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Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was shot and killed on Monday after armed assailants ambushed his U.N. convoy as he traveled in eastern DRC, the Italian foreign ministry confirmed in a statement. Luca Attanasio, 43, suffered “gunshot wounds to the abdomen” and was taken to a hospital in Goma in critical condition, where he later succumbed to his injuries, a diplomat in Kinshasa told Radio France Internationale (RFI). An Italian police officer who accompanied Attanasio in the convoy, Vittorio Iacovacci, and an unidentified Congolese driver also died from wounds sustained in the attack. The assailants kidnapped four other members of the convoy, one of whom was later found, DRC’s interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ambush occurred as the convoy traveled from DRC’s eastern regional capital, Goma, to the town of Rutshuru to visit a World Food Program (WFP) school project there. Rutshuru is located in Nyiaragongo Territory, considered one of … [Read more...] about DR Congo: Government, Hutu Rebels Blame Each Other for Italian Ambassador Killing

Michael Eisner is the general counsel of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and a former US State Department attorney adviser. Abdullah Alaoudh is Director of Research for the Gulf Region at DAWN, Visiting Professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington and the son of prominent Saudi cleric and political prisoner Salman al-Awda. The views expressed here are their own. Read more opinion at CNN. (CNN) Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison earlier this month after serving 1001 days in prison for "crimes" that included contacting human rights groups and trying to change Saudi Arabia's restrictive male guardianship laws. Loujain is by no means free, though. She is banned from traveling for five years and remains on a three-year probation, living under the constant threat of being jailed again. Michael Eisner Abdullah Alaoudh Travel bans are not new in Saudi Arabia. … [Read more...] about How Biden can strike a blow against Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations

With little warning and contrary to federal health guidelines, Colorado State Patrol troopers, Denver police and other city workers swept a large homeless encampment Wednesday morning out of Lincoln Park, just west of the State Capitol. Last week, Gov. Jared Polis said he would welcome the camp’s removal, but Denver health officials said Wednesday the decision to uproot the camp was theirs and that the sweep had been in the works for weeks. The sweep also comes less than a week after Denver Public Safety Director Murphy Robinson gave troopers from the Colorado State Patrol authority to enforce municipal ordinances — including the urban camping ban — on state property in Denver. There was just a conflict between a small group of about 10 people and police, I am not sure if they live here or came from outside to protest. One man was handcuffed after he climbed on a garbage truck apparently in protest of the removal. pic.twitter.com/1PYUuGy0ni — Shelly Bradbury … [Read more...] about Police launch early morning sweep of homeless camp near Capitol

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has a fresh spring in his step after the Republicans defied the odds and professional political prognosticators by picking up 15 seats in the 2020 congressional elections. McCarthy, who has his eyes on the majority in November 2022, approached the 2020 congressional elections differently than Republicans in recent history have traditionally targeted congressional electoral efforts, and his moves paid off—and not only infuriated but befuddled the beltway pundit class. For the first time since 1994, in 2020 no GOP incumbent running for reelection lost. Meanwhile, McCarthy blew away fundraising records previously set by former House Speaker Paul Ryan—astonishing since he did it from the minority. Usually, House political leaders do better raising money from the majority. That’s not to mention the most significant development which is a freshman class entering Congress in 2021 that represents perhaps the most diverse in party history with the most … [Read more...] about Exclusive: After 2020 Gains, Kevin McCarthy Eyes House GOP Majority, Speaker’s Gavel in Midterms

Famously summed up early in Obama’s administration by his Chicago hatchet man Rahm “Dead Fish” Emanuel, who said, “Never let a crisis go to waste,” Dems are borrowing a page from Obama’s playbook to frantically push their “COVID Relief Bill.” Once Dems got the checkbook, the only way to kill this pork-laden spending bill would have been for their resident COVID expert, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to send it to a New York nursing home. The Wall Street Journal examined the bill and concluded that — best case — $825 billion of the $1.9 TRILLION in spending that Democrats call “COVID” relief is actually for COVID-19 relief. The rest is blue, poorly-run, Democrat state and city bailout money that can be spent to get Dems elected in 2022. Remember Obama’s “shovel ready jobs” bill? We got nothing, and friends of the left got money in their coffers. And remember when Trump wanted such a bill and Pelosi refused? It was sickening to watch Democrat senators slap themselves on the back for spending … [Read more...] about HART: Dems Fund Liberal Pork Wish List In $1.9 Trillion Supposed ‘COVID Relief’ Bill