Posted on 02/22/2021 12:12:25 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two other people have been killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy in the restive east of the central African country.
The convoy from the World Food Programme (WFP) was attacked at about 10.30am local time (0830 GMT) during an attempted kidnapping near the town of Kanyamahoro, about 10 miles north of the regional capital, Goma, a spokesperson for Virunga national park said.
Ambassador Luca Attanasio and a male Italian military police officer travelling with him were killed, the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement. A driver also died in the attack, diplomatic sources and local officials said.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, but the road on which the convoy was travelling is a frequent site of attacks by bandits and armed militia.
“It is with deep sorrow that the foreign ministry confirms the death today in Goma of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, and of a policeman from the carabinieri,” the Italian foreign ministry statement said. “The ambassador and the soldier were travelling in a car in a convoy of Monusco, the United Nations organisation stabilisation mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
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Did they eat him?
And this is where 90% of the cobalt for Biden’s green-energy car batteries and renewable storage is coming from….
“Restive?” Is that like “mostly peaceful?”
And “bandits.” A softer version of “terrorists?”
They sent one Italian cop to guard an ambassador in a terror zone? What was he, Inspector Cluso? At first glance I thought maybe a hijacking of the goods carried in the convoy, but the article says attempted kidnapping. I guess they wanted the Ambassador but the excerpt doesn’t say... and how would they know the motive if they didn’t capture the kidnappers?
Biden has a solution for Africa’s problems. See tagline.
Goes tuh show ya ... d’at ‘you ehn’ t’ing ain’t no superman t’ing!
So, Congo is still a s***hole; who woulda thunk it?
That international leftist media news star Joy Reid’s father was from Republic of the Congo. Maybe she can fill us in about the background. Father abandoned the family early on. But maybe she can tell stories.
africa is still a s###hole
tweaked it a bit there for ya
What about Wakanda?
That will teach him to make a political contribution of only $100 for an ambassadorship slot. If $250 he might have at least gotten Uganda.
Egypt’s not bad.
Reconsider travel to Democratic Republic of the Congo due to COVID-19, crime, and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk.
tell that to the copts
We tried to tell him the UN sucked.
They referred to him as "Blackened Italian", so they probably did.
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