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Congo Impounds Hippos' Passports
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 21, 2008
HE Uganda Hippos believe that they have the world at their ... more
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Spain Extending Its Reach Into Africa
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 21, 2008
pain has expanded its presence in Africa by recently signing trade agreements with Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The agreement with Egypt includes regular bilateral summits similar to Spain's annual meetings with Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Both agreements will facilitate the entry of more Spanish companies... more
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Concern About Death Threats Against Those Observing Appeal Hearings in Serge Maheshe Murder Case
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 21, 2008
eporters Without Borders is very worried about death threats that were sent anonymously by SMS message on 17 and 19 April to four independent observers who are monitoring the appeal hearings of four people convicted of the June 2007 murder of journalist Serge Maheshe in the eastern city Bukavu. The... more
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Banks meet over 40bn plan to harness power of Congo river and double Africa's electricity
Topix - Monday, April 21, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It's much more feasible now than ever. There is a peace settlement in Congo, and economic and technical studies have all shown it is possible." An aerial view of the semi-functional Inga dam on the Congo River. Seven African governments and the world's largest banks and... more
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Congo reversing old culture of graft
Topix - Sunday, April 20, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"In the old system, I would just take the public money and go drinking with women. When I moved to a different job, I would take the typing machine, the lamps, even the curtains - I would put them in my house. Now there is no way. Now there... more
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D.R of Congo: Mobile game for conservation
Global Voices Online - Sunday, April 20, 2008
p> Silverback is a mobile game to raise awareness about the plight of mountain gorillas in Congo DR: “Called “Silverback”, the game promotes understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain gorilla population and was extremely well received in the mobile press, as well as in the non-profit sector. The... more
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Congo plane crash kills 33, only one a passenger
Topix - Saturday, April 19, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"So basically most of the transportation in such a big country is done by air." At least 33 people died Tuesday when a plane tore through a neighborhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, with only one of the victims confirmed as a... more
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Haiti, Congo, and the politics of hunger
Global Voices Online - Friday, April 18, 2008
p> Skyrocketing food prices have already sparked riots in Haiti , Egypt and Mozambique this month as a worsening crisis not only threatens to leave thousands vulnerable to starvation, but will test weak and ineffective governments in poor countries around the world.
Two francophone bloggers,... more
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Eric Joyce MP - There's Great Political Capacity
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 18, 2008
ric Joyce MP, chairman of the British Parliament's Multiparty Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes, is visiting the DRC with two colleagues from 14-19 April 2008. He gave his impressions on the evolution of the peace process for the Kivu provinces, and explained his delegation's talks with counterparts from the... more
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A look at some plane crashes in Congo since 1996
Topix - Friday, April 18, 2008
p> Casualty figures vary widely, but the tragedy leaves dozens dead. _ Oct. 4, 2007: An Antonov 26 cargo plane crashes into a Kinshasa neighborhood shortly after takeoff, killing at least 50 people. via International Herald Tribune ... more
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Cautious Calm Settles Over Ituri
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 18, 2008
ading through the chest-high grass outside of this hamlet in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mathieu Nyakufa gestures to the bones - still bleaching in the sun - of those who have been lost to the country's ... more
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SA Sends Condolences to DRC, Guinea After Plane Crashes
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 18, 2008
outh African has joined the international community in expressing condolences to the government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Equatorial Guinea, following two air disasters in their respective countries this ... more
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Cautious Calm Settles Over War-Scarred Ituri Region
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 18, 2008
ading through the chest-high grass outside of this hamlet in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mathieu Nyakufa gestures to the bones - still bleaching in the sun - of those who have been lost to the country's ... more
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United Kingdom Allocates U.S. $60 Million
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 17, 2008
t a press conference in Kinshasa on 16 April 2008, British Ambassador to the DRC Nick Kay announced the contribution of US$60 million from the UK to the Pooled Humanitarian Fund of the DRC, for the year ... more
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Aid group blames governments for record number of people displaced from homes
Topix - Thursday, April 17, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Nobody is suffering more from rising food prices than the urban poor, and these are the poorest of the poor" GENEVA : The number of people uprooted in their own country reached a record high in 2007, and governments were often to blame for the displacement,... more
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POLITICS: U.N. Sees Peacekeeping Success in Liberia
Topix - Thursday, April 17, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Liberia has been free of conflict for the past four years and there is good news coming out of the country" UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 - The United Nations, which is battling a rash of political and logistical problems in its troubled peace missions in Sudan,... more
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UN Officials Voice Sadness in Wake of Deadly Plane Crash in Goma
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
enior United Nations officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed their sorrow and sympathy to the many victims of yesterday's plane crash in the north-eastern city of Goma, which has killed dozens of ... more
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Monuc Expresses Its Sympathy to the Goma Air Tragedy Victims
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
r. Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, said that MONUC expressed its "sadness and sympathy" to the many victims and their families, after the Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 plane crashed into the Birere quarter of Goma in eastern DRC on 15 April ... more
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Human Rights Monthly Assessment - February 2008
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
UMMARY: The Representative of the Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Mr. Walter Kälin paid a ten-day working visit to the DRC. He called upon governmental authorities to speedily enact a legislative framework for the protection of IDPs; On 6 February 2008, Mathieu Ngudjolo, former... more
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Hidden Killers On the Loose
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
he full extent of the threat posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance in the Democratic Republic of Congo is unknown but the deadly weapons are a daily concern for tens of thousands of displaced people in the ... more
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