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Bush addresses new fighting in Congo
Topix - Saturday, October 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Both presidents must make it clear that they will not allow the progress made over the past few years to be jeopardized by renewed fighting" The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, meets with President Bush, not shown, Friday, Oct. via... more
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Flooding kills at least 30 in Congo capital
Topix - Saturday, October 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Thirty dead and about a hundred injured have been registered" KINSHASA, Congo : Flooding in Congo's capital left at least 30 people dead after rivers overflowed from heavy overnight rain that caused landslides and brought down bridges, officials said Friday. via International Herald Tribune ... more
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Congo floods kill 30, destroy houses - government
Topix - Saturday, October 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Until now, the toll is at 30 identified dead. Others are wounded. Some houses are damaged. Many were completely destroyed" Floods, landslides and falling power lines killed 30 people during a night of heavy rain in Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling and dilapidated capital Kinshasa, a... more
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Sexual Violence In DR Congo Is War Crime, UN
Topix - Saturday, October 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In many cases, the scale and brutality of the violence amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity." Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:58 am Press Release: United Nations Sexual violence against women in DR Congo amounts to war crime: UN expert The scale and brutality of... more
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Get Married? Not Just Yet, Says Songbird Mbilia Bel
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
arriage is not on the priority list of Congolese songbird Mbilia Bel. In fact, she confesses, it just never crosses her mind these days. Her priority is to continue making music for as long as she is able. Her second preoccupation is dressing well and taking good care of her... more
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Needed - a Level Business Playing Ground for Women
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
tarting a business in the Democratic Republic of Congo can be quite a challenge. It takes 13 procedures and 155 days and costs five times the country's annual income per ... more
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Sexual Violence Against Women is a "War Crime" - UN Expert
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
he scale and brutality of the sexual violence currently faced by women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, an independent United Nations human rights expert has told the General ... more
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Torrential rains kill nine in DRC capital
Topix - Friday, October 26, 2007
p> Regulars Interact Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 26 October 2007 03:33 Torrential rain overnight killed nine people and caused many homes to collapse in Kinshasa, a government spokesperson in the ... via Mail & Guardian ... more
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Exploring the U.S. Role in Consolidating Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
he following is the testimony of Gayle Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Center of American Progress and Co-Chair of the Enough Project before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on October 24, ... more
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FARDC Chief And Monuc Force Commander Update the Media On Noth Kivu Situation
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
ongolese Army Chief of Staff, General Dieudonne Kayembe and MONUC Force Commander Babacar Gaye met in Goma, on 24 and 25 october 2007, and held several meetings with FARDC 8 Military Region officials as well as with MONUC representatives, in order to discuss and asses the current evolution of security... more
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State linked to DRC deaths
Topix - Friday, October 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Many of these individuals are still in prison without charge or trial." Human rights group Amnesty International accused state security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo of systematic torture and killings in a report published today. via Sunday Times ... more
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SADC Worried About DRC Conflict
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
REGIONAL defence body will urgently mobilise humanitarian assistance to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are affected by the recent military conflicts in the eastern areas of the ... more
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U.S. Debates Exile for Renegade General
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
ASHINGTON is mooting the idea of exile for Laurent Nkunda, the renegade Congolese general whose forces are fighting government troops in Eastern DR Congo, according to Jendayi Frazer, the United States Assistant Secretary for African ... more
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DRC: Caught in a web of clashes between armed groups
Topix - Friday, October 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Nkunda is our enemy because he will not join the Congolese army." At Masisi hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, ill and wounded women shifted uncomfortably in their beds as several men and youths in uniform picked at bandages covering their ...... more
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800 Congolese Flee Into Country Daily
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
HE number of Congolese seeking refuge in Uganda following fighting in North Kivu reached 12,000 yesterday. Over the past few days, about 800 Congolese have crossed into Uganda daily, according to United ... more
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970 Women Repatriated
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 26, 2007
BOUT 970 Congolese women who accompanied Ugandan soldiers back from the battlefields in eastern Congo's Ituri province are being ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Refugees From Equateur Province Stream Home - UN Agency
Topix - Friday, October 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Repatriation numbers to Equateur province have peaked because we were able to run four repatriation boat convoys per week to two destinations in parallel, with up to 1,000 returnees per week" Thanks to increased boat trips across the Oubangui river, more than 16,000 refugees have returned... more
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Ban Ki-Moon Urges Warring Factions to Allow Aid Effort in North Kivu
allAfrica.com - Thursday, October 25, 2007
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on conflicting parties clashing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) troubled North Kivu province to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians, who have been forced to flee their homes amid rapes and other atrocities associated with the ... more
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DRC Hands Over Top Rebel Commander
allAfrica.com - Thursday, October 25, 2007
UTHORITIES in DR Congo last evening handed over to the UN forces Opiyo Makasi, a top commander of the rebel ... more
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Preventing Backslide Into War
allAfrica.com - Thursday, October 25, 2007
oseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visits the White House today to discuss challenges to his country's fragile democracy. The last time a President of this sprawling Central African nation met with President Bush was 1989 - Congo was then called Zaire and the President Bush... more
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