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The prosecutor who was investigating the killing of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, has been killed, Fi...

The East African Tuesday March 02 2021 A view of the main highway in the city centre of DR Congo capital Kinshasa. PHOTO | AFP Advertisement As the Democratic Republic of Congo awaits formal admission into the regional bloc, purveyors of false news have been spreading misinformation in the country. Since Saturday, some politicians and prominent bloggers have been announcing that Kinshasa has become the seventh member of the East African Community (EAC). Bestine Kazadi, a special adviser of Pres...

Diplomats serve their countries sometimes in dangerous environments and we were reminded of this in a sad and terrifying way this week. Italy paid tribute to its ambassador to Congo and his bodyguard, Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci, who were killed in an attack on a UN convoy. They were travelling to a World Food Program (WFP) school feeding project when an attack occurred near the eastern city of Goma - an area that has seen a lot of sectarian violence in the past. Congos interior minis...

The East African Saturday February 27 2021 The medical team picks up the bodies of Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver after they were killed on February 22, 2021, in Goma, DRC. PHOTO | AFP Summary Authorities in the DR Congo are now scrambling to understand whether they were victims of circumstances or the diplomat was targeted. The killing has elicited questions among diplomats and analysts, especially why the ambassador, supposed to be very well informed, chose to travel without an ...

One year after the mass shooting in Hanau, relatives of the deceased are still waiting for a full explanation from the authorities. Families deal with both right-wing racism and grief. Also: Russia's mass vaccination campaign is in full swing. Free Covid-19 jabs are spreading hope across the country.

Tanzania which neighbours the DRC is one of the countries which the WHO has alerted over the Ebola outbreak.

Luca Attanasio, Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo;, an Italian policeman and their Congolese driver were killed on Feb 22 in an ambush on a United Nations convoy in eastern DRC.

Rwandan Hutu rebels on Tuesday denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda,…

Rwandan Hutu rebels on Tuesday denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda, as further details emerged about the attack.

THE STANDARD By AFP | February 22nd 2021 at 17:26:51 GMT +0300 Luca Attanasio (above) died of wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma. [AFP] Italys ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the government in Rome said. Luca Attanasio died of wounds after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy came under fire near Goma while he was on a field trip to the region, a...