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Kinshasa - EU Ambassadors Celebrate Europe Day
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 09, 2008
n a prelude to Europe Day which is celebrated on 9 May every year, European Union (EU) ambassadors and officials held a press conference in Kinshasa on 8 May 2008. During the conference they explained the role and activities of the EU in the reconstruction of the ... more
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Chembe Pontoon Snaps, 200 Travellers Stuck
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 09, 2008
ORE than 200 people are stranded at Chembe on Luapula River after the pontoon broke ... more
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Congo Factions Still Recruiting Child Fighters, Reports U.N.
Topix - Friday, May 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This solemn engagement, which demanded nothing more than good will on the part of the leaders of these armed groups, is still far from being a reality" A child stands in front of a U.N. anti-arms poster in an orphanage in Rutshuru, Eastern Democratic Republic of... more
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UN Funds $60m For Humanitarian Efforts In DRC
Topix - Friday, May 09, 2008
p> The "Pooled Fund" which was established by the international community in 2006 and is coordinated by the United Nations has allocated $60 million to 163 humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of the ... via Scoop ... more
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The Red Cross Celebrates Its 144th Birthday
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 08, 2008
ach year on May 8, World Red Cross Day is commemorated. A press conference to celebrate the event was chaired by Dominique Lutula, national president of the Red Cross in the DRC (CRRDC), on 8 May 2008, at the seat of the Central Committee of the Red Cross in the... more
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UN Fund Provides $60 Million for Humanitarian Efforts
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
he "Pooled Fund" which was established by the international community in 2006 and is coordinated by the United Nations has allocated $60 million to 163 humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... more
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UN to probe new allegations regarding Congo peacekeepers
Topix - Wednesday, May 07, 2008
p> Human Rights Watch released internal UN documents last week, which it said show serious allegations of wrongdoing by Pakistani and Indian peacekeepers in the Congo. via Daily Times ... more
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Meeting of Alan Doss With the President
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
he President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, received on 2 May 2008, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Alan Doss, and Ambassadors of the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, South Africa and ... more
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Aru - Tensions At the Border Station in Ofo/Vura
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
fter the decision on 2 May 2008 by ARU's Territorial Administration to bring the Congolese border station of Ofo located inside the city of Aru to 300 m from the Ugandan station of Vura, that is 4 km farther, tensions suddenly went high between the Congolese and Ugandan ... more
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Congo cancels Uganda border talks
Topix - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"These are totally unacceptable actions. It has created fear and anger among the local population. People even feel like protesting" Congolese troops enter Uganda through the controversial barrier they erected at the border near Vurra customs area By Frank Mugabi CONGO has called off any immediate... more
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UN Should Address MONUC Abuses in Country
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
S-based Human Rights Watch on May 1 wrote to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, accusing the United Nations of ignoring serious allegations of illegal arms and gold trafficking by soldiers of MONUC, the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo. Below are ... more
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MONUC is Part of the Problem
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
ERIOUS allegations persist against Indian and Pakistani officers serving under MONUC, the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo. According to a recent BBC report, some have been involved in illegal gold and weapons trafficking in eastern ... more
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Congo Cancels Border Talks
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 06, 2008
ONGO has called off any immediate negotiations to try and resolve the fresh conflict over a disputed border area in West ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Tackle Peacekeeper Wrongs, Urges Rights Group
Topix - Monday, May 05, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The failure by OIOS to follow up on the serious allegations of the re-arming of murderous militia groups is extraordinary" United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should urgently address the failings of the investigating arm of the United Nations and ensure that UN peacekeepers responsible for abuses... more
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UN Mission Responds to Allegations of Arming Rebels
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has taken note of recent statements in the media accusing its Peacekeepers of supplying weapons to the Allied Democratic Forces/National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF/NALU), a small rebel group based in north-eastern ... more
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UN Has Lost Face
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he revelation that Pakistani and Indian members of the United Nations Mission in the Congo sold weapons in exchange for minerals once again puts the UN under the ... more
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Museveni, Kikwete to Meet Over DRC
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
RESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzania counterpart, Jakaya Kikwete, are to convene an urgent meeting to address the issue of negative forces operating in eastern Democratic Republic of ... more
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ARU - Launch of an Awareness Campaign Against Sexual Violence
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he Public Information Section/ARU, in cooperation with the Gender Office, the "Forum des Mamans d'Aru" (ARU Women's Forum) and many NGOs that deal with the sexual violence issue, launched an awareness campaign on 2 May 2008 in that ... more
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Calls for Faster Pace in Disarming Rebels
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
mid renewed human rights violations by FDLR rebels against Congolese civilians, Rwanda has said Kinshasa was slow in implementing its obligations under the November 9, 2007 Nairobi Communiqué signed between both ... more
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South Africa: 13-year ban on killing elephants lifted
Topix - Sunday, May 04, 2008
p> SOUTH Africa has lifted a 13-year ban on killing elephants in a move conservationists warned could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten dwindling tusker populations elsewhere on ... via News.com.au ... more
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