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France Mall Security Guard Beaten Into Coma by African Suspect
A security guard working at a mall in France was beaten into a coma by a suspect from Africa last week, according to reports.
The shocking incident unfolded at around 9.m. on Wednesday evening in Hauts-de-Seine, a department in the suburbs of Paris.
A 62-year-old guard working at Westfield Les 4 Temps mall in La Défense business district was savagely attacked by a male suspect for unknown reasons,...
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people .
A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak, even though other experts say it has long met the required conditions....
Congo: African Tribesmen Attack Red Cross Workers Fighting New Ebola Outbreak
Two Red Cross workers were seriously wounded on Tuesday this week when local tribesmen attacked them while they were carrying out safe Ebola burials in the northeastern Congo city of Butembo, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
According to reports, the latest attack was “the most violent attack on Red Cross workers in this outbreak” since September,...
Ethnic Tensions in Congo See Hundreds Massacred, Young Girls Drinking Blood
United Nations human rights investigators have warned of ethnic cleansing in central Congo, documenting the killings of over 250 people, including 62 children, in violence with “no good guys and bad guys.”
The report, based on interviews with 96 people who fled Congo’s Kasai provinces into neighboring Angola in June, offers a chilling snapshot of the violence that erupted in the...
Ban All Incoming and Outgoing Flights to Ebola-Stricken Countries - Petition
The strategy, if there ever was one, has obviously failed now that an infection has been identified on U.S. soil.
As Americans across the country struggle to understand what is being done to stem the possibility of an Ebola outbreak in the United States, many have come to the conclusion that the first and most effective method of prevention is to keep it out of America to begin with.
That strategy,...
New hotbed of Ebola found in Congo as serum-treated doctor dies
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say that a second, separate outbreak of the deadly virus has occurred in the country. Meanwhile, a Liberian doctor treated with an experimental serum against the illness has passed away.
DRC Health Minister Felix Numbi said that two of eight people who died from a “hemorrhagic fever” last week have been diagnosed with a strain of the disease...
DR Congo army kills 40 people taking part in uprising
Congolese security forces have killed at least 40 people involved in a violent uprising in the capital Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army says.
The army said it had regained control of the state television headquarters, RTNC, army headquarters and the international airport in Kinshasa following an attack by some 70 gunmen early Monday.
The clashes reportedly broke out between supporters...
Three Congolese helicopters attack M23 positions in eastern DRC
Congolese army soldiers
Three Congolese helicopters have blasted positions of the March 23 movement (M23) rebels in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
“Our helicopters have just bombarded enemy positions,” an unnamed Congolese officer said on Tuesday, adding, “Until now the enemy has not yet responded,” AFP reported.
The attacks, which were the first...
Violent clashes break out between DR Congo army, militants
Several armed groups, including the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels (members of which are seen above) are active in the eastern Congo.
Violent clashes have broken out between the army forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and militants in the eastern regions of the country.
Residents of the Nyamilima region in the eastern province of North Kivu said the army forces engaged in heavy fighting with...
Top 10 most dangerous countries for tourism
There are countries in the world where local people and even more so tourists feel uncomfortable. These are mostly countries with high level of crime such as murder, robbery in the streets, corruption, hostage-taking, terrorism, and so on. But tourists enamored by local beauty sometimes do not even think about it.
The influential magazine Forbes has compiled a rating of the most dangerous countries....
206 killed, scores wounded in Congo explosions
A plume of smoke can be seen over Brazzaville on March 4, 2012.
At least 206 people have been killed and hundreds have been wounded in a series of powerful explosions in a weapons depot in the Republic of the Congo, an official says.
The blasts occurred in the capital Brazzaville on Sunday morning.
“According to sources at the central hospital we’re talking of around 206 dead and many injured,”...
Gunmen fire on plane carrying aid workers in Congo
In this Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, a Rwandan Hutu rebel gropes a local woman as he passes her on a crowded mountain path near the village of Kimua in eastern Congo.
Medical agency: Gunmen fire on plane with international aid workers landing in east Congo.
Gunmen in eastern Congo fired Wednesday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and were later rescued, aid...
At least 220 dead in Congo oil tanker truck explosion, some rushing to steal the fuel
Map locates Sange, Dem. Rep. Congo where a tanker carrying oil exploded.
A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed about 220 bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.
The Red Cross said at least 61 children and 36 women were...
SA farmers to rent land in Congo
The Republic of Congo has signed an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers.
Congo’s agriculture minister said it would bring expertise to the country and reduce its dependence on imports.
South African farmers’ union Agri SA, which signed the deal, said the ANC government’s land policy was forcing white farmers to seek land abroad.
The ANC is seeking...
Violence in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
This post contains some real life, gruesome examples of the current violence going on in Africa. As Whites, we are typically told about all of the injustices Blacks have faced under European rule. But, nothing compares to the disgusting brutality in which Africans govern themselves. In Africa real genocide is taking place, not the bogus stories of WW2 death camps. Whether you examine the...