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Peace deal with Rwanda and Congo will enrich governments and Trump allies-but could leave Africans in turmoil

President Donald Trump led a U.S.-backed peace deal between the warring African countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, which was joined by both nations’ presidents on Thursday for the deal’s landmark signing. At the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., which was recently renamed after Trump, the president praised the deal signed with Felix Tshisekedi, president of the DRC, and Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda. He called it a “momentous occasion,” and said it was […]

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Trump’s viral ‘white farmer genocide’ photo debunked—image is from Congo, not South Africa

President Donald Trump created quite the spectacle during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his attempt to bolster his claim of a white “genocide” happening in the country. However, some of the evidence Trump presented has turned out to be false. Trump displayed numerous printed articles and played a nearly 5-minute-long video montage to reporters at the White House that he claimed proved that white Afrikaner farmers were the victims of a genocide in South […]

todayMay 23, 2025

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Watch: Topics of Haiti and Congo dominate US-Kenya press conference

TheGrio was on hand at the U.S.-Kenya press conference for the official state visit of Kenya President William Ruto. TheGrio’s April Ryan posed questions to both President Joe Biden and President Ruto about the ongoing conflicts and instability in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Overall, the press conference dealt with issues of a 60-year cooperative relationship between both countries. One of the major tangibles that came out of the bilateral meetings with both presidents was that Kenya is […]

todayMay 24, 2024

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CBC members turn attention to the crises plaguing Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

While many are focused on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russia-Ukraine invasion, members of the Congressional Black Caucus call attention to the crises that are taking place in Sudan and the Congo. U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., told theGrio, “We always uplift and talk about and center the western hegemonic imperial power structure, which tends to be white nations like Israel and Ukraine and others.” People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. A leading […]

todayDecember 19, 2023