Congolese boxer Roméo Katompa, known as Bololo, was killed and his home burned in a xenophobic attack in South Africa, reviving fears for migrants’ safety.
Congolese diaspora
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Some 350 people marched in Blois to honour Vicinthe Samba Mpassi, a Congolese woman killed in Suevres in June, and to demand that justice be served.
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Belgian Reality Check for La Louvière The early-season buoyancy that had carried RAAL La Louvière into the Belgian elite has given way to a more sobering winter campaign. A 2–1 …
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From scattered talents to strategic capital When presidential adviser Rodrigue Malanda-Samba stepped onto the stage of the Palais des Glaces in Paris on 13 September, his message to the hundreds …
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A weekend where sport met statecraft The third matchday of the current Ligue 1 season unfolded as more than a routine chapter in French domestic football. For the Republic of …
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Bundesliga Breakthrough for Massengo and Matsima The opening match-day of the German Bundesliga offered an early narrative twist for FC Augsburg, whose 3–1 victory at Freiburg bore an unmistakable Congolese …
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Congolese Talent Shines in UEFA Play-Off Round Across the continent’s late-summer heat waves, Congolese footballers based in Europe have been thrust into the decisive play-off round that separates continental anonymity …
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Lower-League Laboratories of Talent The second weekend of August offered a reminder that the arteries of European football extend far beyond the glare of the Champions League. In England’s third …