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UN to help sexually exploited
Topix - Friday, December 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This is an important day for the victims, whose suffering can be reduced with the UN's support" UNITED NATIONS: A working group of the UN General Assembly has drawn up a strategy to help the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by the United Nations personnel,... more
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UTair helicopter crashes in Democratic Republic of the Congo, one killed
Topix - Thursday, December 20, 2007
p> An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the UTair airline crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo killing one crewmember at 1:08 p.m. Moscow time Tuesday, the Russian Transportation Ministry has reported. via Interfax ... more
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UN Adopts Strategy To Aid Victims Of Sexual Abuse
Topix - Thursday, December 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This policy represents a long overdue measure to strengthen our policy of zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse" Thursday, 20 December 2007, 9:59 am Press Release: United Nations UN forum adopts strategy to aid victims of sexual abuse by Organization's staff In a major step... more
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2007 the deadliest year for journalists: study
Topix - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Somalia comes second to Iraq which witnesses a brutal deterioration in the security conditions for the profession, 8 journalists killed this year against one last year." Bloody job ... The camera of an injured photographer lies covered with blood on the 15th floor of Baghdad's Palestine... more
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US man receives 20 to 40 years in prison for shooting minister from Congo
Topix - Monday, December 17, 2007
p> A Pennsylvania man who killed a Congolese immigrant who worked nights as a taxi driver to make money for his church in Africa has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Relief organizations stretched thin by dollar's weakness
Topix - Monday, December 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Increasing production is more difficult when you have a tighter budget" Catholic Relief Services provides drug treatment to nearly 250,000 patients afflicted with AIDS in Africa and Haiti. via The Birmingham News ... more
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MagForestry Signs Major Wood-Chip Sales Agreement
Topix - Sunday, December 16, 2007
p> MagForestry Inc., a division of MagIndustries Corp. is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement for the sale and delivery of eucalyptus wood chips to a major European pulp and paper producer. via Earth Times ... more
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UN Mission Says Recruitment of Child Soldiers is Surging
Topix - Saturday, December 15, 2007
p> UN Mission Says Recruitment of Child Soldiers is Surging Hundreds of under-age boys and girls are being forcibly recruited by rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sent to the front ... via InterestAlert.com ... more
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Ugandan refugees question rebels' mea culpa
Topix - Saturday, December 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They should have told us the truth about Otti's death, then we could have told them our feelings" Regulars Interact Alexis Okeowo Koch Goma camp, Uganda 14 December 2007 02:00 The rebels whirred up a cloud of orange dust in the stifling heat when they came... more
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Desiderio da Costa
Topix - Friday, December 14, 2007
p> San Francisco Business Times - by Steven E.F. Brown A natural gas project backed by Chevron Corp. via The San Francisco Business Times ... more
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U.N.'s Ban concerned about eastern Congo fighting
Topix - Thursday, December 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The secretary-general is deeply concerned about the intense fighting in North Kivu in recent days which has caused further suffering of the civilian population" U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Congolese government on Wednesday to protect civilians endangered by an offensive against Tutsi rebels and he... more
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CONGO: State urged to improve "disastrous" healthcare system
Topix - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The lifts don't work, windows are broken, there is no drinking water, no toilets, let alone showers" BRAZZAVILLE, 12 December 2007 - Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo's healthcare system in a "disastrous" state, according to a human rights group, which has called... more
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State Urged to Improve 'Disastrous' Healthcare System
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
nder-funding and lack of political will have left Congo's healthcare system in a "disastrous" state, according to a human rights group, which has called on the government to match its public declarations with ... more
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Congo rebels retake ground, army offensive falters
Topix - Tuesday, December 11, 2007
p> Rebels loyal to renegade Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda launched predawn raids on Congolese army positions in North Kivu province on Tuesday, a day after halting a week-old government offensive in its tracks. via Reuters ... more
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GLOBAL: Awareness-raising key to tackling gender violence
Topix - Tuesday, December 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's hard to persuade [abused women] that they are victims and that they have the right to press charges" Dozens of organisations across the world, with the UN Population Fund , dedicated the 16 days leading up to International Human Rights Day to raising awareness of... more
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Christmas comes early for soldiers in Congo
Topix - Tuesday, December 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They point and ask the crew if it's me flying that big helicopter... and don't believe it when they find out it is" Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Christmas came early on Monday for a group of South African soldiers deployed as part of... more
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113 suspected Ebola cases in Uganda
Topix - Monday, December 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's terrible, it's killing people in less than a week. This is worse than Aids. At least you can survive Aids for some years." Uganda has 113 suspected cases of a new strain of Ebola fever that has killed 29 people, officials said today, vowing to... more
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Lawsuits make unlikely ally against graft in Congo
Topix - Monday, December 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Why are we so rich and yet so poor?" BRAZZAVILLE, the Congo Republic : The main teaching hospital here is in such disrepair that many patients have to pay freelance porters for piggyback rides up and down the stairs to get X-rays. It costs $2 a... more
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Congo seeks more new partners after huge China loan
Topix - Sunday, December 09, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"That is the spirit of the agreements with the Chinese. They were concluded in complete transparency, and we are ready to conclude similar agreements with other partners" Traditional donors are not giving enough to rebuild wartorn Democratic Republic of Congo and the country is ready for... more
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Don't shake hands, Museveni tells Ebola-hit Uganda
Topix - Saturday, December 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Ebola spreads through contact. For the time being, people should resort to jambo (waving)" Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged his people to stop shaking hands to try halt a deadly epidemic of Ebola fever that has infected 101 people and caused 22 deaths, state media... more
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