In his speech he [The Pope] condemned western nations’ economic involvement in the region, calling for them to stop carving up the nation and acknowledge the role they are playing in the economic enslavement of the Congolese people, exclaiming “Hands off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa!”
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Residents reported that the army had left the villages of Kibuma and Tongo and people are continuing to flee. This will lead to the worsening of an already existent humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo where many people are living in tent cities with little access to food.
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On October 30, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) expelled Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karega over allegations of supporting rebels active in the east of the country, according to Deutsche Welle.
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Joseph Kabila, the current president of The Democratic Republic of the Congo, took power in 2001 after his father and since, has done nothing to raise his country out of the dirt.
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