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Dominic Johnson

@kongoecho

Foreign & Africa Editor, German newspaper TAZ (die tageszeitung) Berlin. DRC/Great Lakes focus. British Migrationshintergrund. HCS/Cantab (King's)

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German intellectuals are going mad one after the other. Exhibit C: Veteran columnist would like to reintroduce conscription, however all available buildings are full of immigrants and enrolling Syrians and Afghans would enable them to fight Israel. archive.ph/HpUQk

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For the first time in many years, #DRC celebrates its Independence Day divided: government in #Kinshasa, rebels in #Goma. Is the new treaty with #Rwanda cause for hope? My overview with simone schlindwein in TAZ taz #30Juin taz.de/DR-Kongo-begeh…

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Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke. This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.

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#Kyiv under sustained attack: When will Europe get its act together? Where is "Staatsraison" when you need it? What happened to the "Coalition of the Willing"? Protect #Ukraine

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UPDATE: Uganda's President Museveni orders reopening of border points in DR Congo region controlled by the M23-AFC rebel movement.

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I am a candidate for the 12 October 2025 presidential election. Rest assured that my determination to serve you is commensurate with the serious challenges facing us. Together, there are no challenges we cannot meet. The best is still to come. #Biya2025 #PaulBiya #Cameroon

I am a candidate for the 12 October 2025 presidential election.
Rest assured that my determination to serve you is commensurate with the serious challenges facing us.
Together, there are no challenges we cannot meet.
The best is still to come.
#Biya2025
#PaulBiya
#Cameroon
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It is with profound sorrow and a heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of His Excellency, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), GCFR, my predecessor, who departed this life today, Sunday, July 13, 2025, at a hospital in the United Kingdom. President Buhari was to

It is with profound sorrow and a heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of His Excellency, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), GCFR, my predecessor, who departed this life today, Sunday, July 13, 2025, at a hospital in the United Kingdom.
President Buhari was to
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Does anyone have recent photos of Muhammadu #Buhari (82, RIP) and Paul #Biya (92, standing for re-election)? Here's an old one:

Does anyone have recent photos of Muhammadu #Buhari (82, RIP) and Paul #Biya (92, standing for re-election)?
Here's an old one:
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UPDATE: DRC and M23-AFC rebel have this Saturday signed a declaration of principles, and must work on final peace deal very soon. The final document signed today has yet to be released, but here is the draft that was finalized a few days ago.

UPDATE: DRC and M23-AFC rebel have this Saturday signed a declaration of principles, and must work on final peace deal very soon. The final document signed today has yet to be released, but here is the draft that was finalized a few days ago.
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🚨AFP issues a statement saying this is the 1st time in their entire history their journalists on the ground face death by starvation

🚨AFP issues a statement saying this is the 1st time in their entire history their journalists on the ground face death by starvation
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Congolese POWs in #Rwanda taken during the battle of Goma in January (not February) say they didn't know where the border was and crossed into Gisenyi by mistake - thereby confirming that #DRC army did indeed attempt to enter Rwanda

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Germany in the year 2025: "Journalist" and "activist against hate speech" writes that everyone who says people are starving in #Gaza is lying for profit, that all such reports are fake, and that the UN is "an assembly pf fascists, antisemites, racists and Israel haters"