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Wolfowitz out
Topix - Thursday, May 17, 2007
p> This just in , via the subscriber-only Wall Street Journal : WASHINGTON -- Paul Wolfowitz's stormy two-year tenure as World Bank president with [sic] come to an end June 30, the World Bank announced today. via Foreign Policy ... more
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Poor Health System Catalysing Cholera in Southwest
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 17, 2007
ack of appropriate health and sanitation facilities and poor sensitisation of local communities have encouraged the spread of cholera in the Bouenza area of Congo, officials ... more
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CONGO: Congo intensifies fight against malaria
Topix - Thursday, May 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The disease generates economic losses for Africa each year estimated at US$12 billion" The Republic of Congo is stepping up its fight against infant and juvenile cases of malaria with an initiative to issue bed nets to children and pregnant women. via AlertNet... more
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Stepping Up Fight Against Malaria
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, May 16, 2007
he Republic of Congo is stepping up its fight against infant cases of malaria with an initiative to issue bed nets to children and pregnant ... more
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U.N. Extends Congo Peacekeeping Mission
Topix - Wednesday, May 16, 2007
p> The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo until the end of the year while calling for a timetable to gradually withdraw the nearly 18,000-member force. via Journal-Gazette ... more
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Congo-Brazzaville: Controversy Ahead of Legislative Elections
Topix - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The parliamentary opposition participated in the debate. There was dialogue. The opposition has to respect the legal procedures. Even if they had voted against it, they have to abide by the law" Barely two months before legislative elections in the Republic of Congo, a row is... more
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Ex-Rebels Accuse State of Reneging On Deal
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 14, 2007
former rebel group in the Republic of Congo has criticised the government's decision to change the post offered to its leader, Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, in an agreement aimed at bolstering the peace ... more
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DRC refugees start making their way home
Topix - Monday, May 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We are settling these refugees in areas that have been declared safe after clearing land mines and where schools, clinics and water can be provided" By Shapi Shacinda Lusaka - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has started repatriating the first group of... more
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Congo fighters live in limbo after March battles
Topix - Sunday, May 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I haven't seen the necessary assurances on the part of the government ... We are still seeing a crackdown on the opposition and people associated with the opposition" Nearly 300 fighters loyal to defeated Congolese presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba are living in limbo after... more
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Fire halts output at Total's Congo Nkossa field
Topix - Saturday, May 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are two injured who have been taken to Pointe Noire: one Congolese and one Australian" A fire at French oil major Total's Nkossa offshore platform in Congo Republic killed two people and halted the field's 60,000 barrel-per-day production on Thursday, the company said. via... more
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Report: Illegal Ivory Imports on Rise
Topix - Friday, May 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This demonstrates greater sophistication, organization and finance behind the illegal movement of ever larger volumes of ivory from Africa to Asia" Chinese-run smuggling rings based in Africa are responsible for illegal ivory imports nearly doubling in the past decade, according to a report published... more
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Controversy Ahead of Legislative Elections
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 10, 2007
arely two months before legislative elections in the Republic of Congo, a row is raging between the government and opposition over the composition of the electoral commission that will oversee the ... more
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Rebuilt dam brings power to rural areas
IRIN - Thursday, May 10, 2007
he Congolese government has recommissioned the biggest hydro-electrical dam of Moukoukoulou, in the southwest, which was damaged during the 1999 civil ... more
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Army raids spread terror in eastern DRC
Topix - Thursday, May 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"What we did was separate the population from the FDLR. That's why the villages are uninhabited" By Joe Bavier Nyongera - "I buried my child in the forest," said Jeannette Nyirarukundo, who fled her village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when it was attacked by... more
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RWANDA-DRC: Kagame seeks co-operation on rebels
Topix - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This is not the only way we have to handle this problem of genocidal militias" Authorities in Kigali are keen to work with their counterparts in the Democratic Republic of Congo to solve the insurgency crisis that has persisted since 1994 rather than attempt to disarm... more
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Liberals on United Methodist Judicial Council Disenfranchise African Churches
Topix - Tuesday, May 08, 2007
p> United Methodism's prohibitions against actively homosexual clergy and same-sex unions have been vigorously enforced by the Judicial Council's conservative majority, most of whom are up for reelection in 2008. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Refugees From Kinshasa to Be Repatriated
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 07, 2007
he Republic of Congo and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed an agreement whereby civilians who fled clashes in the DRC capital, Kinshasa, in March will be repatriated ... more
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Repatriation For Congolese Refugees
Topix - Monday, May 07, 2007
p> Monday, 7 May 2007, 9:35 am Press Release: United Nations As some areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recover from devastating civil war, the United Nations refugee agency has started to assist the ... via Scoop ... more
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CEA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 380 for 28 April - 4 May 2007
Topix - Saturday, May 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This agreement is the result of negotiations that have been ongoing between the government and CNR since 2005. Pastor Ntoumi will gladly accept his nomination as it is one of the clauses of the agreement" CONGO: Former rebel chief named for humanitarian post CONGO: Ex-rebel group... more
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Disarmament in Full Swing in DR Congo
Topix - Friday, May 04, 2007
p> Progress is being made in disarmament efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the notorious leader of one of the Central African country’s largest militias announced that 500 more of his ... via Scoop ... more
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