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New exhibition explores black artists’ cultural influence in Scotland

A new exhibition exploring the contribution black artists have made to Scotland’s culture has opened in Glasgow. AfroScots: Revisiting the Work of Black Artists in Scotland through New Collecting has been created in response to the “whiteness” of ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Man wrongly interviewed live on air to sue BBC over lost earnings

A man who became an early internet sensation after the BBC interviewed him live on air by mistake says he is planning to sue the corporation over lost earnings from the clip. Guy Goma turned up at the corporation’s headquarters for a job ...

28 Aug 2023 at 09:13

World

Congo and rebel groups agree three-day ceasefire ahead of presidential vote

Congolese security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour ceasefire to de-escalate tensions in the country’s hard-hit east near the border with Rwanda, the US has announced. The move comes just days before Congo’s presidential ...

12 Dec 2023 at 13:03

Scotland

New exhibition explores black artists’ cultural influence in Scotland

14 Jun 2022 at 17:45

World

DR Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, an army spokesman said. Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 ...

13 Jan 2025 at 08:18

World

DR Congo says 773 dead in weeklong fighting as military tries to repel rebels

At least 773 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong ...

01 Feb 2025 at 21:29

World

Death toll in Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Goma is at least 900

Fighting last week between government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the UN health agency has said. The World ...

03 Feb 2025 at 18:10

World

Rwanda-backed rebels who seized major Congo city declare unilateral ceasefire

Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian grounds. Monday’s announcement came after the UN health ...

03 Feb 2025 at 19:34

World

Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo’s largest city

Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighbouring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest regional hub. Pockets of ...

27 Jan 2025 at 21:13

World

Demonstrators attack foreign embassies in Congo’s capital

Dozens of demonstrators attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium, in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday to protest at the advance of ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:23

World

Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces slow rebels

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city, as UN officials ...

28 Jan 2025 at 18:25

World

M23 rebels expand control in east Congo as Rwandan leader urges ceasefire

Rebels backed by Rwanda captured more towns in eastern Congo on Wednesday, as fighters moved beyond the key city of Goma in an apparent attempt to expand their control in the conflict-battered ...

29 Jan 2025 at 22:07

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