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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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Congo's other natural resource
Global Voices Online - Sunday, May 04, 2008
p>Congolese blogger Cédric Kalonji [Fr] writes about a weekend visit to the Zongo waterfalls: “Even if the trip was exhausting, this little weekend getaway did me good and helped me realize once again that my country is very beautiful, and beyond minerals, its tourist potential constitutes a whole... more
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Still No Peace in the East
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 02, 2008
On January 23, 2008, after weeks of talks, the Congolese government signed a peace agreement in Goma, North Kivu, with 22 armed groups committing all parties to an immediate ceasefire and disengagement of forces from frontline positions. Yet since the signing, scores of civilians have been killed, hundreds of women... more
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Alan Doss - Security in East Remains Fragile
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 02, 2008
he security situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is relatively stable but fragile, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, Alan Doss, warned on 30 April 2008 during MONUC's weekly press ... more
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Cairns Foods to Export to DRC, UK
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 02, 2008
IMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed Cairns Holdings says its flagship subsidiary, Cairns Foods, is to embark on an export drive into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and will revive its canned fruit exports to the United ... more
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Tackle Peacekeeper Wrongs, Urges Rights Group
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 02, 2008
nited 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 are held to account, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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UN: Tackle Wrongdoing by Peacekeepers
Human Rights Watch - Friday, May 02, 2008
Investigation Division Ignores Gold Smuggling and Arms Trading in Congo
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 are held to account, Human Rights Watch said ... more
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Rebel's Arrest A Step to Accountability?
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 01, 2008
he indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two years after being delivered under seal to war crimes ... more
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UN peacekeepers 'arming rebels'
Topix - Thursday, May 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We are writing a protest note to the UN Security Council and the Foreign Affairs Ministry has already been instructed to forward our protest." Uganda on Tuesday accused UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo of supplying arms to a dormant rebel group that is... more
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Court Seeks Arrest of Ex-Militia Leader
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 01, 2008
he International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced an arrest warrant against Bosco Ntaganda, a former deputy Chief of Staff of Union of Patriotic Congolese (UPC), a militia group with its base in Ituri, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... more
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Congo to Help Trace Stolen Cars
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 01, 2008
ongolese security officers have agreed to crackdown on gangs that steal Ugandan cars and sell them in the DR ... more
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U.S. - We Are Concerned With the Lack of Individual Freedom
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
n 29 April 2008, the Carter Centre human rights house in Kinshasa organised an exchange forum between Mr. Steven Kenoyer, political attaché for the United States embassy in the DRC, and representatives of Congolese civil society and human rights organisations. During the forum, Mr. Kenoyer explained the role of the... more
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D.R. of Congo: Penis Theft
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
p> Penis theft in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “It's pretty amazing that nobody commented on Penis Theft in Kinshasa, but despite the lack of popularity of this topic, I have more to say about it…” ... more
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