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Bush Supports UN Sanctions Against Rebel Group
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
nited States President George Walker Bush has said his government fully supports the UN sanctions against the genocidaires, so-called Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), who are holed up in the DR ... more
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Baby mountain gorilla Image: Wildlife Direct
Topix - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"For the first time, the three countries have decided to protect the great apes which are threatened with extinction and insecurity in the region" The slaughter of mountain gorillas in 2007 shocked the world Three countries have come together for the first time, to try to... more
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Experts Call for Bolstered Monitoring of Arms Shipments
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 20, 2008
he Group of Experts dealing with illegal arms flows into and around the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called for the strengthening of the monitoring capacity of the United Nations Mission in the vast African ... more
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Alan Doss Meets With Delegation of Police Chiefs
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
n 19 February 2008, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Alan Doss, met with a delegation from the West African country contributors to the UN Police (UNPOL), who are visiting the DRC from 18-22 February. The conference, initiated by the Pearson Centre for Peacekeeping, aims... more
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D.R of Congo: Political manoeuvre by the President
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
p>Chica writes about the unexpected retirement of 92 magistrates in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “On Friday President Kabila announced out of the blue, seemingly without consulting anyone (except presumably the Minister of Justice), the immediate retirement of 92 magistrates (who were either over 65 or had been... more
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Central Africa: Individual EPAs 'Do Not' Undermine Regional Integration
Topix - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Only the European Commission seems to have the audacity to claim otherwise." Central African countries have committed themselves to finalising an economic partnership agreement with the European Union by June this year. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Humanitarians Continue to Aid the Earthquake Victims
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
he inhabitants of South Kivu's territories saw their daily life upended by a series of earthquakes that have struck the area since 3 February 2008, because of movements of the Rift Valley tectonic plate which traverses the east of ... more
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Ex-Rebels, Soldiers Clash in Training Camp
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
ONUC was informed that armed confrontations took place Sunday February 17, 2008, between ex-combatants of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), the political-military movement for Laurent Nkunda, and soldiers of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC), all of which were in training in the Kamina base, located... more
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Rwanda, Uganda, DRC Sign $92m Eco-Bid
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
wanda, Uganda and the DR Congo have launched a massive joint conservation programme in the Central Albertine ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Security Council Extends Arms Embargo Against Militia Groups
Topix - Monday, February 18, 2008
p> The Security Council today extended its arms embargo and other sanctions against militias operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until the end of March, underlining that it remains deeply concerned ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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AFRICA: First ladies fight for peace
IRIN - Monday, February 18, 2008
RAZZAVILLE Monday, February 18, 2008 (IRIN) - In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their representatives have formed a conflict-resolution group. ... more
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No Country Troops in DRC - MONUC
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 18, 2008
he spokesman of the United Nations Mission in DR Congo (MONUC), Kemal Saiki has dismissed claims in Congolese media of the presence of Rwandan troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... more
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Refugee Agency Aids 55,000 Returning to Katanga
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 18, 2008
he United Nations refugee agency is distributing supplies to some 55,000 displaced people who have returned to their homes in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... more
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Security Council Extends Arms Embargo Against Militia Groups
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 18, 2008
he Security Council today extended its arms embargo and other sanctions against militias operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until the end of March, underlining that it remains deeply concerned about the presence of unauthorized armed groups, especially in the east of the vast and impoverished ... more
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UN refugee agency aids 55,000 Congolese returning to Katanga
Topix - Monday, February 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I am very happy and grateful for this gesture. I was lost, I had nothing left" The United Nations refugee agency is distributing supplies to some 55,000 displaced people who have returned to their homes in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of... more
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Attacks In Southern Sudan Concern UN Officials
Topix - Sunday, February 17, 2008
p> Friday, 15 February 2008, 9:15 am Press Release: United Nations Members of an unidentified armed group have launched a series of violent attacks against locals in southern Sudan's Central Equatoria state over ... via Scoop ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Another Tremor Hits Bukavu
Topix - Saturday, February 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This strong earthquake was actually just another aftershock of the real earthquake that struck on 3 February" A tremor measuring 5.5 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked the South Kivu town of Bukavu in the early hours of 14 February and could be felt some 200... more
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U.N. Security Council renews Congo arms embargo
Topix - Friday, February 15, 2008
p> By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council renewed an arms embargo and asset freeze aimed at rebels in Congo for another six weeks on Friday, after U.N. peacekeepers reported clashes that threaten a cease-fire. The French-drafted resolution said the situation in the mineral-rich... more
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Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Visits
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 15, 2008
he Representative of the UN Secretary General on the rights of internally displaced persons, Mr. Walter Kälin, is paying a work visit to the DRC from 12-22 February, 2008. The goal of the visit is to examine the situation in the country concerning internal displacements of the population, and to... more
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EU - This Building is the First Stage On the Road to Police Reform
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 15, 2008
hursday February 14 2008 marked the official hand over of an EU financed Congolese National Police (PNC) building which will house the CSRP, the executive Secretariat of the follow-up Committee for the Reform of the ... more
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