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DJM (freelance for hire)

The quiet violence of peace deals

Trump’s Congo-Rwanda deal is hailed as diplomatic triumph. But behind the photo ops lies a familiar exchange: African resources for Western power.

africasacountry.com/2025/07/th

"The war over minerals [...] has never ceased; it has only taken different forms. Today, it is waged not only through armed conflict but through the quiet violence of environmental degradation, economic exploitation [...]"

africasacountry.comThe quiet violence of peace dealsTrump’s Congo-Rwanda deal is hailed as diplomatic triumph. But behind the photo ops lies a familiar exchange: African resources for Western power.
#Africa#Rwanda#DRC
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Nonilex

At the same time, negotiations were intensifying over a deal in which the #US would secure greater access to #Congo #minerals in return for help defending the country from #Rwanda backed #insurgents rampaging across its eastern provinces.

To get the ball rolling, Kahana met w/ #State Dept ofcls in DC in March. The ofcls thought it worth empowering a team led by Kahana to discuss US *diplomatic* goals & the release of the 3 Americans w/ #Tshisekedi, the businessman & the State Dept said.

#Trump
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Nonilex

…"We thought they had enough sway to talk to the right people. Obviously, that proved incorrect," Dustin Stewart, #Trump's deputy special envoy for hostage affairs, who was involved in the initiative, told Reuters.

#Congo has become a focus of #US diplomatic efforts to end the decades-long conflict in the east & help American companies access critical #minerals, making the country ripe territory for endeavours [pillaging] such as this mission.

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
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Nonilex

Reuters pieced together the course of events by speaking to the 3 Americans on the trip, a #State Dept ofcl involved in the initiative, & 2 people the trio met during their brief stay in #Congo's capital Kinshasa.

The story of the ill-fated venture, which has not previously been reported, provides a glimpse of how the #Trump admin…works through *unconventional* channels in pursuit of *deals* to bring Americans home….

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
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Nonilex

An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official & a decorated Green Beret [walked into a bar…wait, wrong lede] pitched up in the Democratic Republic of #Congo in March with a message for President Felix #Tshisekedi from the #Trump admin.

Two days later, they fled the country in fear of arrest.

#geopolitics#USpol#MafiaState
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African Music Forum (AMF)

Baloji – Zombies (short film)

amf.didiermary.fr/kaniama-show

Kaniama Show is Baloji‘s first short film, a fictional satire about the collusion of State and media powers in an unidentified African country.

It’s part of multiple projects and releases by the artist in 2018, with a long-play single track: ‘Kaniama: The Yellow Version’. […]

African Music Forum · Baloji - Zombies (short film) - Kaniama Show - African Music Forum
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#Congo#Rap#ShortFilm
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African Music Forum (AMF)

Petite Noir — La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful

amf.didiermary.fr/petite-noir-

Two collaborations between Petite Noir (Yannick Diekeno Ilunga, a South African raised, Belgian born, Congolese singer & songwriter) and Baloji: “La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful” + “Capture” where both feature on each other songs. […]

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#Congo#Punk#SouthAfrica
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Baloji Feat. Konono N°1 – Karibu Ya Bintou

amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-konon

“Karibu Ya Bintou” comes from Baloji‘s album “Kinshasa Succursale“

Video shot in the streets of Kinshasa.

Electric thumb piano (aka likembé) played by Konono N°1, the legendary Congolese band whose junkyard sonics and trademark “Congotronics” sound has had a major influence on the electronic and indie rock scenes.

African Music Forum · Baloji Feat. Konono N°1 - Karibu Ya Bintou - African Music Forum
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#Congo#CongoPunk#Congotronics
DJM (freelance for hire)

Minerals for peace? How to make the Rwanda-DRC deal stick.

"It is a mineral deal first, an opportunity for peace second."
"The deal aligns squarely with U.S. strategic interests and President Trump’s ethos for a transactional foreign policy."
"[...] a sustainable peace can only be delivered if accountability for human rights violations committed by all sides is out front."

thehill.com/opinion/internatio

#Africa#Rwanda#DRC
African Music Forum (AMF)

Siassia & Tokobina – Mama Africa

amf.didiermary.fr/siassia-toko

Originally from Pointe Noire in Congo, Albert Siassia came to Paris in the early 80s as part of the Ballet National du Congo and joined forces with a young French reggae group called Dread Lion – a band he re-christened “Tokobina” (Lingala for “let’s dance”). Keen to broaden their audience the group played a mixture […]

#80smusic #Congo(s)

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