Africa

US Ambassador Nikki Haley at the UN in Feb 2017

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Wednesday March 29, 2017, commenting as a proposal on MONUSCO's renewal was being debated,  that the U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), serving within MONUSCO, are aiding a DRC government that is "corrupt and preys on its citizens". The United States will be leading the UN Security Council in April 2017.

Ahmed Kathrada gives VIP tour of Robben Island Museum to President Obama and his family, in 2013

The South African former political prisoner, politician, anti-apartheid activist, freedom fighter and ANC leader Ahmed Kathrada, known under his nickname Kathy, died Tuesday at a Johannesburg hospital at age 87.

Pope Francis Visits the US in Sep 2015

Pope Francis said on March 13, 2017  that he is cancelling  a long planned trip to DRC. He was due to travel to DRC and its neighbour,  the Republic of Congo,  in July-August 2017.