The Pope’s “vibrant appeal” in the face of the “atrocities” perpetrated in eastern DR Congo

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“Your tears are my tears”: Pope Francis has launched a “vibrant appeal” in the face of the “cruel atrocities” perpetrated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following celebrating a mass in front of a million people in Kinshasa. On the second day of his visit, he said he was “outraged” at the “bloody and illegal exploitation of the wealth” of the DRC, where violence by armed groups has killed hundreds of thousands of people and thrown millions more on the roads.

in Senegal where some thirty civil society organizations called on President Macky Sall to give up a third term. The next presidential election is scheduled in a year, in 2024. And the opposition suspects the president of wanting to run once more. Details with our correspondent in Dakar Elimane Ndao.

It had not resounded in its country of origin for almost a century: an Ivorian drum seized by France during colonization is regarding to be returned to Côte d’Ivoire, a new stage in a policy restitution of works initiated in 2017 by President Macron. Confiscated in 1916 by the French army from the Ébrié community and kept in recent years at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, the Ivorian drum Djidji Ayokwe must be returned to the Museum of Civilizations of Côte d’Ivoire in 2023.

Ivorian rapper Didi B is our guest tonight. He won the prize for the best song of the year 2022 with the title “Tala” we told you regarding it in the JTA. DIDI B is an Ivorian singer, known for having been a member of the Ivorian hip hop group KIFF NO BEAT, he is now solo. He connects collaborations and successes. He will be at the Elysée Montmartre for his first date in France this Saturday, February 4.

Editor: Célia Caracena

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