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CONGO: Human rights groups urge legal protection for indigenous communities
Topix - Thursday, November 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Like our foreign partners, we launch a call to the president of the republic to adopt this law" NGOs in the Republic of Congo have urged the country's president to adopt a draft law aimed at protecting indigenous people, who, they say, are often discriminated against... more
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Human Rights Groups Urge Legal Protection for Indigenous Communities
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
GOs in the Republic of Congo have urged the country's president to adopt a draft law aimed at protecting indigenous people, who, they say, are often discriminated against and whose rights are ... more
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15 Dissidents Surrender To UN In N. Kivu, DR Congo
Topix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007
p> Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 11:22 am Press Release: United Nations DR Congo: 15 dissidents surrender to UN blue helmets in North Kivu One officer and 14 troops who were part of a dissident battalion led by ... via Scoop ... more
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Bob Harris: Violence Against Women in the D.R. Congo: The Most...
Topix - Monday, November 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It was not uncommon to hear accounts of armed groups seizing young women from farms or water points and enslaving them and raping them for one to three months" Here's a bit from the latest report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the International... more
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Rebels attack east Congo army base, civilians flee
Topix - Sunday, November 25, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are thousands on the run" Congolese Tutsi rebels loyal to a renegade general attacked an army brigade headquarters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee, U.N. officials said. via AlertNet ... more
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IANS/Hindustan Times Examines GTZ's Efforts To Educate Congolese Villagers About HIV/AIDS
Topix - Saturday, November 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"To bring people together, we found out what is the traditional way to do so. And that's around the mango tree" According to the IANS/Times , Maniema has not been highly affected by HIV/AIDS, but the emerging mine industry and influx of workers could create a... more
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UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - November 21, 2007
Topix - Friday, November 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It is incredible to think we have found a mythological place which has finally become real." Preserve established for bonobos BRAZZAVILLE, Congo, Nov. 21 Congo has established a rain-forest preserve to protect the bonobo from deforestation and poachers, government officials said. via Earth Times ... more
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Human Rights Watchdogs Urge Action Against Enforced Disappearance
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 22, 2007
uman rights activists who gathered in Brazzaville have called on African states to do more to prevent the enforced disappearance of citizens and to end the impunity that often accompanies such ... more
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Security Council welcomes DR Congo-Rwanda Agreement
Topix - Thursday, November 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The Council reiterates its demand that these groups lay down their arms and engage voluntarily and without preconditions in their demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration, as appropriate." Security Council welcomes DR Congo-Rwanda agreement on threats to peace 21 November 2007 The Security Council today commended the... more
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CONGO: Disappeared but not forgotten: Brazzaville's missing refugees
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It failed to establish the circumstances of these people's disappearance." More than eight years and numerous court cases later, security officials, relatives and human rights advocates are still trying to find out what happened to the - missing of Brazzaville Beach' - several hundred ... ... more
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350 Refugees Still Missing, Eight Years On
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
ore than eight years and numerous court cases later, security officials, relatives and human rights advocates are still trying to find out what happened to the 'missing of Brazzaville Beach' - several hundred returning Congolese refugees who disappeared after being ... more
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DRC No Longer Threat to Investors, Says President
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
resident Paul Kagame has said that security threats emanating from the DR Congo territory that used to threaten investments in Rwanda are a thing of the ... more
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UN Should Extend Peacekeeping Mission In DRC
Topix - Wednesday, November 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In addition to precipitating a humanitarian crisis, the fighting in North Kivu has raised serious human rights concerns" Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:18 pm Press Release: United Nations UN should extend peacekeeping mission in DR Congo for a year - Ban Ki-moon Citing ongoing security challenges... more
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Total Makes Deepwater Discovery at Mer Tres Profonde Sud
Topix - Monday, November 19, 2007
p> Total has made a new oil discovery in the ultra-deep offshore Mer Tres Profonde Sud block, which lies approximately 185 kilometers offshore the Republic of the Congo in a water depth of 2,120 meters. via Peak Oil ... 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 - Sunday, November 18, 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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Extracting Honesty for an Extractive Resource
allAfrica.com - Saturday, November 17, 2007
s 2007 draws to a close, citizens of Congo can look back on another year in which the challenge of introducing greater accountability into the Central African country's opaque and corrupt oil sector loomed ... more
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ENERGY-CONGO: Extracting Honesty for an Extractive Resource
Topix - Saturday, November 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Credible international validators will be recruited to scrutinse this information." As 2007 draws to a close, citizens of Congo can look back on another year in which the challenge of introducing greater accountability into the Central African country's opaque and corrupt oil sector loomed ... ... more
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Forgiving the Lord's Resistance Army
Topix - Friday, November 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They are embarrassed of what they have done." Leader of Lords Resistance Army, , peace delegation Martin Ojul, left, is welcomed back home at Koch Goma in Amuru. via Time ... more
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DR Congo: UN Refugee Agency Helps Hundreds of Displaced Return to Ituri
Topix - Thursday, November 15, 2007
p> The United Nations refugee agency has this week begun an operation to return hundreds of internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to their homes in the troubled north-eastern ... via InterestAlert.com ... more
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