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New strain of Ebola identified
Topix - Thursday, November 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This virus didn't behave as would be expected of some of the known strains" A new strain of Ebola virus has infected 51 people and killed 16 in an area near Uganda's border with Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. health experts said on Thursday. via... more
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Campaign Against Sexual Violence in South Kivu
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007
campaign to combat gender violence is under way in South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a province that has become notorious for the high incidence of rape and other sexual ... more
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Standard wins big
Topix - Thursday, November 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Emerging Markets Bank of the Year', in The Banker Awards of 2007. Standard Bank, whose operations extend to 38 countries and with total assets of $156 billion, was also named 'Bank of the Year" Standard Bank's position as one of the world's leading emerging markets banks... more
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Thirty-Eight Broadcasters Remain Suspended
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007
D is shocked by the statements made by Information, Press and National Communications Minister Toussaint Tshilombo Send during the "Questions d'actualités" programme broadcast on 20 November 2007 on the publicly-owned Radiotélévision nationale congolaise ... more
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Academic Says Govt Radio Broadcasting Hate Messages
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 29, 2007
R Congo government radio has been broadcasting hate messages branding Congolese Tutsis as Rwandan with the aim to have them "annihilated" and something must be done urgently or else the conflict there gets out of hand, a Jewish academic has ... more
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Curfew imposed in DRC province
Topix - Thursday, November 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They have not been properly identified, but we know there are at least 18,000 former rebels at large." The governor of the province of Equateur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ordered a late-night curfew to curb kidnapping and killing. via Daily India... more
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Monthly Human Rights Assessment - October 2007
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Summary: Germain Katanga, warlord and leader of the Force de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI) militia was transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial; In Kisangani, Province Orientale, two military magistrates were subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by FARDC soldiers acting on the orders of the... more
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Curfew Imposed in Equateur to Stem Worsening Insecurity
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
uthorities in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) province of Equateur have imposed a nighttime curfew in the area until further notice in a bid to curb insecurity, including murder and extortion by armed ... more
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15 Dissidents Surrender to UN
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
ne officer and 14 troops who were part of a dissident battalion led by General Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have turned themselves in to the United Nations mission in the country ... more
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Sex escapades heard in camera
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p> The Thaba Tshwane military court has closed the door on alleged sex escapades between two SA National Defence Force officers, stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, News24 reported on Wednesday. via Independent Online ... more
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15 Dissidents Surrender to UN Blue Helmets
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
ne officer and 14 troops who were part of a dissident battalion led by General Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have turned themselves in to the United Nations mission in the country ... more
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15 Dissidents Surrender To UN In N. Kivu, DR Congo
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p> Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 11:22 am Press Release: United Nations DR Congo: 15 dissidents surrender to UN blue helmets in North Kivu One officer and 14 troops who were part of a dissident battalion led by ... via Scoop ... more
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The world continues to look away. Don't
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"After that they took me with them to the forest. They started raping me there - I counted 17 who attacked me. I stayed in the forest for six months and each day I was raped by two men." Some stories, as horrific as they are,... more
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Surrender to Blue Helmets of Nkundist Officer And 14 Men
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
ommander Micho Bizabaso, officer of ex General Laurent Nkunda and commander of a dissenting battalion occupying positions surrounding Sake, surrounded to MONUC blue helmets on the night of 26/27 November ... more
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Bob Harris: Violence Against Women in the D.R. Congo: The Most...
Topix - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It was not uncommon to hear accounts of armed groups seizing young women from farms or water points and enslaving them and raping them for one to three months" Here's a bit from the latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the International... more
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"The Blood Keeps Flowing"
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
emivumbi Ntawiheba never used to be interested in politics. Growing up on a mountain farm close to Masisi town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive North Kivu, Ntawiheba lived only for his ... more
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More Clashes in North Kivu Will Harm Civilians, UN Official Warns
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 26, 2007
senior United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called on parties in the country's troubled North Kivu province to avoid any actions that could harm the already beleaguered civilian population in the ... more
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Rising Food Prices Add to Misery in the East
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 26, 2007
anine Maombi came to the bustling central market in Goma, the capital of the restive North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to buy ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rising Food Prices Add to Misery in the East
Topix - Monday, November 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"People don't buy spices anymore because there is no food for them to flavour" Janine Maombi came to the bustling central market in Goma, the capital of the restive North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to buy potatoes. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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AFRICA: Joining the fight against gender-based violence
IRIN - Monday, November 26, 2007
AIROBI Monday, November 26, 2007 (IRIN) - The small compensation Fartun Abdi Ahmed, 25, takes from having her genitalia ritually excised with a knife used on six other girls is that the procedure took place in a rural part of Somalia, where the risk of infection, from HIV, for example,... more
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