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How Western Crave For Resources Destroyed Congo’s Peace

May 15, 2023 3:11 am

For over five centuries, European governments and other Western collaborators have continued to consistently pillage the resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo using the same sordid pattern. They have stolen, looted, and destroyed the country leaving only traces of massive corruption, perpetual conflict, and state capture which has ensured that a country that was one of the most peaceful to one that knows no peace.

DR Congo is an example of how badly colonialism, slavery, and corruption can destroy a nation. Despite potentially being one of the richest countries on earth in terms of natural resources, its people …

Belgium Reopens Case With Possible Link To McCann Suspect

June 11, 2020 3:49 pm

Belgium reopened an investigation on Thursday into the 1996 murder of a German teenager because of a possible link with the man suspected of murdering British girl Madeleine McCann.

Carola Titze, 16, was found dead and mutilated in July 1996 in the resort town of De Haan on the Belgian coast.

The public prosecutor’s office in Bruges “is indeed reopening the file relating to this murder”, a spokesman told AFP, without giving further details.

At the time, Titze was on holiday with her parents and the investigation turned to a German suspect in his early 20s.

The man had bragged …

Belgium Suspends Extradition Case For Catalan MEPs

January 2, 2020 3:02 pm

A Belgian judge on Thursday suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said.

Exiled former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and his health minister Toni Comin were elected members of the European Parliament in May last year.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled last month that they enjoy immunity from prosecution unless Spain requests this be removed and their fellow MEPs agree.

On Thursday, Puigdemont’s Belgian lawyer Simon Bekaert told AFP the European Arrest Warrant levelled against the men by the Spanish court should now be rejected.…

Anambra: Igbo Union from Belgium Offers Free Medicals

November 11, 2019 4:14 am

A 16-man team of medical personnel from Ghent, Belgium recently brought succour to many families in Anambra State during a 13-day free medical mission at Enugu-Ukwu General Hospital.

Led by Mr Okechukwu Emeh, a philanthropist and President of Igbo Union, Ghent, Belgium, the exercise attracted several people with different health challenges that were already compounded by inability to afford the medical bills. They were treated free of charge during the exercise.

Emeh, while appraising the success of the medical mission, said the gesture was necessitated by the union’s quest to give back to the society. Members of the group said …