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Free Congo Global Briefing

Join our virtual briefing to learn about what’s happening on the ground in the Congo! From the US to the Congo, let’s be in solidarity!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-congo-global-briefing-tickets-1236768882019

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Let's Act Together is a Congo based organization helping displaced Congolese

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-take-action-for-congo

We are launching a support campaign for the displaced Congolese people in Goma. We need your help to support these families in need! More info coming soon! Feel free to reach out to @Landry0204 on tiktok or instagram! He is on the ground in Goma providing aid to displaced civilians, I have set up this go fund me for him in order to fund all of the life saving work that he is doing.

#MutualAid #BlackMutualAid #Congo #DRC #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo

URGENT Support Needed in Goma, DR Congo

https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-needed-in-goma-dr-congo

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sits at the forefront of the climate emergency and the green energy transition. With an estimated 70% of the world’s cobalt production—a mineral indispensable to rechargeable batteries that power green energy technologies—the DRC holds a pivotal role in our global future. Despite the country’s estimated $24 trillion in natural wealth, over two-thirds of the population lives in extreme poverty, creating dangerous and vulnerable situations for its inhabitants. A significant portion of cobalt is mined by artisanal miners, including children, who use rudimentary tools and sometimes crawl down 100-foot-deep holes to retrieve the mineral. Both children and adults face life-threatening risks, and these mining sites, often unregulated, pose severe health threats to surrounding communities, who often face deadly repercussions for speaking out.

https://basandja.org/

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The Future Of Congo and Focus Congo: Education for all

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-future-of-congo-and-focus-congo-education-for-all

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tumblr post by flower-tea-fairies that reads:
You should be furious that people trying to escape genocide in Gaza, Sudan, Congo all need raise an absurd amount of money just to survive

You should be furious at how these people went through atrocity after atrocity and still need raise tens of thousands of dollars to get away

You should be furious at this insidious thing that completely encapsulates how capitalism feeds off of blood

#DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #Sudan #Palestine #DRC #CongoIsBleeding #KeepEyesOnSudan #EyesOnSudan #TalkAboutSudan #FreePalestine

Six-Day War: 23rd Anniversary Report
By Aïssata Diallo

This report refers to a sad date for the whole of the Democratic Republic of Congo. On June 5th, 2000, 23 years ago, the Democratic Republic of Congo faced a war that lasted six days from 5 to 10 June 2000 in the city of Kisangani.

https://congofriends.blogspot.com/2023/06/six-day-war-23rd-anniversary-report.html

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"Over six bloody days in June 2000, the Congolese city of Kisangani was the scene of deadly violence between the Ugandan and Rwandan armies. More than 10,000 shells exploded, killing thousands and injuring thousands more.

Since then, victims of the Six-Day War have fought for recognition and compensation. Uganda has been found guilty of war crimes by the International Court of Justice, but the victims remain uncompensated decades later.

Now, they decide to take matters into their own hands. In the first Congolese film to be an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, acclaimed director Dieudo Hamadi (Mama Colonel, National Diploma, Ladies in Waiting) captures their long journey down the Congo River to voice their claims in capital city of Kinshasa, seeking justice at last."

https://icarusfilms.com/if-downs

(shared via Friends of Congo newsletter)

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CONGRESS: Do Not Allow Our Tax Dollars To Fund Conflict In The Congo!

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/congress-do-not-allow-our-tax-dollars-to-fund-conflict-in-the-congo

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"Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent every year, according to a report published on Thursday."

~African gold worth tens of billions smuggled to UAE each year: report

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Resource Library with Action Items: Ceasefire Now!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1kmMkTRKM7f3eFpGfKyn3hqYaCc1Z-SSzTq3oAglIxvw/htmlview?pli=1#

#KeepEyesOnSudan #EyesOnSudan #DRC #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo
#CongoIsBleeding #Congo #Uyghur #UyghurGenocide #NagornoKarabakh #Palestine #FreePalestine

The New Times: DR Congo restricts social media after M23 captured Goma. “The Congolese government restricted social media networks such as X and TikTok, days after AFC/M23 rebels took control of the eastern city of Goma, reports said. The restrictions, which also affected Google Play Store, were meant to combat what the government calls fake news, Jeune Afrique reported on February 4.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/13/the-new-times-dr-congo-restricts-social-media-after-m23-captured-goma/