"Deliberately targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure in a way that is excessive to direct military advantage is a war crime, but experts have said the principle of proportionality is at breaking point across multiple conflicts, including #Gaza, #Sudan and #Congo as well as #Ukraine."

#Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/16/ukrainian-civilian-casualties-surged-by-26-in-2025-say-researchers

"Deliberately targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure in a way that is excessive to direct military advantage is a war crime, but experts have said the principle of proportionality is at breaking point across multiple conflicts, including #Gaza, #Sudan and #Congo as well as #Ukraine."

#Politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/16/ukrainian-civilian-casualties-surged-by-26-in-2025-say-researchers

Lumumba is beloved and revered to this day in the Congo.

At the recent African Nations Cup, a football fan attended every game dressed as Lumumba, standing completely still for the entire match in his famous pose.

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#Football #SolidarityIsBeautiful #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Congo #EndColonialism

Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Republic of Congo, because he sought to restore national control over the country's mineral reserves. 🧵

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#SolidarityIsBeautiful #Congo #EndColonialism #Politics

Lumumba is beloved and revered to this day in the Congo.

At the recent African Nations Cup, a football fan attended every game dressed as Lumumba, standing completely still for the entire match in his famous pose.

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#Football #SolidarityIsBeautiful #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Congo #EndColonialism

When the news broke internationally, massive demonstrations broke out. Belgian embassies in Warsaw and Belgrade were sacked, with furniture being dragged out into the street and burned.

(draw your own current parallels ... )

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#SolidarityIsBeautiful #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Congo #EndColonialism

The Belgians, the CIA and MI6 colluded in his murder.

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#SolidarityIsBeautiful #Congo #EndColonialism #Politics

Yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the Republic of Congo, because he sought to restore national control over the country's mineral reserves. 🧵

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#SolidarityIsBeautiful #Congo #EndColonialism #Politics

Thousands of refugees fleeing DR #Congo arrive at #Burundi camps

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/7/thousands-of-refugees-fleeing-dr-congo-arrive-at-burundi-camps

Tens of thousands of people have crossed into #Burundi to escape violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the #Congo. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from a displacement camp in Busuma, now home to many of those #refugees.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CTViP2KW54I

#GlobalSouth #DRCongo #Africa #Displacement #WarRefugees #Busuma

Thousands of refugees fleeing DR #Congo arrive at #Burundi camps

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/1/7/thousands-of-refugees-fleeing-dr-congo-arrive-at-burundi-camps

#Rwanda’s President Kagame and DR #Congo’s President Tshisekedi praised US President Trump for mediating the “Washington Accord,” a peace deal designed to stabilise their region and draw in Western mining investment.

Around a third of mpox vaccines Japan has donated to the Democratic Republic of Congo are going to waste because they cannot be stored once prepared for use, the head of Congo's mpox response said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/donated-mpox-vaccines-congo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #congo #mpox #vaccinations #health

#Socialdemocracy, then, is not a step beyond #capitalism but a softer version of it. The illusion works only for those who benefit from it. The #miners in #Congo & the garment #workers in #Bangladesh who feed Western #industries see through it clearly.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

Il Rapporto Mapping completo sul #genocidio in #Congo. Un rapporto #ONU che documenta i crimini delle milizie del #Ruanda e che per questo la Commissione Europea ha tenuto nel cassetto. Oggi infatti facciamo ottimi affari con il presidente ruandese Paul #Kagame, quindi meglio dimenticare. Ecco il rapporto completo
https://www.peacelink.it/conflitti/a/50950.html

Il Rapporto Mapping completo sul #genocidio in #Congo. Un rapporto #ONU che documenta i crimini delle milizie del #Ruanda e che per questo la Commissione Europea ha tenuto nel cassetto. Oggi infatti facciamo ottimi affari con il presidente ruandese Paul #Kagame, quindi meglio dimenticare. Ecco il rapporto completo
https://www.peacelink.it/conflitti/a/50950.html

...of the Gyrobus, which was developed by Swiss engineers. (Turns out the Swiss invented, and still invent, a lot of things.)

3 pantographs drew power to send a 3-ton flywheel spinning; this in turn ran the bus for up to 6 km.

First tested at Zurich airport, then used in #Belgium and the #Congo.

...of the Gyrobus, which was developed by Swiss engineers. (Turns out the Swiss invented, and still invent, a lot of things.)

3 pantographs drew power to send a 3-ton flywheel spinning; this in turn ran the bus for up to 6 km.

First tested at Zurich airport, then used in #Belgium and the #Congo.

🔥Resistir, no es solo buscar en #México: es tejer alianzas, construir memoria internacionalista, unir saberes y prácticas de cuidado, reconocer en el otro la continuidad de nuestra propia lucha.
👉Análisis: https://avispa.org/?p=120729 🐝

#Veracruz #Palestina #Desapariciónforzada #Congo #kurdistan #HastaEncontrarles #DDHH #Latam #necropolitica #Genocidio #gaza #PalestinaVencera

🔥Resistir, no es solo buscar en #México: es tejer alianzas, construir memoria internacionalista, unir saberes y prácticas de cuidado, reconocer en el otro la continuidad de nuestra propia lucha.
👉Análisis: https://avispa.org/?p=120729 🐝

#Veracruz #Palestina #Desapariciónforzada #Congo #kurdistan #HastaEncontrarles #DDHH #Latam #necropolitica #Genocidio #gaza #PalestinaVencera