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El Nino appoints senior geologist to head its exploration program in...
Topix - Friday, March 28, 2008
p> TSX.V: ELN OTCBB: ELNOF Frankfurt: E7Q VANCOUVER, March 27 /CNW/ - El Nino Ventures Inc. via Canada NewsWire ... more
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UN Mission Trains 25 Army Officers
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 27, 2008
seminar on organizing the site defensively for 25 FARDC officers is taking place since 17 March 2008 in Kasangulu, 40 km west of Kinshasa, MONUC announced during its weekly press conference on 26 March 2008. MONUC has initiated this training in response to a request by the FARDC Chief... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Fear, Uncertainty Deter North Kivu IDPs From Going Home
Topix - Thursday, March 27, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We fled our house because [armed groups] were attacking and raping people and looting property" Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons in North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo are reluctant to go back to their villages for fear of attacks despite a... more
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Fear, Uncertainty Deter North Kivu IDPs From Going Home
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
undreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are reluctant to go back to their villages for fear of attacks despite a truce signed in January between the government and various armed ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Victims of Bas-Congo Violence in Urgent Need of Medical Care
Topix - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It's difficult to give an overall figure for the number of victims because a lot of them are still out of reach" A medical charity has expressed concerns that people wounded during clashes between the police and supporters of a politico-religious sect in the Bas-Congo province... more
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UN Hatches New Scheme to Boost Nutrition for Displaced
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
he United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has set up a new chicken-rearing and egg producing project to improve the nutrition of some of the neediest internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the volatile North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ... more
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Bas-Congo Victims Need Medical Care
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
medical charity has expressed concerns that people wounded during clashes between the police and supporters of a politico-religious sect in the Bas-Congo province in southwest Democratic Republic of Congo are not receiving any medical ... more
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Victims of Bas-Congo Violence in Urgent Need of Medical Care
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
medical charity has expressed concerns that people wounded during clashes between the police and supporters of a politico-religious sect in the Bas-Congo province in southwest Democratic Republic of Congo are not receiving any medical ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Population Fund Joins in Campaign Against Sexual Violence
Topix - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Sexual violence: together, let is say NO to shamed silence for the dignity of Congolese." The United Nations Population Fund has joined forces with civil society groups, non-governmental organizations and the Government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to launch a nationwide public awareness ...... more
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Monuc Celebrates Congolese Policewomen
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 24, 2008
verything, or almost everything, was there: parade, roundtable and reflections on the status of the Congolese policewoman, various fun activities... MONUC Civilian Police/Equateur has celebrated woman, in its own way, in the framework of Women's ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Kinshasa Unable to Disarm FDLR Rebels - Analysts
Topix - Monday, March 24, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The Security Council envisages the adoption of sanctions against FDLR leaders who refuse to cooperate in implementing the Nairobi communiqu." The deadline for Rwandan Hutu fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo to voluntarily disarm has expired without guns being handed in, because Kinshasa lacks the... more
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Congo warlord transferred to capital on war crimes charges
Topix - Sunday, March 23, 2008
p> KINSHASA, Congo : A warlord whose rebel army terrorized civilians has been transferred to Congo's capital on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, U.N. officials said Saturday. via International Herald Tribune ... more
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Yearnings for a Lost Empire
allAfrica.com - Sunday, March 23, 2008
n a broad hillside high above the meandering flow of the Mpozo River, a handful of policemen guard a ... more
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Congo bans western separatist sect after crackdown
Topix - Saturday, March 22, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Taking into account their behavior, that they have not built schools, that they don't have a social activity, it was time to repeal this authorization" Democratic Republic of Congo has banned a shadowy separatist sect following a three-week police offensive against its western strongholds which United... more
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DRC: "Majority of rapists go unpunished"
Topix - Saturday, March 22, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"If we have a court, warlords would be cautious." Sexual violence against women is rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo but the majority of perpetrators, especially in "no-law" zones, go unpunished, according to a UN independent human rights expert. via IRIN ... more
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The Carter Center Welcomes Publication of Mining Report
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 21, 2008
he Carter Center welcomes the decision of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to release the final report of the Inter-Ministerial Commission on the Revisitation of Mining Contracts and the decision to name a Task Force with political responsibility for the review. (The text of the... more
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Ranger arrested in Congo for killing gorillas he was to protect
Topix - Friday, March 21, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The national parks have suffered during this period of instability which DR Congo has gone through" Comments A senior wildlife park official in Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested amid claims that he organised the killing of rare mountain gorillas. via Daily Mail ... more
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Pope Appoints New Bishops in Sierra Leone And DR Congo
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
ope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr. Charles Edward Tamba of Kenema and rector of St. Paul's Major Seminary in Freetown, as Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (Sierra ... more
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Archbishop Promotes 'Zero Corruption' Among Youth
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
he new Catholic archbishop of Kinshasa has invited the youth to opt for a "zero corruption" policy by embracing ... more
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Getting Serious About Sexual Violence in the East
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
n an ENOUGH Project report released today, Field Researcher Rebecca Feeley and Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen argue that the policies needed to protect women and girls and prevent sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo must be closely linked to ongoing peacemaking and conflict prevention ... more
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