unfortunately, there is quite a bit of information about the congo, specifically the republic of the c domain on the internet, for some reason no big tourist shows came here, few people filmed any interesting episodes here, little is written about the congo, well in this narrow sense, i must be some kind of envoy in my mini-society in russia. some information about africa in general and congo in particular. people, the local population, are simply shocked that this can happen, that somehow an olympic champion ended up in their country, it’s unclear how, they are simply delighted, everyone shakes my hands, i came here with no knowledge of french language, i speak a little of them... in french, but i can’t communicate with them in french, they immediately switch to russian , most people start very it’s good to communicate in a language that i understand very well, and it’s really really nice, we went to beautiful places like a lake, a forest lake, and went to the city of poinoir, where there is an ocean, i broadcast all this, showed it, a lot of people were surprised by ours, in moscow,

of participation is 43%. and today we are in the stage of discussing the final ones. this makes it possible to position our company in the republic of congoportunity to attract both services from representatives of the russian federation and some equipment. new projects will expand cooperation between the two countries, which have been actively developing over the past 15 years. let's begin. since the eighteenth year, for several years in a row during that period, our trade turnover revolved around the figure of 28-30 million dollars, which is not much, but in the nineteenth year there was a qualitative leap, immediately up to 100 million dollars, in the twenty-first year it amounted to 122, if i’m not mistaken , million. dorf is the fourteenth place in africa, taking into account the fact that congo is a relatively small country, the population does not exceed 6 million people. lukal is so far the only company from our country that operates in the congo. this example attracts large russian businesses, which today are actively looking for new markets, says the ambassador to russia in the republic of the congo, georgy chepik. there are ver

misled the congo like they took the congo out of a trajectory of progress and put it in the trajectory of um corruption and manipulation and neocolonialism but king flip visited the democratic republic of congo early june 2022 and as expected he flatly refused to apologize for his country's brutal. and inhumane crimes in the congo, king flip only offered what he termed as his deepest regrets for his nation's colonial era genocide and extermination of millions of congolese people, including women and children. congo, face au peuple congolais et à ceux qui aujourd'hui. encore en souffre, je désire réaffirmer mes plus profonds regrets pour ces blessures du passé. king philippe stopped short of apologizing for colonial atrocities angering the people of congo and africans across the world. now, what's your take on this statement by the king? of course, uh, we, it's okay to say apology, but congo needs more than apology. congo needs reparation. so from king leople losing 10 to 15 million people to the colonial rule where uh congolese had to fight world war one and world war ii on behalf of belgium where and they did not even get paid for that operations right that's still a contention fro

of colonial and imperialist exploitation for the benefit of the congolese people. this is what angered western powers. and they decided to eliminate him. the people of the democratic republic of congo still unguish in poverty despite the country's enormous natural resources. now, 63 years after the assassination of lumumba, can this country rise and fulfill his dreams of prosperity for the nation and africa as a whole. hello, i'm mubarak kenya and this is africa today. this week we are focusing on the legacy of patrice lumumba, the congose independence hero was assassinated 63 years ago in. an elaborate plot led by the notorious us spy agency, the cia and britain's mi6. remembering patrics lomumba. congress leader patris lamumba was assassinated six decades ago, but his name remains synonymous with africa's struggle against imperialism, his speech during the proclamation of congo's independence in. june 1960 angered western powers and this led to his eventual assassination. to discuss the legacy of patrice lumba, we have contacted kambalay musavuli, a political analyst and human rights activist. he's also the spokes person for the friends of the congo. thanks for joining us today,

the congo, like they took the congo out of a trajectory of progress and put it in the trajectory of um uh corruption and manipulation and neocolonialism. belgium's king flip visited the democratic republic of congo early june 2022 and as expected he flatly refused to apologize for his country's brutal and inhuman. crimes in the congo, king flip only offered what he termed as his deepest regrets for his nations colonial era genocide and extermination of millions of congolese people, including women and children. ici même face au peuple congolais et à ceux qui aujourd'hui encore en souffre. "je désire réaffirmer mes plus profonds regrets pour ces blessures du passé. king philippe stopped short of apologizing for colonial atrocities angering the people of congo and africans across the world. now, what's your take on this statement by the king? of course, uh, it's we, it's okay to say apology, but congo needs more than apology. congo needs reparation. so from king leo paul." 10 to 15 million people to the colonial rule where uh congolase had to fight world war one and world war ii on behalf of belgium w and they did not even get paid for that operations right that's still a contention from

its purest form, from the very beginning of the process to the last day, in the sense that the elections, according to the law of the democratic republic of the congo, or held on the 20th of the month on a day off from 7 am to 5 pm, the constitutional court to the main body that is supposed to confirm the legitimacy of the elections is completely dependent on it. the parties that should be involved in the creation of the constitutional courts were not invited to the discussions. who is in power have taken that power themselves and put their friends in important positions in order to approve and implement policies to protect the interest of one person that has been imposed on us by force and claims to have been chosen through democratic elections. this is not the case at all. our problem is that the constitutional court was established in violation of the law. the independent national electoral commission, responsible for organizing the elections, was established in total violation of the law. in other words, there was only one party in the organization, which means that the authorities that will be established after these elections won't be devoid

the ninth minute of added time bellingham dropped a winner. the africa cup of nation. morocco is still top after a draw against the democratic republic of the congo draw. south africa beating namibia. at the asian cup, saudi arabia through to the 16. against a nine man team. a fiery encounter with the central agent down with than a straight red card following a var review. it took this out is 26 minutes to break the resilience. the ball was eventually turned home. a third international goal for the player. another red card given after a var review. saudi arabia will progress to the last 16 thanks to this moment to forget for the goalkeeper. sandy arabia against tylan, second in the group after drawing. the keep up with a great save in the first half. they secured the first point of the tournament. the fifa president gianni infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. it follows incidents udinese and west stand with racist comments against the goalkeeper. similar abuse at hillsborough. south yorkshire police have launched an investigation.— an investigation. infantino cominu

nigeria angola and the democratic republic of the congo, guinea. more games are scheduled for saturday. mali codivoir and cape verde par. yes, thank you very much, yevhen pastikhov, and i have information for you. at the beginning of the issue, i said that there were loud explosions on the territory of the crimean peninsula occupied by russia, but we have a little more information on this matter, we received it from the commander of the air force, lieutenant general mykola olyschuk. he thanked everyone who participated in the strikes on the belbek airfield, a military airfield not far from sevastopol in occupied crimea. earlier , the occupiers reported the rocket attack. i will quote the words lieutenant general mykola olyschuk. did you know that the 204th sevastopol tactical aviation brigade is part of the air force of the armed forces of ukraine, its regular base is belbek airfield, ukrainian aviators will definitely return home to their native airfield, for now i thank everyone who participated in the cleansing of crimea from russian presence, he

been cut short to in the day's other game it finished 1—all between zambia and the democratic republic of the congowa gave zambia an early lead in the ivorian coastal city of san—pedro after congolese goalkeeper lionel mpasi came racing out of his area, but yoane wissa scored the equaliser as drc came from behind to draw in their opening game. there's a huge match in group b on thursday when egypt take on ghana. both sides will be aiming for nothing less than a victory after an underwhelming start to the competition. egypt were held to a 1—1 draw by mozambique — thanks to an injury time goal from their star striker mo salah, while the black stars were beaten 2—1 by cape verde. egypt's head coach rui victoria is determined to move on from his side's disappointing opening performance. these players play big teams in competition, so they are ready the match. akram afif struck again as holders and hosts qatar became the first team into the asian cup last 16 with a 1—nil win over tajikistan. i think we are both big supporters and fa ns fans of what would farrell brings to a team. it's not about trying t

the days of the game finished well between zambia and the democratic republic of the congo. of san pedro. un visa of brentford scored the equaliser. came from behind to draw in the opening game. a huge group b on thursday when egypt take on ghana. both sides aiming for nothing less than a victory after underwhelming start to the competition for them. egypt held to a one all draw by mozambique but only thanks to an injury. the coaches determined to move on from the side's opening performance.— from the side's opening performance. from the side's opening erformance. ~ ,, ., ., performance. we know we have 1- oint performance. we know we have 1-point and _ performance. we know we have 1-point and ghana _ performance. we know we have 1-point and ghana don't - performance. we know we have 1-point and ghana don't have i 1—point and ghana don't have any point but the quality of both teams are big and the quality of the players as well. these players, all the players in ghana, these players playing the big team in the big competitions are ready for the match and we also.— competition

the coming weeks. but its final decision of whether or not israel has reached the genocide convention, could take his districts above control. so the capital of the democratic republic of the congo have been submerged by flooding after heavy rain cause the congo river to burst its banks. the waters have risen to their highest level in decades. more than 300 people have died in the disaster and many thousands are living in misery. not much remains of a shade tempted by a popular spot for the people have congestive to relax and the banks in the congo has now been partly swallowed up by the rising waters. the manager estimates $20000.00 worth of damages by mouth, through the padded like we've had many laws for you, since we've seen the we've lost customers. the space is not as busy as it used to be. you said i'd be so for the counter was destroyed to be we lost the furnace or escape is that fortunately, we weren't careful and saved a few things for our walkways are broken and have been washed away and we lost our kitchen with all the furniture. but in any case, it's not going well. why is that all the reason that i need to? i took a son to several neighborhoods along the congo rive

of land. but we are homeless. >>> in the democratic republic of the congo, some 300,000 households have been affected by the swellingt high flood waters in the capital and elsewhere. in the neighboring republic of the congo. 64,000 households have been destroyed or damaged. according to the world health organizations. they can sometimes double as open sewers and are now overflowing. some residents resorting to shovels to paddle their way through the murky flood waters. >> the water used to come up to our knees, now it is up to orexises. we are supporting the government because they are waiting for the water to recede before they build a bridge here. >> reporter: flooding is rather common this time of year. but today's water levels are up nearly six meters and submerging entire ports along the river. a situation unlike anything many residents have seen in their lifetimes. >> we have lived in this neighborhood since we were children. and it is the first time since we were born that we have experienced this situation. so to get around, we have to use dugout canoes and we continue to live in this situation because we ha

he went to china with a delegation of 300 people, go to visit vladimir putin and have a dialogue with him about the advent of peace in a democratic republic of the congolp exactly. some of them had military specialties, others came as volunteers, what it was like for them to serve on an equal basis with men and what helps to maintain a fighting spirit. i wish that they knew the truth about donbass, i would like them to know the truth from the lips of the residents of donbass themselves, and not what the west is imposing on them. i wanted them to understand the very essence of this war, that in fact russia is not at war with ukraine, russia - the west attacked russia on the territory of ukraine and is fighting with western weapons, and the ukrainians are dying, that is, this is so it’s difficult, and they also understand it now, it’s difficult here in the congo , they will understand, but not so quickly, they need to somehow, i don’t know, digest it all, live with this, they just watched this film, but left, thinking, i think that gradually all the answers to their questions will come, well, there were so many unexpected questions, such as... vladimir

the best ore and the best opportunity to produce metal in the greenest possible way. 99% of electricity in the democratic republic of the congohydroelectric electricity which allows us to produce the metal with the lowest amount of global warming gas per unit of copper produced. soon we will have differential pricing in metals. the green or the production, the more the premium. and the dirtier the premium, the greater the discount. apex technologies is starting such a project in singapore. katie: let's talk more about your project in congo because that produced almost 400,000 tons of copper in 2023. you are also still expanding the mine as well. how big could it get? robert: we are scheduled to be the third-largest copper complex in the world in 2025 and we have our sights set for sure on number two with new discoveries. god willing, it is possible to be number one. there is an enormous endowment of copper metal. the congo was the world's largest historical producer of copper until the low-grade copper mines of chile were built in the 1960's. the congo is now the second largest producer after chile. this is something new. we

the days other game finished well between zambia and the democratic republic of the congo. y of san pedro. congalise yoane wissa of brentford scored the equaliser. came from behind to draw in the opening game. a huge group b on thursday when egypt take on ghana. both sides aiming for nothing less than a victory after an underwhelming start to the competition for them. egypt held to a 1—1 draw by mozambique but only thanks to an injury. egypt's coach determined to move on from the side's opening performance. we know we have 1—point and ghana don't have any point but the quality of both teams are big and the quality of the players as well. these players, all the players in ghana, these players playing the big team in the big competitions are ready for the match and we also. ...struck again as holders and first team ...struck again as holders and first team to qualify for for the asian r 16 with a 1—0 win after tajikistan. scored twice in qatar's opening 3—0 victory. midway through the first half in front of 55,000 at the stadium. the hosts now guaranteed to go through to the k

the democratic republic of the congo has elected the president to a five-year term. his supporters -- opponents say the election was a sham. paula abdul has accused a former american idol producer of sexual assault. the suit filed friday comes before tonight's deadlin for sexual assault victims to file claims beyond the statue of limitations. the lawsuit says he stayed silent for years out of fear of retaliation. in a surprise, the longest-serving monarch in denmark announced she will abdicate the throne. still to come. 2023 was packed with news. we take a look back. critics look back on some podcasts in 2023. >> this is pbs news weekend from wbt studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour. lisa: there is no question we live in historic times. see if you remember as tonight we take a look back at events that defined the year. >> conflict has dominated the headlines. less than the months ago, hamas attacked a bloody invasion of israel, nearly 1200 israelis were killed and 240 were taken hostage. >> almost 80 people are kidnapped. 24 of them are above the age of 75

for example, the belgian king leopold ii in the 19th century decided that the current republic of the congoy. he drove the locals to exhaustion work in rubber plantations and mines. and for those who could not cope with the production norm from... that by agreeing to cooperate with countries such as belarus, china, russia, africa after the european dictate, they finally enter into partnership relations, and this is a connection with states that have long agreed on cooperation among themselves on conditions of respect and trust, who act together, wisely share powers and develop partners for a mutually beneficial game for the long haul, and not until the less resourceful side is completely exhausted. i i dare to suggest that alexander lukashenko’s visit... also concerned agreements on the share of responsibility that belarus is ready to share with the prc in projects in africa. therefore, visits to equatorial guinea and kenya took place shortly after negotiations with sizenping. watching this long business trip of the head of state, i again remembered his words that it is very important for b

for example, the belgian king leopold ii in the 19th century decided that the current republic of the congoroperty. he forced local residents to work until exhaustion on rubber plantations and mines, and those who did not coped with the production norm, their hands or feet were cut off. hundreds of thousands of people were maimed. the abuse of people continued from... he had to hand over the congo to the belgian government. in such conditions , there could be no talk of any development of the countries of the continent. with us, everything will certainly be different, because we agree to cooperate with countries such as belarus, china, russia, africa after the european dictator. finally enters into partnership relations, and this is a connection with states that have long agreed on cooperation among themselves on terms of respect and trust, who act together, wisely share powers and develop partners for a mutually beneficial long game, and not until the less resourceful side is completely exhausted. i dare to suggest that alexander lukashenko’s visit to beijing also concerned agreements on t

mining is responsible for electronics and e-cigarettes two-thirds of the supply of the cobalt comes from the democratic republic of the congoist is sent to china where it's refined before it's sent to battery manufacturers and then brand-name companies buy those batteries. >> as brand-name companies, they have a share of responsibility for the entire value chain and clearly, if they make the ask for addressing human rights concerns in the cobalt supply chain, even as deep down as in ar artis andal mines. >> it can cut into your lungs and cause chronie chronic respi diseases the tunnels can collapse and bury people alive. >> reporter: a u.s. department of labor has also raised the alarm on drc cobalt mining saying children are often forced to work in quote, terrible conditions with lithium ion batteries powering more and more of our lives, the problem isn't likely going anywhere soon. but many taking part in this trend hope the increased attention can lead to concrete changes like formalizing the operation of small ermi miner >> i would love for the campaign to make the concrete ask for the formalization formal formalization

and eunice getting is following the swearing in of the president of the democratic republic of congo for us. uh, you want us a big ceremony today in the stadium. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? yes, so around the stadium, it was really cheerful at most viewed. so people well marching in mazda, so was the stadium. they were, they were singing brass bands of a playing. they were waving flags, but there was also much very much um, military personal and security around. so if i went down further to the city center and i was quite surprised that the city center, which is usually very crowded with lots of traffic jams, was pretty much empty today. so it seems like the support is still winded. mazda is to the stadium. why a big part of the sort of a society just decided to stay and oh, okay, and i'm just pointing out to our viewers. we're looking at some live images. we were of the events as they're unfolding to security reading dignitaries. tell me about the mood in the country, not just today, but it in the, in the days following the controversial re election is there's, there's

on monday, the summit held in the italian senate was attended by more than 20 african leaders including those of tunisia, senegal, kenya, the republic of the congo and somalia, and top officials of the eu, including the european commission president, ursula fonderlion. in her opening speech, italy's prime minister giorgia meloni provided some details of infrastructure project named mate plan, which aims at resetting the colonial and neocolonial relationships. africa is not poor as it is often described, our mate plan holds a new approach, not predatory, not paternalistic, but not charitable either, and you would focus on six macro areas: education, food, water, agriculture, energy and infrastructure. open criticism of. meloni's unilateral proposal came among others from the african union commission chairman musa faki mahamat who stressed that african countries wanted to be consulted before rome unveiled its development plan for africa. this italy africa summit leaves me rather puzzled. the way the meeting was organized does not respect african countries dignity. there is no reciprocity. it's just a project outlined by one side only, namely. far

one of the first diplomatic partners with which the republic of the congo signed an agreement on cooperation, was the russian federation. in today's context of what we call globalization, in the context of this development, our two countries are interested in continuing cooperation. and based on this rich history, i think our two countries will benefit from continuing to work together. therefore, if someone thinks now , why do we need africa, if we don’t get anything there, no, this is a mutually beneficial trade and economic relationship, in political terms too, again, now more than ever the attitude of africans is clearly manifested in this complex geopolitical. a situation where it is not easy for many people to understand abroad, when they pour into their ears from western channels, only one distorted version of events will emerge. it is profitable to retire in the new year with sberbank, for pensioners a free sbercard, a favorable deposit rate, cashback bonuses in pharmacies, a discount on a loan, transfer your pension to sberbank, online or in a branch, who are you, dear musicians, let

the republic of azerbaijan to uganda. uganda is a country in the east. the african continent , with kampala as its capital , shares borders with south sudan from the north, the democratic republic of the congo from the west, kenya from the east, tanzania from the south, and rwanda from the southwest. the largest lake on the african continent is victoria, a part of the lake is located in the southeast of uganda. the population of this country is more than 45 million people. rainy fertile soil permanent rain of rich and significant mines of copper and cobalt, including fixed natural resources. it is considered ogda. this country also has very large resources of crude oil and gas, and the main annual exports include coffee, tea and aquaculture. uganda's membership in important regional economic blocs such as the economic union of the common market of east and southern africa (kemsa), the international organization for development in east africa (ica) and the east african community allows the possibility of using the capacity of these organizations for the presence of private sector economic actors in the african market. provide. rukh feyrouzgarani of sed and sima news agency. shahrestan party

opposition on integration to it's yona skirting is following a swearing end of the president of the democratic republic of congo in the capitol . contrast, of course, you'll know, since it's been a big ceremony today in the stadium, what do you mean seeing and hearing so around the stadium, the was really cheerful at most fear of people were coming and mouses, they were, they were singing, they were waving flags and brass bands were playing and so this was the really nice up most c a but there was also quite a security post known. so when i went down to the extra city until contessa, it was pretty much empty. i was quite surprised because it's normally a place which is very crowded. it's a place where you put much of traffic jams, so apparently the support of just the tv, the wind and mazda as to the stadium. but because of the society, the roger decided to stay at home. and how would you describe the uh, the, the mood of the country since the controversial re election on the one side they are. and through the 65 people that are very into the 6. so if you watch the television, for example, if you'd speak with p

capital on monday, the summit held in the italian senate was attended by more than 20 african leaders including those of tunisia, senegal, kenya, the republic of the congo and somalia, and top officials of the eu, including the european commission president, ursula fonderlion. in her opening speech, italy's prime minister georgia meloni provided unilateral proposal came among others from the african union commission chairman musa faki mahamat who stressed that african countries wanted to be consulted before rome unveiled its development plan for africa. this italy africa summit leaves me rather puzzled. the way the meeting was. organized does not respect african countries dignity, there is no reciprocity, it's just a project outlined by one side only, namely the far right italian prime minister whose rhetoric has always been centered around clamping down on african migrants. african analysts residing in rome also fear that the overarching goal of the summit is expanding rome's access to fossil fuel from africa to europe and strengthening the role of italian corporate. pressions in the exploitation of africa's natural and human resources. prime minister

example , conventionally speaking, goes to... a business trip to the congo, in order to train the armed forces of the democratic republic of the congo there, it needs a license to transfer knowledge, but we here we restrict the pmc because we, we limit the activities of the pmc, because we are talking exclusively about the activities of the pmc outside ukraine. if we return to the law of ukraine on pmcs, then the law of ukraine already answers the question. this is a law of ukraine that can only be applied on the territory of ukraine. the law of ukraine will not apply on the territory of mozambique, or on the territory of mali or burkina faso. that is, that in ukraine we regulate with such a law. unfortunately, when there was a debate on this matter, the author of this bill, ms. vasylevska smagliuk, she created a working group, but, well , i don't know how many times this working group met, but... i was invited to one meeting, i spoke there, and i was no longer invited to these meetings of the working group, because i was categorically against many points of this law, for example, i do not see why our ukrainian pmc shou

the summit held in the italian senate was attended by more than 20 african leaders including those of tunisia, senegal, kenya, the republic of the congo and somalia, and top officials of the eu, including the european commission president, ursula fonderlayan. in her opening speech, italy's prime minister georgia meloni provided some details of infrastructure. african analysts reciding in rome also fear that the overarching goal of the summit is expanding rome's access to fossil fuel from africa to europe and strengthening the role of italian corporations in the exploitation. struggling since russian gas flows were cut following the start of the war in ukraine. the summit seems to be focused on natural resources from africa. you know, africa, africa is very rich of resources, obviously italy is interested in those resources. consider that almost 40% of the gas we we use in italy was before before the crisis, ukraine was from russia. italy's foreign minister antonio tayani has said that rome is considering how best to give. africa roll at the next g7 foreign summit which will be held in the italian island of kapri, hinting at invitation

uganda is a country in the east of the african continent, with kampala as its capital , borders south sudan to the north, the democratic republic of the congo to the west, kenya to the east, tanzania to the south, and rwanda to the southwest . the largest lake in the african continent is victoria , a part of the lake is located in the southeast of uganda . the population of this country is more than 45 million people. fertile soil, constant rainfall, rich and significant mines. copper and cobalt are among uganda's stable natural resources. this country also has very large resources of crude oil and gas, and the main annual exports include coffee, tea and livestock aquatic life uganda's membership in important regional economic blocs such as the east and southern african common market economic union (kemsa), the international organization for development in east africa, ica and the east african community , the possibility of taking advantage of the capacity of these organizations to attend. it provides economic operators of the private sector in the african market. the virality of sed and sima news agency. united nations industrial developme

of earning money, amazingly, but at that time there were opportunities for... she had more earnings in africa than in her homeland. the first country on the continent for yang was the democratic republic of the congoa contract for 3 months, but ended up staying for 6 and a half years. times in the congo were turbulent at that time; as a result, the country experienced two revolutions and two evacuations. that is, when the revolution took place somewhere in the village. i remember the worst thing here was for me see when the playgrounds, children's playgrounds are on the street, there in the parks, they are empty, as if like such a deserted city, abandoned, and this is without saying anything, it is possible that it is there, but it is dangerous, that is, you cannot walk on the streets there or what, this was it, the high level of street crime in johannesburg dictates its own rules of life, but now , as i understand it, we are in one of the most modern areas of johannesburg, here... it’s easy to take out a camera, shoot, you feel a certain level of security that is familiar to us, residents of moscow, but as i understand it, if you drive for 10-15 minutes, you can easily get to the townships area,

of the world. the un peacekeeping operation has been scaled back. discussions are ongoing regarding the withdrawal of opem from the drc of the democratic republic of the congo, they were the main tool. establishment of peace in post-conflict conflict zones, therefore, it is necessary to look for new forms and approaches to how the united nations organization will support peace in the future. many hopes for finding a way out of the crisis, member states and the un secretariat is entrusted with the summit of the future, which will be held in september 2024. work on its preparation continues, negotiations are underway on the content of the final document. there is a skeptic that 193 un countries will be able to adopt a document that will truly become a tool for solving those global crises and conflicts that are currently on the agenda. from new york iryna solomko, pavlo terekhov, voice of america. the war in ukraine is already changing the way countries around the world prepare their militaries for potential challenges, with a particular focus on the use of drones. on according to american military experts, small armies of drones can become a common element of