a-war-zone
Infomigrants
Conflit dans l’est de la RDC : 42 000 Congolais ont fui au Burundi en deux semaines
https://mcinformactions.net/conflit-dans-l-est-de-la-rdc-42-000-congolais-ont-fui-au-burundi-en-deux
#RDCongo #Rwanda #ONU #Burundi #migrants #refugies #immigration
Actually dealing with cases which a previous administration refused to handle - pending deportation to #rwanda - seems to be a pretty clear improvement to me. Integrating asylum seekers into local communities while they await a decision rather than leaving them isolated at the mercy of a dodgy private contractor does not look too bad either. Both seem well worth a try.