Jean-Yves Kamale, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this image taken from video, United Nations peacekeepers guard the area where a U.N. convoy was attacked and the Italian ambassador to Congo killed, in Nyiragongo, North Kivu province, Congo Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The Italian ambassador to Congo Luca Attanasio, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)

Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy

by Jean-Yves Kamale Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressFebruary 22, 2021

KINSHASA, Congo — The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian Carabinieri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday when gunmen attacked a U.N. convoy traveling to a school in eastern Congo, the Italian Foreign Ministry and…

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Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy

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