DR CONGO PRESIDENT PARDONS COUP PLOTTERS OF AMERICAN ORIGIN. (PHOTO).

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 DR Congo president pardons coup plotters of American origin    President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi has granted a presidential pardon to several coup plotters of American origin, who had been sentenced to death, according to official sources, Xinhua reported. Marcel Malanga, born in Utah, United States, and two other Americans who were sentenced to death last September, "will not be executed, as the death penalty is commuted," said Tina Salama, spokesperson for the DRC presidency late Tuesday. Tshisekedi has ordered the commutation of Marcel Malanga's sentence to life imprisonment, said Salama, adding that the measure also applies to the other American nationals convicted. Thirty-seven alleged coup plotters were convicted and sentenced to death in September last year by a Kinshasa military court in a trial against the failed coup. The coup plotters attacked the residence of Vital Kamerhe, then vice-prime minister, before targeting the ...

VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN HAITI AS GANG ATTACK CLAIMS LIVES OF JOURNALISTS AND POLICE. (PHOTO).


 Violence Erupts in Haiti as Gang Attack Claims Lives of Journalists and Police

In Haiti, a violent attack at the general hospital in In Haiti, a violent attack at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince resulted in the deaths of at least three people, including two journalists and a police officer. Armed men opened fire during a briefing to announce the reopening of the countryā€™s largest public hospital, which had been destroyed by gangs earlier in the year. The Viv Ansanm gang alliance, which controls much of the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, opposing the hospital's reopening. Several others were injured, and disturbing images from the scene show the aftermath of the violence.


This attack highlights the worsening situation in Haiti, where gang violence has surged since the assassination of President Jovenel MoĆÆse in 2021. Despite efforts to restore stability, including the installation of a new transitional government and the deployment of an international force, gangs continue to dominate large areas of Port-au-Prince. With 85% of the capital under gang control and thousands dead this year alone, the country faces increasing instability, suffering, and insecurity.

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