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Continent turning the corner, say sages
Topix - Thursday, November 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"When I was the head of the mediation team in the DRC for instance, there was no funding for such a mission, and I had to pay the mediation team from my pockets" Two of Africa's most respected elder statesmen, Botswana's former president Ketumile Masire and... more
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Museveni Meets Rwandan Minister
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
WANDAN Foreign Affairs Minister Charles Murigande yesterday met President Yoweri Museveni at State House, ... more
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North Kivu - Monuc 'Deeply Shocked By the Extreme Violence Against Its Personnel'
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
uring its weekly press conference, on 7 November 2007, MONUC said "deeply shocked by this extreme violence with regard to its personnel, causing many injuries and even deaths among the Congolese civilian population ... more
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UN Official Meets Authorities in North Kivu
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
iming to facilitate efforts to achieve a lasting solution to the crisis in the strife-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official has held meeting with local authorities ... more
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DRC: MONUC blames disinformation as protests over aid mount in North Kivu
Topix - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"An aid vehicle was looted on 28 October. Stones were thrown at World Food Programme workers on 26 October in the Muganga II site, where 500 people came in and made off with 1.4 tonnes of food" KINSHASA, 7 November 2007 - Growing impatience over aid... more
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Monuc Blames Disinformation as Protests Over Aid Mount in North Kivu
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
rowing impatience over aid deliveries to displaced civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's province of North Kivu has sparked another demonstration against the UN mission there, MONUC, which blamed the unrest on deliberately-spread false ... more
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Radioactive minerals dumped in DRC
Topix - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I think they did it by ignorance." Regulars Interact Joe Bavier Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 07 November 2007 12:33 Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an inquiry into the suspected dumping of 18 tonnes of ... via Mail & Guardian ... more
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UN Official Decries Sexual Violence
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
senior United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today decried the problem of sexual violence in the war-torn country, saying perpetrators are mostly police, military and militia members but civilians are increasingly involved, and calling for stronger response ... more
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Congolese soldiers arrested for murder of Belgian
Topix - Wednesday, November 07, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We know he was killed in the early morning at his home, and that two suspects have been arrested" Congolese soldiers arrested for murder of Belgian Staff Reporter 06.NOV.07 KINSHASA -- Police in Democratic Republic of Congo arrested two soldiers on Thursday in connection with the... more
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450 to Visit Kony
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
delegation of about 450 people from Uganda is expected to visit the Lords Resistance Army base in Garamba, east Democratic Republic of ... more
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Katanga buys rival in US$3.3B deal
Topix - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It is believed that the combined operations will be the largest single-site project in the world producing both copper and cobalt" Katanga Mining Ltd. has struck a friendly US$3.3-billion deal to buy Nikanor PLC and create a dominant copper and cobalt producer in the Democratic Republic... more
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EU - A Human Rights Delegation Visiting
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
delegation of specialists in human rights from the European Union met with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the DRC William Swing in MONUC headquarters in Kinshasa, on Monday 5 November ... more
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Tutsi in the Troubled Equation
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
ongo renegade general Laurent Nkunda's announcement that he will disarm some of his men and send them to camps run by the army somewhat eased tensions in the east of Democratic Republic of congo. But the role of Congolese who speak Kinyarwanda in the chaos that engulfed the country after... more
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Little Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence - UN Representative
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
ith the continuous tense situation in East of the country triggering more sexual violence against women, we talked to MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Ross Mountain, about this issue and the efforts that the international community and the DRC government are doing to solve the ... more
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Miners Confused by Leaked Congo Report
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
HE leak of a document at the weekend, pre-empting the outcome of the long-awaited Democratic Republic of Congo government review of mining licences, has thrown SA's mining sector into ... more
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Warlords Join Regular Army
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
senior DRC official has declared the war-ravaged northeastern region of Ituri free of armed groups after 16 senior commanders flew to Kinshasa to join the regular ... more
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UN Official Decries Sexual Violence, Urges Stronger Response
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
senior United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today decried the problem of sexual violence in the war-torn country, saying perpetrators are mostly police, military and militia members but civilians are increasingly involved, and calling for stronger response ... more
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Dissident General Took Advantage of Power Vacuum
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
hen the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Tutsi-dominated rebel group based in Uganda, defeated the Rwandan government in 1994, more than a million Rwandans fled to Congo (then ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Peacekeepers Wounded During North Kivu Protest
Topix - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Stones thrown at the MONUC base wounded four [military] officers and 23 MONUC soldiers, four national police officers and a translator" More than 30 people, including several peacekeepers, have been wounded during a demonstration by hundreds of civilians displaced by fighting in North Kivu province, according... more
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Sixteen Ituri Warlords Give Up the Fight
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, November 06, 2007
senior DRC official has declared the war-ravaged northeastern region of Ituri free of armed groups after 16 senior commanders flew to Kinshasa to join the regular ... more
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