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Government Announces End of Ebola Outbreak
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
ealth officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, which claimed the lives of 21 of the 26 people infected in the Kasai Occidental province, is now ... more
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Congo declares Ebola outbreak contained; no new cases
Topix - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We can say today that the Ebola epidemic has been completely subdued - having observed a period twice the length of the disease's incubation period without any new infections" KINSHASA, Congo : An Ebola outbreak that killed 21 people in Congo has been contained, the World... more
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More Than Reporting - Congolese Refugees in Kisoro
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
he United Nations High Commission on Refugees spokesperson called me on a Saturday morning about two weeks ago and told me I'd be leaving that Sunday. I packed my bags, and showed up at the UNHCR compound in Kololo at 8a.m. Sunday morning, groggy, loaded myself into the white 4... more
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Embassy in Iraq filled, US looks for hardy souls for embassies in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.
Topix - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We reserve the right to direct assign at any time" WASHINGTON : The U.S. State Department has begun looking for diplomats willing to take hundreds of unfilled positions at embassies and consulates in 15 dangerous countries after finding enough volunteers to ... via International Herald... more
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International Violence Against Women Act
Topix - Monday, November 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Every day around the world, women and girls suffer brutal domestic violence, rape, honor killings, bride burnings, violence as a weapon of war, and other atrocities" International Violence Against Women Act November 1, 2007 http://endabuse.org/newsflash/index.php3?Search=Article&NewsFlashID=931 Groundbreaking legislation to combat the global crisis of violence against women... more
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Monuc Closes Joint Child Protection Campaign With PNC
allAfrica.com - Monday, November 19, 2007
t the closure of the joint child protection sensitization campaign with the Congolese National Police (PNC), MONUC organised a press conference on 19 November 2007, to examine the recorded progress during the past five ... more
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D.R of Congo: Grand Master Franco Luambo
Global Voices Online - Monday, November 19, 2007
p>Shakara blogs about the Congolese musician, Franco Luambo : “It’s a known fact that Franco recorded various praise songs for Mobutu, openly supported Mobutu’s presidential campaigns and toured to promote the Authenticity policy.” ... more
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Rebel group frees 232 child soldiers
Topix - Monday, November 19, 2007
p> Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have released 232 child soldiers, a UNICEF official said Saturday. via Earth Times ... more
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Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse Inquiry Opens
allAfrica.com - Sunday, November 18, 2007
he United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced today that an independent investigation has begun into allegations of violent sexual abuse by a soldier serving with the force in the troubled northeast of the ... more
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Country to Expel Rwandan Rebels
allAfrica.com - Sunday, November 18, 2007
he EU was denied the opportunity of playing patron to African and Caribbean Pacific countries during last week's EU-ACP parliamentary session held in Kigali last ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse Inquiry Opens
Topix - Sunday, November 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"All allegations of this nature are taken very seriously by the mission" The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced today that an independent investigation has begun into allegations of violent sexual abuse by a soldier serving with the ... ... more
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200 child soldiers freed
Topix - Saturday, November 17, 2007
p> Humanitarian agencies in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo have secured the release of more than 200 child soldiers from pro-government militia, the US children's agency Unicef said on Friday. via News24.com ... more
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SA to assist the DRC
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This MoU will provide us with training so that we can participate in the construction of infrastructure that will be happening, we cannot stand aside while there are projects that are going on in our country" South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed... more
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Unicef And Its Partner Help Free Over 230 Children From Militia
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 16, 2007
wo hundred and thirty two children have been freed from Mayi Mayi forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with help from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partner, Save the Children - but the UN agency warned that more must be done to end the... more
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New Pact with Rwanda Hailed
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 16, 2007
nalysts have welcomed the latest in a series of agreements between the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aimed at resolving the perennial threat to regional stability posed by the armed groups in eastern ... more
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POLITICS-DRC: A President and a General Face Off
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Further combat...is likely to generate more crimes against civilians" Instability continues to loom large in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , with President Joseph Kabila having demanded that renegade General Laurent Nkunda disarm and reintegrate his approximately 5,000 ... via Inter Press Service ... more
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New exodus reported in DR Congo
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Fighting in North Kivu province between government forces, renegade troops and rebels since December 2006 has led to the worst internal displacement in the area since the end of the civil war in 2004" The United Nations' refugee agency reported tens of thousands of displaced people... more
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DRC: IDPs go back to camps as fears of renewed North Kivu violence die down
Topix - Thursday, November 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Everything has been taken. There are no plates, saucepans, nothing. Even the tarpaulin covering the hut has been stolen." People have been returning to camps for displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province after fresh fighting near the main town of Goma... more
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Mean streets hold little magic for young African 'witches'
Topix - Thursday, November 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The witches situation started when fathers became unable to care for the children" UIGE, Angola : Domingos Pedro was 12 years old when his father, a government worker in this isolated provincial capital, died three years ago. via International Herald Tribune ... more
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SA to Assist in DRC Infrastructure Development
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 15, 2007
outh Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see infrastructure development in the ... more
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