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Philadelphia burning: The city’s forgotten outrage against a Black community
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on 6621 Osage Avenue which left 11 people dead, including five children, and burned down 61 homes. The building was the headquarters of MOVE, a radical West Philadelphia group whose ideology combined Black revolutionary ideals with environmental and animal rights. In 1988, a grand jury cleared then-Mayor Wilson Goode and other top city officials of criminal liability for death and destruction resulting from the incident. This month Philadelphia City Council voted to formally apologise for their decision to approve a bombing.
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on 6621 Osage Avenue which left 11 people dead, including five children, and burned down 61 homes. The building was the headquarters of MOVE, a radical West Philadelphia group whose ideology combined Black revolutionary ideals with environmental and animal rights. In 1988, a grand jury cleared then-Mayor Wilson Goode and other top city officials of criminal liability for death and destruction resulting from the incident. This month Philadelphia City Council voted to formally apologise for their decision to approve a bombing. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (French: [feliks ɑ̃twan tʃisekedi tʃilombo]; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since
All eyes will be on President Felix Tshisekedi January 25, 2020, when he marks one year in office as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The right to peaceful assembly has generally been respected and Tshisekedi has refrained from unleashing the police and other security organs
© REUTERS / Baz Ratner Police officers in Kinshasa, January 2019. All behind the President of the Republic: such is the commitment made by the police in the DRC. Tuesday, December 1, the officers of the army and the national police were gathered at the Palace of the Nation, seat of the presidency, for an interview with the supreme commander, Felix Tshisekedi.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda Muzembe
More than two hours of interview between the senior officers of the army, the police and the head of state. According to some participants, these generals told their supreme commander of the problems that preoccupy the men in uniform: the precariousness of their living conditions, poor care, problems with equipment, training, supervision ... They also gave their appreciation of the role that the public force is called upon to play in a democratic State, that of supervising the population for the police, and defending the homeland for the army ...
DRC: issuance of biometric passports postponed to a later date
© CC0 Public Domain DRC: old passport, not valid since October 16, 2017 (illustrative image). In the DRC, the resumption of production and issuance of biometric passports initially set for Monday 23 November has been postponed to a later date. In June 2020, the controversial contract between the DRC and the consortium of companies of the Semlex group, specializing in the production of passports, had ended. The Democratic Republic of Congo 's main opposition party RDC has a new leader, Felix Tshisekedi . Tshisekedi is an outspoken opponent of President Kabila.
Félix Tshisekedi , is the new president of the DRC , according to provisional results published by CENI. Political heir to Étienne Tshisekedi , a historical
Despite the political vicissitudes of the moment, we will remain apolitical, said the spokesperson for the FARDC. In a statement read at the end of the meeting, Major General Léon Richard Kasonga recalled that the army's mission is to protect the Head of State, the population and their property, but also to defend the integrity of the national territory.
This meeting of the Head of State with the high command of the police and the army comes nearly a week after the end of the consultations initiated by the President of the Republic with various categories of the population for, according to his terms, "to obtain a sacred union of the nation". An address from Félix Tshisekedi is also expected shortly.
Head of DR Congo elite unit warns against 'plotting' .
The head of DR Congo's elite Republican Guard has ordered his troops "not to plot" against President Felix Tshisekedi, who is embroiled in a deep crisis with supporters of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila. In a video that began to spread on social media on Monday, Major-General Christian Tshiwewe said, "I urge you not to plot against the government by taking part in clandestine meetings. Remain patriots, imbued by loyalty (and) allegiance to the head of state."The Republican Guard -- which is tasked with protecting the president -- is dominated by officers appointed by Kabila, who stepped down in early 2019 after 18 years in power.
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