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HIV Treatment Effective In War Settings
Topix - Saturday, June 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Our experience has shown us that one of the keys to successful provision of (antiretroviral therapy) in conflict settings is preparation for disruption" Switzerland-based Doctors Without Borders has determined human immunodeficiency virus treatments can be delivered even in settings of armed conflict. via The Post... more
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Sexual Violence in DRC/Burundi
Topix - Friday, June 01, 2007
p> Friday, 1 June 2007, 11:54 am Press Release: United Nations The top United Nations human rights official today said that she was appalled by the level of sexual and gender-based violence she found in ... via Scoop ... more
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DRC to Talk With Rwanda Over Rebels
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 31, 2007
he government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has written to the Rwandan government requesting for a meeting between the two aimed at finding a lasting solution to the activities of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels. State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminari confirmed the development this ... more
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Massacre of Civilians
Topix - Thursday, May 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Since Sunday night, we are witnessing new population movements every day" United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest possible terms the recent massacre of civilians in the war-ravaged east in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , calling on those ... via... more
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Rwanda: UN rights chief lauds progress, warns of pitfalls
Topix - Wednesday, May 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The trials must therefore strive to conform to all guarantees of due process, in accordance with national and international standards" "In coming to terms with that horrendous crime, the Rwandan people has shown courage and imagination," High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said in a... more
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LCs Want Single Currency At Borders
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 29, 2007
eaders from districts near the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda last week recommended the use of one currency as a measure to boost trade and control inflation in the Great Lakes ... more
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UNO celebrates Peacekeepers Day
Topix - Tuesday, May 29, 2007
p> On May 29 the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is marked world wide, it was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 2002 upon Ukraine's initiative. via Forum News Portal ... more
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ICC Begins CAR Mass Rape Inquiry
Topix - Tuesday, May 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The allegations of sexual crimes are detailed and substantiated. The information we have now suggests that the rape of civilians was committed in numbers that cannot be ignored under international law" Court says rape of civilians in the Central African Republic was committed in numbers that... more
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FINANCE-AFRICA: Mobile Phones Revolutionise Banking
Topix - Monday, May 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Many people in South Africa still rely on cash as their only means of transacting." Mobile phone banking is expanding across the region from South Africa to Kenya and is putting the poor directly in control of their own finances like never before. via Inter... more
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Rwanda: Top UN Human Rights Official to Visit
Topix - Sunday, May 27, 2007
p> The top United Nations human rights official is heading today to Rwanda on the final leg of her 12-day mission to Africa's Great Lakes Region, which previously took her to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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A Billion Trees to Help Refugees
Topix - Saturday, May 26, 2007
p> The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has pledged to plant more than 9 million trees in areas of human displacement this year, enlisting both refugees and host communities to meet this goal. via WorldChanging ... more
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Congo president makes former rebel a minister
Topix - Friday, May 25, 2007
p> Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso has named a former rebel as a deputy minister following a peace pact signed last month, an official said on Wednesday. via Independent Online ... more
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UN peacekeepers traded in arms, weapons in eastern Congo - report
Topix - Thursday, May 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"MONUC is determined to relentlessly pursue the disciplining of anyone whose conduct is substantiated as unbecoming of a peacekeeper" Kinshasa/Nairobi - United Nations peacekeepers deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo allegedly traded in gold and weapons with militias it was tasked with disarming, reports said... more
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Plight of rape victims
Topix - Wednesday, May 23, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The Ministry of Social Affairs and of the Family is fighting to provide social, financial, medical and sociological care to the rape victims." Nearly five years after Congolese rebels introduced rape as a psychological weapon in the Central African Republic , individual victims and the nation... more
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Congo-Brazzaville: Poor Health System Catalysing Cholera in Southwest
Topix - Tuesday, May 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The last cases occurred in Brazzaville on 5 April and in the Kouilou department where Pointe-Noire is located on 29 April" Lack of appropriate health and sanitation facilities and poor sensitisation of local communities have encouraged the spread of cholera in the Bouenza area of Congo,... more
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Child Trafficking On the Rise
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 21, 2007
undreds of children have been trafficked into the Republic of Congo from several West African states, according to the United Nations Children's Fund ... more
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World must not abandon DRC, says UN leader
Topix - Monday, May 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There's no reluctance on the part of the authorities to recognise the magnitude of the problems. There's no state of profound denial" The international community must not turn its back on Congo over what many see as a worsening rights record since historic elections last year,... more
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DRC: Accelerate prison reforms, urges UN human rights commissioner
Topix - Saturday, May 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"If the government does not have the means to proceed with arrests, at least it should not reward them by giving them posts within the security service or the administration." The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Louise Arbour, has criticised the appalling conditions in... more
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Cameron Diaz Surprised By Foreign Stamp Honor
Topix - Friday, May 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"What? No way..! If I put all of these on me, like, could I mail myself to Kyrgystan?" Cameron Diaz was in for a surprise when she appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in America last night - the host presented her with her own... more
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Give This Law an 'A'
Topix - Friday, May 18, 2007
p> In the House, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration will hear today from a 26-year old financial analyst with the New York Public Library, Mwanj Kalaw. via New York Sun ... more
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