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Agencies Begin Handing Out Relief in Wake of Deadly Quake
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 05, 2008
nited Nations humanitarian agencies have started distributing emergency relief supplies, including food, tents and surgical kits, to thousands of people living in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which was hit by a major earthquake ... more
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UN agencies begin handing out relief in wake of deadly quake in DR Congo
Topix - Tuesday, February 05, 2008
p> United Nations humanitarian agencies have started distributing emergency relief supplies, including food, tents and surgical kits, to thousands of people living in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the ... via United Nations ... more
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UN Ready to Assist After Major Quake Strikes East
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 04, 2008
he United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is preparing to assist local authorities help people in the far east of the impoverished country after a major earthquake struck the region this ... more
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Rescue workers search for survivors in Rwanda
Topix - Monday, February 04, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"People are looking for their belongings amidst the rubble. They try to go into their houses, but they don't stay very long. They are still afraid" Aid workers pulled bodies from collapsed buildings in southern Rwanda today after an earthquake that killed at least 43 people... more
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Earthquakes Kill 40
allAfrica.com - Monday, February 04, 2008
WO strong earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, killing at least 40 people and seriously injuring 550 more, officials ... more
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D.R. of Congo: Closer look at peace agreement
Global Voices Online - Sunday, February 03, 2008
p> A closer look at the peace agreement in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Average number of signatures per page: 40, Signatories using blue pens: 35, Signatories using black pens: 3 (Alan Doss, new UN SRSG; Dennis Kalume, Interior Minister; Didier Bitaki Wateshe, Kifuafua Mai Mai group), Signatories using... more
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African quakes kill at least 30
Topix - Sunday, February 03, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The death toll has now increased to 25 from the earthquake. Two hundred have serious injuries" Earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and seriously injuring 350 more, officials said. via Reuters UK ... more
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D.R. of Congo: Author and blogger disagree on Congo
Global Voices Online - Sunday, February 03, 2008
p>Kinshasa based blogger, Fred, writes : “Rory MacLean has done me the honour of responding to my recent post, berating him for writing, in a review of Tim Butcher’s Blood River for The Guardian, that ‘there is little difference between the Congo seen by Stanley and by Butcher’, and... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Army Kills 10 Rebels in Ituri
Topix - Saturday, February 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Some 400 fighters were based there. Others fled towards Mount Hoyo [20km to the south] or headed west to Marabo and Irumo, where our troops managed to kill two of them" At least 10 rebels have been killed in clashes with government forces in the northeastern... more
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DVB: UN secretary-general urges more action on child soldiers - " Sian Thomas
Topix - Friday, February 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The government's senior generals tolerate the blatant recruitment of children and fail to punish perpetrators. In this environment, army recruiters traffic children at will" United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon urged further measures to combat child military recruitment yesterday, which he said continues to take place in... more
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Govt, Dissident General Using Children in War
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
R Congo government forces and rebels loyal to dissident Gen Laurent Nkunda are heavily recruiting and using children traficked from Rwanda and Uganda to fight their wars, the latest UN report on the issue has ... more
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Clooney Takes Role As UN Peace Messenger
Topix - Thursday, January 31, 2008
p> In his new role as U.N. messenger of peace, George Clooney was playing himself. The 46-year-old actor's arrival Thursday was greeted with "oohs" and "ahs" from dozens of people, mostly women, who crowded the lobby entrance for a glimpse and cell phone picture of him. "Hi guys!"... more
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Trust Fund Set to Assist Congo War Victims
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
he Trust Fund for Victims, an organization arising from the International Criminal Court (ICC), notified the pre-trial chamber handling the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of its intention "to undertake activities of assisting war victims in the war-torn African ... more
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At Least 10 Dead in Congo Boat Accident
Topix - Thursday, January 31, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The wooden boat took an inappropriate route, which was filled with large boulders _ one all the other ships avoided. The captain was drunk and was hurrying to see his girlfriend that night" At least 10 bodies have been recovered after a boat capsized on Lake... more
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Security Council Welcomes Peace Deal
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
elcoming the peace agreement between the Government and armed groups in the violence-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Security Council today urged all sides to respect the ceasefire and other agreements reached "in good ... more
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Goma Conference - Follow Up Work in Progress
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
t its weekly press conference of 30 January 2008, MONUC said that the preliminary work for the installation of the follow-up bodies of the Goma conference, and the implementation of its acts of engagement, as well as its resolutions and recommendations are now in ... more
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Louis Michel Heckled by Congolese Protestors at the London School of Economics
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
p> Le renouveau congolais posted [Fr] a YouTube video which shows Louis Michel , European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid and formerly Belgian's foreign minister, as he was confronted by Congolese protesters during a talk given earlier this month on the... more
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UN refugee agency needs $90 million more to help internally displaced persons
Topix - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
p> The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is asking donors for more than $90 million to fund the agency's programmes assisting people who have fled within the borders of six conflict-torn countries ... via United Nations ... more
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Press Review of 29 January 2008
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
eported fresh clashes in North Kivu dominated headlines on Tuesday in Kinshasa's ... more
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UK Representatives Visit Mbandaka
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
r. Barry Gardiner, the special envoy of the British Prime Minister, visited Mbandaka from 23-24 January 2008, accompanied by the Congolese minister for the Environment Jose Endondo and the UK Ambassador in the DRC Nick ... more
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