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Mass Graves Found, Says Rights Group
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 11, 2008
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) human rights group has said mass graves with human remains have been found in the southwestern Bas-Congo Province where security forces recently clashed with followers of a religious ... more
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PM opens up market for goods through duty free
Topix - Thursday, April 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Africa needs to meet fundamental needs of its population by building schools, providing housing and generating employment" As India seeks to intensify its engagement with Africa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday launched the first India-Africa Forum Summit by almost doubling the lines of credit to... more
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Fernando Casta-On Calls for Sustainability
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 10, 2008
ernando Casta-on, Director of MONUC's Human Rights Division and Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC, reached the end of his mission on 8 April 2008. As division head since February 2005 and a UN staff member since 1989, he talked to us about his... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Torrential Rains Kill 15 And Leave Hundreds Homeless
Topix - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Following the damage to the health centre we were forced to evacuate all the sick" Fifteen people have died and hundreds more were left homeless after days of torrential rains in Kasai Occidental and Bandundu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian official told... more
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UN Mission Increases Military Presence Against Rwandan Rebels
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
he UN Mission in DR Congo forces have significantly increased military presence in the North and South Kivu to ensure the Rwandan extremist rebels do not pillage villages, rape and recruit children, the UN Security Council has ... more
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Female Journalists Plot Their Way Forward
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
morning of discussion under the theme "the independence of women in the media, their assets, limits and way forward" was organised by the Association of Women Journalists (AJPF) in Kinshasa on 8 April 2008. The meeting was attended by AJPF members and a representative from MONUC's Gender ... more
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Peacekeeping Force Stretched to the Limit - Report
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
he redeployment of United Nations peacekeepers to the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where critical steps are being taken to resolve long-standing conflict and instability, risks creating security vacuums and increased tensions in other parts of the country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... more
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Archbishop Insists Politics Must Pursue Common Good
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
rchbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, and president of the bishops' conference here, has said that politics cannot divorce itself from ... more
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Public Health Workshop to Pave Way for the Future
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
n Kinshasa from 7-12 April 2008, the DRC Ministry of Health will review the annual DRC public health report of 2007, in conjunction with its international partners. During the five day workshop, the state of the DRC public health system will be addressed, challenges will be identified, recommendations will be... more
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'Racism rearing its ugly head in W Cape'
Topix - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The ANC therefore appeals to all our communities in this province to unite, in our rich diversity, against the evils of racism and xenophobia" ANC calls on nation to fight xenophobia The African National Congress in the Western Cape has appealed for unity against racism and... more
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Torrential Rains Kill 15 And Leave Hundreds Homeless
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
ifteen people have died and hundreds more were left homeless after days of torrential rains in Kasai Occidental and Bandundu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian official told ... more
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I Used Ghost Cash for Military Operation in DRC - Kazini
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
AILED former army commander James Kazini told investigators that he used the Sh61 million he is accused of having stolen, to fly troops to the eastern DR Congo town of Bunia in Ituri province to rescue Maj Gen Kale Kayihura who had been held hostage by rebels ... more
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Implement Kivu Peace Deal, Says UN
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
he top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has appealed to the parties in the volatile Kivu provinces in the country's northeast to implement the commitments made in recent accords and help more than one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees try to resume... more
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Breaking the silence in the Congo
Topix - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The people you have seen have the strength to harvest your fruit and vegetables. They do not have the strength to influence legislation. Maybe we do." Harrowing and heart-rending and maddening and confounding, Lisa F. Jackson's documentary 'The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo' looks at... more
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Alan Doss Meets the Humanitarians of North Kivu
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 07, 2008
r. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, met the humanitarians and NGOs working in the province of North Kivu on 4 April 2008, where he explored with them the possibilities for their involvement in the implementation of the Amani programme, the mixed technical commission... more
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Suffering of Congolese Shames Humanity
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 07, 2008
S-led efforts in recent weeks to end the crisis in eastern Congo have yielded a ceasefire, but the conflict is not yet ... more
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Opening of Mixed Technical Commission On Peace And Security in the Kivus
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 07, 2008
r. Alan Doss, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, was in Goma on 4 February 2008 for the official opening ceremony of the mixed technical commission on peace and security in the Kivus, otherwise known as the "Amani ... more
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Country to Host Lions Club International Convention
allAfrica.com - Monday, April 07, 2008
ext month Rwanda will host the 48th Lions Club International annual convention which will train club members on international ... more
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Alrosa Eyes Africa's Vast Resources
Topix - Sunday, April 06, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Control over resources means control over the market." Bloomberg Alrosa, the world's second-largest diamond miner, on Monday said it would vie for control of African resources, including diamonds, oil and gas. via The Moscow Times ... more
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International Mine Action Day Urges Mine Awareness
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 04, 2008
nternational Mine Action Day was celebrated on Friday 4 April 2008 in Kinshasa, where speeches and expositions explained the nature of the problem in the DRC. DRC suffers greatly from anti personnel mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), which hamper economic development and maim and kill hundreds in the DRC every... more
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