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'Disgraceful' Appeal Hearings in Maheshe Murder Case
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
he hearings in the appeal of four persons against their conviction for the murder of journalist Serge Maheshe are being conducted in a “disgraceful” manner by a military court in Bukavu, in the eastern province Sud-Kivu, Reporters Without Borders said today. The news editor of UN-backed Radio Okapi’s regional office,... more
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Funds to Boost Stability in Ituri
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
he international community has released US$5.7 million as a first tranche of aid this year to stabilise the troubled district of Ituri in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ross Mountain, UN resident coordinator and special representative of the UN Secretary-General in the country, ... more
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Rebel Leaders Face War Crimes Court
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
he pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that it will join the cases of two rebel leaders facing charges for crimes allegedly committed by their militia groups in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in ... more
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International Criminal Court Joins Cases of Two Rebel Leaders
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
he pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that it will join the cases of two rebel leaders facing charges for crimes allegedly committed by their militia groups in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in ... more
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Editor of Private Newspaper Abducted, Detained in Secret Location Following Publication of Articles About President's Health
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
n 7 March 2008, Nsimba Embete Ponte, the editor of the privately-owned twice-weekly newspaper "L'interprète", published in Kinshasa, was abducted by unidentified armed men near a bus stop in the Kinshasa neighbourhood of ... more
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Carter Center Human Rights House Opens
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Carter Center Human Rights house was officially opened in Kinshasa on Tuesday 11 March 2008. It will serve as an information and resource centre for the general public, and will also aim to reinforce the organisational, institutional and operational capacities of Human Rights NGOs and civil society organisations in... more
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Sudan: Caught Between Peacekeeping And Development
Topix - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We have set up institutions and we must give them the power and the means to take appropriate and timely action" The beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in Sudan, handicapped by lack of troops and helicopters, has come under fire for its unusually high costs. via... more
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Humanitarian Situation in Earthquake-Hit East 'Still Critical'
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
he humanitarian crisis caused by a devastating earthquake in eastern Congo early last month continues to worsen, according to Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo of ... more
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Congo Quizzes Mining Groups in Licence Review
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
INING groups operating in the minerals-rich Democratic Republic of Congo were given until the end of last month to respond to shortcomings in the mining licences they were granted under the previous ... more
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Uganda: LRA Rebels Kill Congo Prince
Topix - Monday, March 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"He was slain by about ten LRA elements" The Congolese fisherman who was killed by the LRA rebels last Saturday was heir to the throne of the local tribe, Radio Okapi, the UN radio in Congo, has announced. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Carter Center Urges International Community to Support Mining Review Efforts
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 10, 2008
he Carter Center welcomes recent steps taken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to advance the review of natural resource contracts negotiated during and immediately following its deadly years of conflict. The government's effort to inform companies of problems in the contracts and invite them into... more
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Why Should Gen. Nkunda Be a War Criminal in Africa?
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 10, 2008
en Laurent Mahoro Batware Nkunda is off the headlines and safe from arrest, for now, thanks to Africa's latest bloodbath in Kenya, which took all the attention. According to a peace accord signed in Goma in January, he may be forgiven for rebellion, but arrested for crimes against ... more
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Army Generals Linked to 'Merchant of Death'
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 10, 2008
R Viktor Bout, the world's most notorious illegal arms baron who was arrested in Thailand at the weekend, sold arms to Uganda and illegally used Entebbe International Airport to ship arms to DR Congo and ... more
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Road to be cleared after mines discovered
Topix - Sunday, March 09, 2008
p> The United Nations is leading a mission to de-mine a transportation route in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a recent discovery of anti-tank mines. via UPI ... more
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Victim of cannibalism tells her story
Topix - Saturday, March 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Sometimes, I think this is impossible. It didn't happen to me, it happened to someone else. Or I just wonder, is this really me?" It's an unbelievable tale and an unforgettable experience. Chantal Hadija Lomoyo's scars are a constant reminder of the torture she suffered as... more
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International Women's Day 2008 - "Invest for Women And Girls"
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 07, 2008
n the lead up to International Women's Day on 8 March next, a workshop was organised in Kinshasa by MONUC's Public Information and Gender Divisions on 7 March 2008, which aimed at stimulating dialogue between public and social leaders for the promotion of women in the ... more
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Arbour says next U.N. rights boss must speak out
Topix - Friday, March 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I tend to distinguish between criticisms that have a certain validity to them, especially those expressed in good faith, and those which often don't have much merit" U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, who confirmed on Friday she would leave her post at the... more
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Catholic Leaders Raise Concern At 'Epidemic of Sexual Violence'
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 07, 2008
eaders of Catholic religious congregations working in the southern Province of Katanga have protested over the huge amount of sexual violence taking place in the ... more
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DRC police open fire on miners
Topix - Friday, March 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Scuffles broke out with the police, who then opened fire" Police have opened fire on hundreds of casual diggers thrown out of a dormant quarry in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations official said, citing the protest leader. via Sunday Times ... more
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Fears Over Increasing Sect-Related Violence in Southwest
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 07, 2008
he violence that has claimed several lives in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes between a religious sect and the national police, could spread further, local activists and officials ... more
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