The death of the Italian ambassador to Congo, Luca Attanasio, may be linked to visa extortion. The diplomat was killed in an ambush on February 22, 2021 in Goma, northern Congo, along with carabiniere Vittorio Iacovanci and driver Mustapha Milambo. Initially there was talk of robbery, but the truth seems to be different. Attanasio was […]
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Miracle in the lake: children survive three days after flood
Floods and floods ravage Congo. Mud covers the country, now on the brink of disaster: In less than a week, flooding has already killed 400 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A dramatic scenario with a story of hope in it: Two children survive the floods by swimming near the shores of […]
Life imprisonment for the murderers of Luca Attanasio
Life imprisonment for all! This is the sentence handed down by the Congo court to the six people accused of killing the Italian ambassador in Congo, Luca Attanasio, the gendarmerie Vittorio Iacovacci and the driver Mustapha Milambo. The military prosecutor’s office in Kinshasa had sought the death penalty for six defendants, but five were on […]