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Ugandan oil could be blessing or curse
Topix - Saturday, October 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The significance, I think, will be immense" The oil find could change Uganda for better or worse On a busy Saturday in downtown Kampala, sudden deafening roars of generators are commonplace. via BBC ... more
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State to probe Kinshasa plane crash
Topix - Friday, October 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We've decided to form a commission of enquiry to shed light on this affair, establish responsibilities at all levels and propose what measures to take by way of sanctions" Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has set up an enquiry into last week's plane crash... more
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Congo rebel calls for cease-fire
Topix - Thursday, October 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The army's bombs are falling on the civilian population. We're afraid worse things will happen if we're not careful" A powerful rebel leader in eastern Congo called for a cease-fire Thursday as the army said the death toll from five days of clashes had risen to... more
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Kabila advisor meets President
Topix - Thursday, October 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We briefed the President on what has been happening in our country, the fighting that has been going on there between Gen Nkunda and government forces. Government has given him an ultimatum to have his soldiers integrated into the army" Herald Reporter SPECIAL advisor to Democratic... more
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The devastating cost of Africa's wars
Topix - Thursday, October 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This is a massive waste of resources -- roughly equivalent to total international aid to Africa from major donors during the same period" Regulars Interact 11 October 2007 07:18 Conflicts in Africa since the end of the Cold War have cost the continent $306-billion, equivalent to... more
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Renegade Congo General Promises to Keep Fighting
Topix - Wednesday, October 10, 2007
p> A renegade general in eastern Congo says government forces have launched new attacks on his positions and that he has no choice but to keep fighting until the government listens to him and lets him rejoin the ... via Voice of America ... more
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Last of Congolese Refugees From Central African Republic Return Home
Topix - Tuesday, October 09, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Returns to DRC started from CAR in October 2004, but the operation was repeatedly interrupted for security concerns, weather, conditions in areas of return" The United Nations refugee agency today announced the end of an organized repatriation programme which over the past three years has brought... more
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Nkunda Vows to Wedge Full-Scale War
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, October 09, 2007
ongolese rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda says he has decided to go on offensive because he is tired of only defending himself. Nkunda was yesterday reacting to the continued attacks by the Congolese government troops that have last for three ... more
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What future for young ex-combatants?
Topix - Monday, October 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There is still fighting going on here and approximately 95 percent of young people in the province are unemployed, which makes militia life attractive for them." Dunia Bakuluea, head of the North Kivu Division for Youth, Goma: According to some sources the youth are still enrolling... more
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Transport minister fired after plane crash
Topix - Sunday, October 07, 2007
p> The Democratic Republic of Congo fired its transport minister after a cargo plane crashed in a neighborhood, killing at least 37 people in Kinshasa. via Earth Times ... more
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Congo air crash toll 'likely to rise'
Topix - Saturday, October 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I was making tea. I'd just put the cup on the table, when I looked out the window and saw a cargo plane moving fast and very low" Rescue workers in Congo have called off a search for survivors, two days after a Russian-made cargo plane... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Helps in Rescue Efforts After Deadly Airplane Crash
Topix - Saturday, October 06, 2007
p> The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is taking part in rescue operations after a commercial aircraft crashed into a residential area of the capital, Kinshasa, earlier ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Congo sacks transport minister after air crash
Topix - Friday, October 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Another flying coffin kills again" By Joe Bavier KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese President Joseph Kabila sacked his transport minister on Friday after an air crash that killed 38 people in the central African country, which has one of the world's worst aviation safety records. ... more
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Former Rebel Leader Invited Back to Post 'Without Conditions'
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 05, 2007
he Congolese President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has called on former rebel leader Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pasteur Ntoumi, to return to Brazzaville to take up his general delegate post "without ... more
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CONGO: Ntoumi "problem" is solved, says President
Topix - Friday, October 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Today, [we can say] there no longer is a Ntoumi problem in the country. He should come to take up office without conditions" BRAZZAVILLE, 5 October 2007 - The Congolese President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has called on former rebel leader Fr ©d ©ric Bintsangou, alias Pasteur... more
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Military Chiefs Approve Regional Border Patrols
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 05, 2007
ilitary chiefs from Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to strengthen cross-border monitoring in a stepped up bid to effectively deal with negative forces in that mainly operate from Congo's ... more
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Congo Soldiers Raid Arua Market
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 05, 2007
USPECTED armed Congolese soldiers yesterday raided a market in Arua district and looted animals as well as ... more
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China's $5bn loan to DRC has IMF worried
Topix - Thursday, October 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We must beware of the macroeconomic impacts of such a project" Regulars Interact Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 03 October 2007 02:30 The International Monetary Fund warned the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday to beware of the macroeconomic effects of a ... via Mail... more
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Uganda: Oil War Fears
Topix - Wednesday, October 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Oil deposits span across the Ugandan and Congolese borders and if the matter of sharing this resource is not addressed in a sober manner these clashes will degenerate into war" Uganda officially ended its involvement in warfare in the neighbouring Congo in 2003 when a transitional... more
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CDC Scientists Fight Ebola OutbreakEight-person team deployed to Democratic Republic of Congo
Topix - Wednesday, October 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are several different diseases occurring here simultaneously. Our field laboratory is now operational and we will be working quickly to collect and test specimens in an effort to ascertain the full scope of the Ebola outbreak." Chartered aircraft and CDC laboratory supplies awaiting pickup at... more
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