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The letter became famous for coining the term "crimes against humanity". [5] As a result of the impact of Williams' letter, Leopold II annexed the region on November 15, 1908, ending the Congo Free State's independent existence and becoming the Belgian Congo under the direct rule of the Belgian Empire.
Nick Begich III, Alaska Policy Forum board member, grandson of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich Sr., and Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from AK-AL in 2024 [61] John Brabender, political consultant [62] Eric Branstad, political consultant [63] Phil Cox, political campaign manager [64] Tony Fabrizio, pollster [65]
Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, announced his campaign for the 2024 U.S. presidential election on November 15, 2022. . After he won a landslide victory in the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, Trump was generally described as being the Republican Party's presumptive nomin
Late April: Trump scolded campaign manager Brad Parscale after data from two polls, one from the Trump's own campaign and one from the Republican National Committee, showed Trump losing to Joe Biden in swing states, reported The Washington Post and CNN. At one point, Trump said he may sue Parscale, although it is unclear whether he was joking.
The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son, Tyler Thompson, was in Africa on vacation with family friends and had not previously engaged in political ...
The Trump campaign's number of field offices lagged far behind those Romney and Obama in 2012. [364] Political science research showed that field offices had a modest positive effect on a candidate's vote share. [364] [365] The Trump campaign was reportedly almost fully reliant on the Republican National Committee for field offices in swing ...
The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II , the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium .
Zaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997.