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DR Congo: Displaced children especially vulnerable to illness and military re-recruitment
Topix - Thursday, September 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Separation of children from the parents always puts children at risk" NORTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 18 September 2007 - This is an era of extreme difficulty for the people of DR Congo. via UNICEF News ... more
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Ranks of child soldiers swell again in Congo
Topix - Wednesday, September 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I got my weapons and ammo from the government, and then we were told we had to fight the Tutsi" The prisoners are huddled in a classroom, on display for journalists visiting the rebels led by Gen. Laurent Nkunda. The setting is appropriate, because half of... more
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URA Impounds Sugar
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, September 19, 2007
GANDA Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement operatives and the Police last Saturday impounded over 40 bags of contraband sugar in Arua ... more
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U.S. Support to Virunga National Park and Mountain Gorillas of the DROC
Topix - Wednesday, September 19, 2007
p> Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC September 18, 2007 U.S. Support to Virunga National Park and Mountain Gorillas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The U.S. Department of State and U.S. ... via State Department ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Commits Worst Abuses - UN Report
Topix - Tuesday, September 18, 2007
p> Government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain responsible for the country's worst human rights abuses, carrying out arbitrary executions and raping, robbing or extorting civilians, ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Political instability, market turmoil make gold investment riskier...
Topix - Tuesday, September 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Because of the high metal prices, because they are usually high, you now have foreign governments who do not have metal mining industries being forced to take a look at new situations" The need to mine in politically unstable countries, a new push toward greener living... more
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Africa's Great Lakes nations meet
Topix - Monday, September 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We remain concerned that the fighting in eastern DRC and the continued delay in dealing with negative forces in the DRC has disrupted government from the work it has to do" Foreign ministers from Africa's Great Lakes nations have gathered to discuss regional insecurity following weeks... more
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U.N. Says Mass Graves Found in Congo
Topix - Saturday, September 15, 2007
p> Three mass graves have been discovered in an eastern Congo village where fighters loyal to a rebel warlord recently battled government troops, the U.N. said Friday. Maj. Gabriel De Brosses, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo, said the graves were found Monday in Rubare, a... more
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Africo Resources shares up 57 per cent on support from...
Topix - Friday, September 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Africo Resources are the rightful owners of the Kalukundi asset, through its subsidiary company H&J, and the support received from the minister will assist us in re-establishing that ownership" Shares in Africo Resources Ltd. rose sharply Friday, a day after the junior miner said it has... more
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DRC: Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration
Topix - Friday, September 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are working round the clock to reach people who have fled with virtually nothing" KINSHASA, 14 September 2007 - President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the national army or face... more
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Kabila vows to restore order
Topix - Thursday, September 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I will not allow anybody, any individual or community, to form a militia. This is impossible, unacceptable. "Just because my community is supposedly under threat, I' ll form a militia" President Joseph Kabila has vowed on Thursday to bring order to the Democratic Republic of Congo's... more
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MPs Call for Military Alert Over DRC
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 13, 2007
embers of the Chamber of Deputies have expressed concern over the renewed tension in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the recent weeks, there has been fierce fighting between Congolese government forces and dissident General Nkunda's ... more
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Ebola outbreak in Congo
Topix - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There's no way we can be sure at this time how many cases are shigella and how many cases are Ebola" The World Health Organization has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Kasai province, a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Tens of Thousands of Refugess Still Across Border
Topix - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They are staying close to the border, keen to go back as soon as the situation improves" Some 25,000 to 30,000 Congolese refugees remain on the Ugandan side of the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo after fleeing last week's escalation in fighting among... more
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Ebola Strikes Congo; Country Put On Alert
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, September 11, 2007
BOLA is ... more
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Uganda pulls troops from northern Congo
Topix - Tuesday, September 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We have common natural resources whose exploitation relies on us providing a favorable climate" Uganda has started withdrawing troops from the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under a deal reached in talks aimed at defusing tensions between the two nations, the DRC foreign minister said on... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting in East Hampering Food Aid
Topix - Tuesday, September 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In screening new arrivals, UNHCR and its NGO (non-governmental organization) partner have identified a number of rape and torture victims. Our teams also received reports of killings of civilians" An upsurge in fighting between Government forces, renegade troops and rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of... more
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Former Rebel Leader Joins Govt
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 10, 2007
ongo's former rebel leader, Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, is to take up his position in the government and participate in efforts aimed at restoring ... more
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Rwandan Refugees Reluctant to Return Home
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 10, 2007
espite the prevailing peace in Rwanda, thousands of refugees who fled the country following the 1994 genocide and found refuge in the Republic of Congo (ROC) are hesitant to return ... more
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Congo, Uganda agree to pull troops from border
Topix - Monday, September 10, 2007
p> Congo's President Joseph Kabila and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, signed an agreement Saturday to immediately pull back their troops 93 miles from the border to ease tensions over an oil-rich ... via The Orlando Sentinel ... more
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