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Rwanda: Regional Body Condemns Kabuye's Arrest
Topix - Tuesday, November 25, 2008
p>The New Times 25 November 2008 Eugene Mutara Nyarugenge The Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region , Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, has once again strongly condemned the ... ... more
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DRC, Angolan Leaders to Discuss Congo Fighting
Topix - Tuesday, November 25, 2008
p>A Congolese soldier stands next to the charred body of an alleged Mai-Mai militia fighter , 19 Nov 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is expected to meet Friday with his Angolan ... ... more
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Refugees say troops loot Congo camp
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Soldiers went on an overnight looting and shooting spree in a sprawling Congolese refugee camp, stealing from hungry and traumatized people who have fled fighting in the east of the country, witnesses said ... ... more
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Women in Congo Protest Ongoing Sexual Violence
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>OneWorld.net's take: Hundreds of Congolese women dressed in all black gathered Friday in Goma to protest sexual violence -- more than 3,000 cases have been reported since January -- and demand peace as fighting ... ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Condemns Murder of Radio Journalist
Topix - Monday, November 24, 2008
p>Didace Namujimbo, 34, who worked for Radio Okapi, died after being shot in the neck by unknown assailants about 9:30 p.m. as he returned to his home in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the DRC's ... ... more
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'Don't fear me': Defiant Nkunda stages rally in captured town
Topix - Sunday, November 23, 2008
p>Show of strength: Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda on stage during the rally Tutsi rebels staged a rally in a captured eastern Congolese town on Saturday in a show of strength and defiance after an ... ... more
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For Congo rebels, winning hearts, minds not easy
Topix - Sunday, November 23, 2008
p>Surrounded by insurgent fighters, the bespectacled leader of Congo's rebels held his first public rally Saturday in newly conquered territory, telling the few thousand people who showed up: 'Do not be afraid.' But winning over the terrified population of a half-empty town that accuses rebels of looting, rape and... more
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In Congo war, rape is cheaper than bullets
Topix - Sunday, November 23, 2008
p>As new fighting rages in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fears are rising that thousands of women and girls will become the victims of rape and sexual abuse. ... more
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Africa: DRC-Uganda - 'There is No One and No Tribe That is Safe'
Topix - Sunday, November 23, 2008
p>Jacquelyn Ingenda Himana is one of 12,000 Congolese refugees who thought her chances for survival might be better in Uganda than in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , where fighting among rebel factions ... ... more
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DRC Update: Journalist Shot Dead in Eastern Region; More IDPs; Rape Crisis Escalates
Topix - Saturday, November 22, 2008
p>Journalist shot dead in DR Congo A journalist working for a UN-backed radio station in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been shot dead. ... more
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Thumb for Good to Talk
Topix - Saturday, November 22, 2008
p>Congo's battered government has little choice but to open unpopular talks with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, but the rebel leader himself faces a challenge converting his military upper hand into political ... ... more
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Congo bishops warn of genocide
Topix - Saturday, November 22, 2008
p>Warning of a - silent genocide' that is taking place in the eastern and northeastern parts of their nation, the bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday lamented the - laxness' of the ... ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Camp Violence Sparks UN Concern for Refugee Safety in East
Topix - Saturday, November 22, 2008
p>Early this morning, a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed at the Kibati camp, on the northern outskirts of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. ... more
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UN: Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting
Topix - Friday, November 21, 2008
p>Shootings, looting and rape plague the already desperate lives of refugees in eastern Congo, where people caught between soldiers and rebels live in constant fear, U.N. officials said Friday. ... more
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Top UN official appeals for over $2 billion to fund humanitarian projects in Sudan
Topix - Friday, November 21, 2008
p>The top United Nations relief official today called for more than $2 billion for humanitarian projects next year in Sudan, with almost half of the funds being earmarked for the war-torn region of Darfur, where ... ... more
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DR Congo's Nkunda attacks China to boost political kudos: analysts
Topix - Friday, November 21, 2008
p>Congolese rebel supremo Laurent Nkunda's call for a review of contracts with China is a populist ploy designed to cash in on resentment over Beijing's tapping up of vast mineral reserves, analysts say. ... more
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UN approves DR Congo peacekeeper increase
Topix - Friday, November 21, 2008
p>The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send 3,000 additional UN peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help prevent a new war in the country's east. ... more
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UN seeks $7 bln to aid 30 mln people in 2009
Topix - Thursday, November 20, 2008
p>The United Nations on Wednesday launched an appeal for 7 billion U.S. dollars to provide urgent aid next year to 30 million people in 31 countries worldwide. ... more
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'Stop the Murder': German President Wants More Western Help for Congo
Topix - Thursday, November 20, 2008
p>With violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo continuing unabated, German President Horst Kohler says it is time for Western countries to help the UN bring the conflict to an end. ... more
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Photo in the News: Baby Chimp Rescued From Congo Army
Topix - Thursday, November 20, 2008
p>November 18, 2008 - Less than ten months old, a baby chimpanzee named Mapima was being mistreated by Congolese army soldiers until she was rescued last week by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of ... ... more
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