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Electoral Fiasco Upsets Voters
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
ajor voting irregularities marred the first round of parliamentary elections in Congo-Brazzaville ... more
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UN Council considers impact of natural resources on armed conflict
Topix - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
p> The UN Security Council met on Monday to discuss the role of natural resources in fueling many armed conflicts in the world, particularly in war-stricken African countries. via People's Daily Online ... more
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Chaos reigns in Congo poll
Topix - Monday, June 25, 2007
p> Voting got off to a shaky start in the first round of Congo's legislative elections on Sunday, with long delays in the west African country's two main cities and protestors crying foul elsewhere. via News24.com ... more
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Civilians still being brutalized in war zones: UN
Topix - Sunday, June 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Survivors are left with horrific physical and psychological scars" UNITED NATIONS - Despite campaigns to protect civilians in war zones, progress is gradual and failure too obvious in many places in the world, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said on ... via Reuters ... more
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Charges against Congo police chief dropped
Topix - Saturday, June 23, 2007
p> A French court on Wednesday formally dropped a probe targeting Congo’s national police chief on charges of crimes against humanity over the presumed massacre of more than 350 refugees in 1999, a court ... via Sunday Times ... more
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African leaders in graft probe
Topix - Friday, June 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We hope that this investigation will put an end to the feeling of impunity felt by those who impoverish Africa by amassing considerable property in France and elsewhere" French prosecutors are investigating allegations that Presidents Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo... more
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No Where to Run: World's Refugee Problem Getting Worse
Topix - Thursday, June 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This year we are supporting a huge reintegration of people to Sudan from many countries around the region -- from Uganda and Ethiopia and Kenya and DRC" Last year was one of the worst on record for refugees and the crisis is deepening in 2007 thanks... more
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Politics: Refugee population rises to some 10 million - UN report
Topix - Wednesday, June 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Paradoxically, big increases in the numbers of stateless people may represent a sign of improvement - rather than deterioration - in their situation" The UN refugee agency announced on 19 June that the number of refugees in the world has increased for the first time since... more
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Man claiming to be Congolese diplomat held in Venezuelan drug bust
Topix - Monday, June 18, 2007
p> A man arrested when authorities seized more than two tons of cocaine bound for Africa at a Venezuelan airport claims to be a diplomat and a relative of Congo's president, officials said Wednesday. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Clamour for Bemba's return
Topix - Sunday, June 17, 2007
p> Opposition politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on President Joseph Kabila to enable his defeated presidential rival Jean-Pierre Bemba to return from abroad. via News24 ... more
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UN Security Council mission leaves for African trip
Topix - Saturday, June 16, 2007
p> A UN Security Council delegation is leaving Thursday for a five-nation trip to Africa during which council members will visit Ethiopia, Sudan, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ... via People's Daily Online ... more
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DRC seeking SA investment
Topix - Friday, June 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"A lot has changed since 2002, on the political front, the economy, and security. If you come to Congo now, you won't be meeting a bunch of revolutionaries, but stable democratic institutions" Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Friday urged South African business people... more
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Get Real, Artificial Pitch Will Suit Us - Mokoena
allAfrica.com - Thursday, June 14, 2007
They made a big mistake," the Bafana Bafana skipper said, pointing out the folly of Congo's decision to play Sunday's African Nations Cup Group 11 qualifier in Pointe Noire, which has an astroturf, instead of Brazzaville, which has a pitch that observers claim would probably be shunned even by ... more
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Kabila arrives at Tuynhuys
Topix - Thursday, June 14, 2007
p> Democratic Republic of the Congo president Joseph Kabila arrived at Tuynhuys in Cape Town today for talks with President Thabo Mbeki. via Sunday Times ... more
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Sgt. Chris Fielding says the fire case has been one of the most difficult for staff to handle.
Topix - Wednesday, June 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"After 30 years of loyal service -- the last 11 in major crime -- this is Sgt. Fielding's last murder case as he retires soon" A 19-year-old Vancouver man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in connection... more
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Bafana concern over in-from Elrio van HeerdenA
Topix - Wednesday, June 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will assess the medical reports on Van Heerden on Wednesday" Boosted by one of his best performances for South Africa in the recent 4-0 African Nations Cup qualifying win over Chad, Belgian-based Elrio van Heerden has learnt that fate, like an unsympathetic... more
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U.N. probes torture allegation by Congo peacekeepers
Topix - Tuesday, June 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There had been a number of investigations into this case" The United Nations said on Monday its mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was investigating allegations that peacekeepers beat and killed prisoners in reprisal for an ambush in eastern Congo in ... via... more
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Human rights groups urge release of detainees
Topix - Monday, June 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We demand the immediate release, without condition, of all those arrested and detained by security services in the two states" A prison in the DRC city of Kisangani. Human rights groups in DRC and Congo have demanded the release of people detained without trial BRAZZAVILLE, 11... more
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Rights Groups Urge Release of Detainees in the Congos
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 11, 2007
uman rights groups in the Republic of Congo and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have called for the release of detainees in the custody of security services in the two central African ... more
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June 4, 2007
Topix - Sunday, June 10, 2007
p> Statements made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson IRAN I will read a statement made by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner: 'I have learned of press agency reports according to ... via News from France ... more
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