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Monuc Press Review - 22 November 2007
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
he Kinshasa papers followed several themes this Thursday 22 November ... more
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DRC Fugitives Handed Over
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
HE UPDF handed over eight Congolese fugitives to DRC authorities on Monday in a brief function which took place at Lhubiriha border in Eastern DR ... more
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Poor Harvest Threatens Food Security, Transport Problems Close Feeding Centre
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
any tens of thousands of displaced people in Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-ridden South Kivu province face serious food shortages in the coming months after their crops were destroyed by heavy rainfall in the region, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has ... more
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The Deserted Village - a Casualty of North Kivu's Continuing Conflict
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
t may only be a short walk from its bustling neighbour Sake, but Kimoka is a ghost town. Homes are abandoned, the school is deserted and the brand new church empty. Light streams in through the open door onto huge leather drums beside the pulpit. When the congregation fled, the... more
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New Wave of Civilians Flee Kivu Clashes
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
any civilians have fled the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Rutshuru amid fresh clashes between regular and dissident soldiers - renegade troops who the head of the army announced would soon be disarmed by ... more
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DRC: Poor harvest threatens food security, transport problems close feeding centre
Topix - Thursday, November 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Mothers do not bring their children to the centres any more for care and food. They are preoccupied with their daily chores of looking for food for the rest of the families, leaving their severely malnourished children to their own devices" KINSHASA, 22 November 2007 -... more
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IANS/Hindustan Times Examines GTZ's Efforts To Educate Congolese Villagers About HIV/AIDS
Topix - Thursday, November 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"To bring people together, we found out what is the traditional way to do so. And that's around the mango tree" According to the IANS/Times , Maniema has not been highly affected by HIV/AIDS, but the emerging mine industry and influx of workers could create a... more
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Congo Soldiers Shoot at Country Border
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
ongolese soldiers on Monday fired three bullets into the Rwandan territory of Petite Barriere, causing pandemonium as hundreds of Rwandan businesspersons at the border fled for their dear ... more
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CONGO: Disappeared but not forgotten: Brazzaville's missing refugees
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It failed to establish the circumstances of these people's disappearance." More than eight years and numerous court cases later, security officials, relatives and human rights advocates are still trying to find out what happened to the - missing of Brazzaville Beach' - several hundred ... ... more
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Security Council Welcomes Agreement On Threats to Peace
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
he Security Council today commended the recent agreement of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to work together against threats to peace and stability in the region, it "an important milestone towards the definitive settlement of the problem of illegal armed groups" operating in the turbulent far... more
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Monuc - Mobile Operational Bases Aid Refugee Return in East
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
t its weekly press conference of 21 November 2007, MONUC announced that the installation of mobile operational bases in both Ituri and North Kivu contributed actively to the return of displaced persons to their ... more
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Ituri Displaced Receive Aid
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
n estimated 10,000 people who fled October clashes between militias and government troops in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have this week started receiving relief from humanitarian organisations, the UN ... more
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20 rebel soldiers killed in DRC
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The fighting ended around 1:30 pm (1130 GMT). The renegade troops who had attacked the army headquarters in Rutshuru then pulled out of the town" Fighting flared in the Democratic Republic of Congo's powderkeg east today, as the army battled insurgent troops after killing 20 rebel... more
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Museveni, Kagame Downplay Congo Clashes
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
RESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame downplayed the clashes in eastern Congo, saying it would not affect investment flows in the ... more
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UN Chief Wants Peacekeeping Extended
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
iting ongoing security challenges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended extending the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the vast country for one more year, suggesting that a drawdown could commence following the holding of local ... more
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UN Should Extend Peacekeeping Mission In DRC
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In addition to precipitating a humanitarian crisis, the fighting in North Kivu has raised serious human rights concerns" Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:18 pm Press Release: United Nations UN should extend peacekeeping mission in DR Congo for a year - Ban Ki-moon Citing ongoing security challenges... more
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Congo No Threat - Kagame, Museveni
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
RESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame downplayed the clashes in eastern Congo, saying it would not affect investment flows in the ... more
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Congo to Form Nature Reserve for Bonobos
Topix - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We have agreements with many of the local villages that are on the edges of the park, and they will be the managers and be very involved in it" An infant bonobo looks on while substitute mothers Marthe Mianda, left, and Michelline Mzozi, right, spend time... more
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Rwanda-DRC Deal is Timely
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
he Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda recently reached a deal in Nairobi - "a significant breakthrough" according to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon - to forcibly disarm the extremist forces in eastern DRC in an effort to bring peace in the ... more
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Maniema - Monuc in the Fight Against Sexual Violence
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
he fight against sexual violence and HIV/ Aids was part of a public awareness campaign carried out from 12-17 November 2007 in the mining city of Kalima, located 100 km from Kindu, by MONUC Kindu's Public Information division and the NGO AHUPADE (Humanitarian action for peace and the ... more
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