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 American citizen Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for involvement in failed coup

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
Benjamin Zalman Polun, Marcel Malanga and Taylor Thompson, American citizens suspected, along with a group of over fifty other people, to be involved in an attempted coup in Congo, wait for the beginning of their trial in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 7, 2024.

Three US citizens sentenced to death in Congo over role in failed coup

By REUTERS
 ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

ICC accepts over 60 filings for arrest requests of Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas officials

 The KCD open pit gold mine at the Kibali mining site in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1, 2014.

US exploring limited easing of sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler

By REUTERS
 A Congolese girl covers her head as she in Rhoe camp for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Djugu's territory, Ituri's province, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo April 19, 2023.

Suspected Islamist rebels kill at least 10 in eastern Congo

By REUTERS
 A Congolese girl covers her head as she in Rhoe camp for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Djugu's territory, Ituri's province, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo April 19, 2023.

Islamist rebels kill at least nine in eastern Congo attacks

By REUTERS
 Workers carry the coffin of a protestor killed during a demonstration before burial at the Makao cemetery in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo September 18, 2023.

Over 40 feared dead in east Congo after crackdown on anti-UN protest

By REUTERS
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday (21 September 2023), on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City, met with the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi.

Congo, Paraguay pledge Jerusalem embassies in NY talks with Netanyahu

 A Congolese girl covers her head as she in Rhoe camp for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Djugu's territory, Ituri's province, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo April 19, 2023.

At least 14 killed in militant attack on Congo church- local official

By REUTERS
 Ugandan soldiers

Uganda military kills Islamist-linked rebel group commander

By REUTERS
 Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (left) listens

Uganda president says ex-Congo leader gave sanctuary to Islamist rebels

By REUTERS
Locals gather at the cordoned scene outside the Mpondwe Lhubirira Secondary School, after militants linked to rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed and abducted multiple people, in Mpondwe, western Uganda, June 17, 2023.

Uganda detains 20 rebel 'collaborators' after student massacre

By REUTERS
Moises Katumbi speaks at the European Jewish Association's Jerusalem Day gala in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, 2016.

Law barring DR Congo’s only Jewish politician from presidency reconsidered

By DAVID KLEIN/ JTA
 CONGO BLESS Israel committee members welcome the writer at Kinshasa international airport in Congo’s capital – with songs in Hebrew, making note of this being his first visit to Africa.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A natural ally of Israel in Africa

By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN