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Congolese Tour Hoima Oil Wells
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
WENTY security and energy officials from the DR Congo have toured the oil exploration sites in the Albertine region in Hoima district to assess the activities of the oil drilling ... more
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Government Warned On Pacts
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
ivil society organisations have warned that regional agreements signed by the Government may undermine the Juba peace talks, writes Raymond ... more
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A Final Farewell - William Swing Receives Standing Ovation From Monuc Staff
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
s his final departure from the DRC draws nearer, William Lacy Swing, who directed the United Nations Mission to the DR Congo (MONUC) for 4 years, met with MONUC Kinshasa staff to bid farewell on 12 December ... more
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Country, DRC to Mend Relations
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
GANDA and the DR Congo yesterday pledged to repair relations strained for 10 years by clashes in the late 1990s that sucked in more than nine government and rebel armies into the vast central African ... more
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Conflict Background
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
North Kivu has been the epicentre of Congo's violence since the conflict began more than fifteen years ago. Now is the time to address this major gap in the Congolese transition and end a crisis which is producing immense suffering and continues to carry wider risks for Congo and its... more
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Conflict, Displacement Escalate
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
s fighting escalates between Congolese government troops and the dissident forces of General Laurent Nkunda, UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon has called attention to the "massive displacement of mistreatment of the population" in North Kivu. But UN forces have a complex mandate of both protecting civilians and aiding the Congolese army... more
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Troops to Reinforce UN in Congo
allAfrica.com - Friday, December 14, 2007
outh African troops are on their way to the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn North Kivu province, as the United Nations (UN) seeks to reinforce its presence in the east against advancing rebel ... more
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Uganda, DRC Start Border Oil Talks
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
OZENS of officials from Uganda and DR Congo are meeting in Kampala to find solutions to a border row over Lake Albert suspected to be sitting on major oil ... more
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Ex-Mozambique president in Uganda to breathe life into peace talks
Topix - Thursday, December 13, 2007
p> Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano has arrived in Uganda for a series of talks to breathe life into a fitful process aimed at ending war in the country, a UN statement said Thursday. via Raw Story ... more
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UN Refugee Chief Begins Visit to Volatile East
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
he United Nations refugee chief today starts a five-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where tens of thousands of people are on the move again in the volatile east of the country after some of the worst fighting since the civil war ended in ... more
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IEC Holds Evaluation Meeting to Point the Way Forward for 2008
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
he Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) held an evaluation meeting with its NGO partners at its offices in Kinshasa on 12 December 2007, to assess the lessons learned from the 2006 elections, and to create a strategic framework for the holding of the DRC local, urban and municipal elections in ... more
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Ebola Outbreak Leads to Border Closure
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
ealth authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have closed the lake and land border with Uganda and shut down two markets as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of Ebola from its ... more
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UN Mission Reports Widespread Rights Abuses
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
nsurgents loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda, fighting government troops in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are still recruiting children into their ranks, even as serious human rights violations, including some committed by agents of the state, are rife in the region, according to the UN Mission... more
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DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu
Topix - Thursday, December 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The main perpetrators of human rights abuses are no longer armed groups [ie. non-government forces], but mainly agents of the state, whose mandate is to ensure the protection of the Congolese population" Insurgents loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda, fighting government troops in North Kivu, eastern... more
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DRC-UGANDA: Ebola outbreak leads to border closure
IRIN - Thursday, December 13, 2007
INSHASA Thursday, December 13, 2007 (IRIN) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have closed the lake and land border with Uganda and shut down two markets as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of Ebola from its neighbour. ... more
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Intense Fighting Engulfs East
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that he was deeply concerned by the intense fighting engulfing North Kivu province in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially its impact on local civilians, many of whom have been forced to flee to escape the renewed ... more
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Upsurge in Violent Clashes Alarms Secretary-General
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 13, 2007
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that he was deeply concerned by the intense fighting engulfing North Kivu province in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially its impact on local civilians, many of whom have been forced to flee to escape the renewed ... more
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Ban Ki-moon alarmed by upsurge in DR ...
Topix - Thursday, December 13, 2007
p> The Security Council and UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed concern about recent heavy fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord Kivu province between government troops and forces loyal to ... via The Age ... more
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- Punish rape as weapon of war'
Topix - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The consequences are terrible: rural exodus, poverty and an increase in sexually transmitted diseases" Congolese activists have launched an appeal at the International Criminal Court to prosecute those in their country who use rape as a weapon of war. via Sunday Times ... more
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Rafles systématiques des rwandophones à Goma
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
epuis la reprise de la localité de Mushake par les insurgés ralliés au général déchu Laurent Nkunda, des rafles systématiques contre les Congolais d'expression rwandaise sont organisées dans la ville de Goma, capitale du ... more
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