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FDLR rebels blamed for killing of Italian ambassador to DR Congo dw.com 2/23/2021 Isaac Mugabi (Reuters,AP) The Democtratic Republic of Congo has accused the FDLR rebels of killing the Italian ambassador to the country on Monday. But the rebels are shifting the blame to the armies of DR Congo and neighboring Rwanda. © AFP/L. Healing Heavily armed Rwandan Hutu FDLR fighters in the jungles of DR Congo Ambassador Luca Attanasio died of his injuries after the World Food Programme (WFP) convoy in which he was traveling came under gunfire near Goma, the capital of eastern North...

Luca Attanasio slain in assault on UN peacekeepers' convoy

    Attanasio died in hospital of gunshot wounds, a high-ranking diplomat told AFP in Kinshasa.     The envoy's car was part of a MONUSCO UN peacekeeping mission convoy including the EU's delegation chief, sources said.     The attack was an attempted robbery, rangers at Virunga National Park told various media outlets including The Jerusalem Post.     The attack took place at around 10 o'clock local (09:00 Italian time), near the town of Kanyamahoro.     Several armed groups operate in the area of the Virunga Mountains, between Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and...

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 22 - Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, and a Carabiniere, Vittorio Iacovacci, were killed in an attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy travelling from Goma to Bukavu in the African country on Monday, well-informed sources told ANSA.     Attanasio, 43, from Limbiate near Monza, died in hospital of gunshot wounds to the abdomen after arriving in hospital in critical condition, a high-ranking diplomat told AFP in Kinshasa.     The diplomat, who had spoken of setting an example in a dangerous cause, is survived by his mothe...

Travel inspiration: 6 luxury wildlife lodges to put on the bucket list 11 Feb, 2021 02:35 AM 5 minutes to read Ecocamp Patagonia is the world's first geodesic dome hotel, located within Torres del Paine National Park in the far south of Chile. Photo / Supplied Ecocamp Patagonia is the world's first geodesic dome hotel, located within Torres del Paine National Park in the far south of Chile. Photo / Supplied Daily Telegraph UK By: Richard Madden From a wolf watcher's lair in the Carpathian Mountains to an eco dome in puma country, Richard Madden picks six lodges to lust after For the...