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Another Quake Hits Southwestern Districts
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 15, 2008
nother earthquake, the third in two weeks, hit southwestern Rwanda on 15 February, killing three people and injuring several ... more
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Central Africa rocked by another earthquake
Topix - Friday, February 15, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The houses that came down are mainly those devastated by the February 3 earthquake" BUKAVU: A second big earthquake in less than two weeks has brought down houses and left one person dead and at least 60 people injured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and... more
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Group of Demobilised Soldiers Raids Privately-Owned Radio Station
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008
n 1 February 2008, a group of individuals including five demobilised soldiers of the Burundian army raided Radio publique africaine (RPA), a privately-owned radio station based in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Witnesses told JED that "the demobilised soldiers belonged to the faction of the Conseil National pour la Défense... more
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Journalist Sentenced to One-Year Prison Term And Fined for Making "Damaging Allegations"
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008
n 12 February 2008, Justin Kabasele, a journalist with Radio-Télévision Kasaï Horizons (KHRT), a privately-owned broadcaster based in Mwene-Ditu, the second largest city of eastern Kasaï province (central DR Congo) was sentenced to a one-year prison term and a 750,000 CF (approx. US$1,400) fine for making "damaging allegations" by a... more
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Bush, Kagame to Discuss Interahamwe
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008
he United States President, George W. Bush, who is expected in Rwanda on February 19, is to discuss the situation in DR Congo with his Rwandan counterpart, a US diplomatic source in Kigali has ... more
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Another Tremor Hits Bukavu
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008
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 kilometres from the epicentere, according to the head of the volcano observatory in Goma, capital of the neighbouring North Kivu province,... more
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Fresh earthquake shakes quake-hit eastern Congo
Topix - Thursday, February 14, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It was less powerful this time" By Joe Bavier KINSHASA (Reuters) - An earthquake shook the Lake Kivu region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, further damaging buildings hit by quakes earlier this month, a U.N. and local officials said. The latest... more
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New Earthquake Hits Lake Kivu
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 14, 2008
n earthquake hit the Lake Kivu region today and was reported to have brought down houses and injured ... more
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Violence erupts once more in Congo
Topix - Thursday, February 14, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Three (Mai Mai fighters) are injured, one of them seriously" Fresh clashes were reported on Wednesday between armed groups in a troubled region in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in breach of a three-week-old ceasefire. via Independent Online ... more
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UN claims African wars have led to child rape
Topix - Thursday, February 14, 2008
p> The United Nations children's agency UNICEF says an epidemic of rape has sprung up in African war zones. via Laos News.Net ... more
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Journalist Released After Spending 34 Days in Kinshasa Central Prison
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
aurice Kayombo, a journalist with "Les Grands Enjeux", an investigative magazine published in Kinshasa, was released on 12 February 2008, after spending 34 days in detention. The journalist told JED that he was released by order of the new justice and human rights ... more
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Aid announced for earthquake-hit regions
Topix - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
p> Eanna O Caollai Ireland is to send two senior aid officials and a quantity of aid to assist in recovery efforts in the earthquake-hit regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the Government has ... via The Irish Times ... more
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Monuc - There is No Justification for the Recruitment of Children Into Armed Groups
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
nnually on 12 February, the world celebrates the International Day of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Groups. DR Congo is one of six African countries that have the most children in armed forces or groups. We interviewed Judith Lavoie, head of MONUC's Child Protection Division, who explained what MONUC... more
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Two Independent Journalists Sentenced for Alleged Defamation
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
n 8 February 2008, a Nyarugenge court sentenced Charles Kabonero and Didas Gasana, managing editor and editor-in-chief, respectively, of "Umuseso", a privately-owned weekly newspaper published in Kigali, the capital city, to a one-year prison sentence suspended for two years, and a one million Rwandan franc (approx. US$2,000) ... more
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Enyimba Player Elopes to America
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, February 13, 2008
ive days to their first round CAF Champions League encounter against Congo DR's Diables in Aba, Enyimba FC have lost key players who have gone abroad for ... more
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Monthly Human Rights Assessment - December 2007
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
ummary: The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the DRC concluded an eight-day official visit to the country; FARDC and PNC elements were allegedly responsible for at least 7 arbitrary executions of civilians as well as several violations of the right to physical integrity, including 12 cases... more
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Unicef slams 'licence to rape'
Topix - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It seems to go with a significant uprooting of a society, that some of the social norms just crumble" Sexual violence has reached epidemic proportions in African countries from Kenya to Sudan with many men seeing social chaos as a "licence to rape," the UN children's... more
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Cholera Outbreak Spreads in Katanga
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
cholera outbreak in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) province of Katanga has spread, despite efforts to bring the epidemic under ... more
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Rebel Appears On War Crimes Charges
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
he former Congolese rebel leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui today made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he is facing nine counts of war crimes that include allegations of sexual slavery and the use of child ... more
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Katanga Announces Agreement on Transfer of Mashamba West and Dikuluwe Deposits
Topix - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
p> Katanga Mining Limited reports that KFL Limited , Gecamines and Kamoto Copper Company have signed an agreement that sets out compensation, security and payment in exchange for the release to Gecamines of the ... via Earth Times ... more
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