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The Irish Times view on displaced people: a crisis rapidly worsening

The Irish Times 18 May 2025
New figures have shown that last year war and natural disaster led to a record 83.4 million internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide, equivalent to the entire population of Germany.
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How Africa should adapt to climate change

Mail Guardian South Africa 16 May 2025
It is estimated that climate change could force 5% of Africa’s population, or 113 million people – more than the populations of Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and South Africa – to leave their homes by 2050 ... ....
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South Sudan hosts nearly 560,000 refugees, asylum seekers: UNHCR

Xinhua 12 May 2025
"The vast majority, 527,951 individuals, are Sudanese refugees, followed by populations from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and other ...
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OPINION: Dreams of Empire

Pagosa Daily Post 12 May 2025
We are condemned because we have given our peasant population land and rights.” ... Congo. Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of independent Congo.
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Jordanian helicopter unit continues successful missions in DR Congo

Petra 10 May 2025
Amman, May 10 (Petra) – The Jordanian Helicopter Unit (Congo/1) has successfully continued ... These operations are aimed at alleviating the impact of conflict on local populations in eastern DRC.
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Prince Harry’s Africa charity acknowledges ‘human rights abuses’

The Times/The Sunday Times 09 May 2025
The comment came as her firm, Omnia Strategy LLP, concluded its investigation into African Parks in the Republic of Congo, following accusations of human rights abuses against the indigenous population including rape and torture.
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Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda

The Observer 08 May 2025
The WFP in Uganda warned two weeks ago that $50m (£37m) was urgently needed to help refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Sudan.
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Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis

Chatanooga Times Free Press 07 May 2025
According to Vatican statistics, Catholics represent 3.3% of the population in Asia, but their numbers are growing, especially in terms of seminarians, as they are in Africa, where Catholics represent about 20% of the population.
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Christianity is booming in Africa. What it means for the Catholic Church's next pope

Usatoday 06 May 2025
Contenders include Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea and Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Algeria.Africa's population growth fuels religious expansion ...It’s about fertility rates and much younger populations.
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International company news in brief: Starlink gets DRC licence

Business Day 04 May 2025
War-torn Congo has low connectivity, with just about 30% of the population using the internet as of 2023, according to the International Telecommunication Union. ReutersApax set to buy Finastra TCM for $2bn.
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In Congo, M23 rebels’ latest fight is to revive the economy

The Star 03 May 2025
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The M23 insurgents who routed Congo's army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa's most populous nations now face a task as mundane as it is daunting. governing. Read full story ... .
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