11th Carmignac Photojournalism Award

Congo in Conversation

Congo in Conversation

Tag: North-Kivu

Virunga National Park, DRC, February 22nd 2021. United Nations peacekeepers secure the area where the Italian ambassador to Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed in an apparent kidnapping attempt on Monday. An Italian embassy official and a Congolese World Food Programme driver were also killed in the ambush which took place near Nyiragongo volcano in Virunga Park. © Austere Malivika for Fondation Carmignac

Politics and Insecurity

Italian Ambassador killed in Eastern Congo Ambush Amid Rising Violence

The escalating churn of deadly violence engulfing parts of eastern Congo gained international attention when the Italian ambassador to the ...

byGuerchom Ndeboand1 others

February 23, 2021