#Congo

Samuel Moyn 🔭

samuelmoyn

1/ It's kind of amazing to me that no one has done a study of the imperialist entanglements of Gustave Moynier, the de facto founder of the International Red Cross,

christoph vogel

ethuin

Here’s a good example of completely underestimating the complexity of conflict in #Congo while having a PhD. Thread...https://twitter.com/torerhamming/status/1345982328477200384 To start with, as a friend stated in a discussion on that

Miss Quibocolo🇦🇴🇨🇩

JxcinaLamina_

My next short history education thread will be on the difference between being a Muzombo & Mukongo. Many people think the two are the same but they are very different.

Boukman Academy

BoukmanAcademy

On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated by colluding US, UN, British and Belgian forces just 201 days after becoming Prime Minister. Coming to power during Congolese Independence

neiL Munshi

neiLmunshi

There's a massive statue of King Leopold II next to the Royal Palace in Brussels. When post-George Floyd protests against racism, police brutality and Belgium's horrific exploitation of Congo erupted

JJ Bola

JJ_Bola

Today is D.R. Congo independence day, so here's is a thread briefly looking at Congo's history from the precolonial era, through to independence. #Congo #DRC #mboka #independence One of the

Ben See

ClimateBen

African Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. The most intact rainforests cover 6 countries.

Edward Burke

Edward__Burke

1/10 The @irishexaminer has published an article on my research on why men from the Baluba tribe killed 9 Irish peacekeepers at Niemba in the Congo in 1960. It involves

KASA

KentASA1969

KASA network now interrupts your regularly scheduled program to bring you KASA News. THIS JUST IN: AFRICA ID STILL IN NEED OF YOUR ATTENTION Watch KASA TV’s Breaking news segment

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty

swetac

I'm a scientist who studies threats like pandemics, esp how climate change accelerates risk of diseases. The next super virus is right around the corner. Read about Disease X in

Vinay Gupta

leashless

The world is a single interwoven pattern of unacceptable truths.The US lifestyle uses 8 times the natural resources the world can sustain, if we all shared it. The top 10%

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

Denial has always been a part of any epidemic. Pathogens, invisible and wiggling into vulnerabilities and fault lines in society, slip by cloaked by denial. The philosopher Foucault said of

Gloria.

conamorgloria

I'm studying to become a Congolese music historian so in this thread I will be sharing information related to Congolese music history. https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/12/the-roots-of-soukous .@cavachaexpress is a music blog f

The GOAT 🐐

theGOAT_2020

(THREAD)Paul Kagame, presidente do Ruanda é um piores genocidas e anti-democrata da história de África. A maioria dos africanos vê ele como um modelo a ser seguido, mas na verdade

Hazel Southwell

HSouthwellFE

ok I need to stop getting angry with the internet so let's have a chat about non-cobalt options for EV batteriescobalt is rare, most of it is mined from DRC,

Palesa Mogorosi 🌻🌼

PalesaMogorosi_

Colonizers were Christians. Apartheid legislators/leaders were Christians. King Leopold II of Belgium encouraged Christianity, and so did neo-Nazi Eugène N. Terre Blanche. Now it is very hard to convince me

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