Posts Tagged ‘congo’
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports detailing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by various groups there.
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN, U.S. Accuse Govt Forces of War Crimes
Tags: africa, congo, democratic, drc, epidemic, fardc, reports-detailing, sexual-violence, the-epidemic, various-groups, war-crimes
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
The first group of United Nations troops could leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the end of June, as requested by the Government, the world body’s top peacekeeping official said on Friday following a visit to the country.
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Congo-Kinshasa: First Set of UN Troops Could Leave DR Congo by June, Says Peacekeeping Chief
Tags: congo, country, democratic, drc, friday, leave-the-democratic, official-said, the-world, world
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
United Nations agencies and their partners on Saturday launched a polio immunization campaign targeting 85 million children under the age of five in 19 countries across West and Central Africa.
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Central Africa: UN and Partners Kick Off Massive Anti-Polio Drive
Tags: africa, campaign-targeting, central, congo, drc, leave-the-democratic, million-children, nations, official-said, partners-on-saturday, saturday, the-world, their-partners, under-the-age
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
A year ago, Goma town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was temporarily home to tens of thousands displaced by fighting between government forces and various armed groups. Now, many have returned to their villages.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting for Peace in DRC’s Kivu Region
Tags: africa, also-riven, anc, congo, congress, democratic, drc, fighting-between, government-forces, succession-battle, thousands-displaced, villages, year-ago
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Bumper harvests being reported in several east African countries will do little to improve long-term food security in countries like Kenya, where almost six million of its 38 million inhabitants receive some form of food aid.
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East Africa: Experts Voice Food Security Concerns
Tags: africa, also-riven, congo, continuing, democratic, high-prices, improve-long-term, kenya, receive-some, succession-battle, villages
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Metals found in everyday electronic items, such as mobile phones and computers are being mined illegally in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and funding a conflict that has caused millions of deaths, says Global Witness.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Metals in Cell Phones Financing Brutal War
Tags: africa, are-being, arv, congo, drc, extends-treatment, global, make-the-world, mined-illegally, mobile-phones, process, such-as-mobile, the-country, the-eastern, the-process
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Over US$23 million in signature bonuses payable on China’s $6 billion Sino-Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) deal with the Kinshasa government have been stolen according to a probe by a commission set up by the National Assembly. The stolen monies were part of some $50 mn
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Congo-Kinshasa: Evidence of Grand Corruption Mounts in Kinshasa’s Dealings with Chinese Companies
Tags: africa, china, commission, commission-set, companies-were, condemn-the-same, congo, controversial, findings-follow, january-these, kampala, kinshasa, national, recent-weeks
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
The number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence committed by warring factions has reached endemic proportions, topped 8,000 last year, according to fresh estimates released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today.
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Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 8,000 Women Raped Last Year by Combatants in Eastern Region - UN
Tags: africa, after-failing, chairman, chairman-offers, congo, endemic-proportions, flounced-out, fresh-estimates, unfpa, united-nations, violence-committed, warring-factions, women-raped
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even as authorities beef up security in IDP camps, officials said.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Security Beefed Up for Displaced in North Kivu
Tags: africa, are-still, armed-groups, being-abducted, congo, democratic, displaced-people, drc, even-as-authorities, idp, internally-displaced, north, north-kivu, several-territories
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Somalia’s embattled government has accused Eritrea of continuing to provide arms assistance to the powerful rebels fighting in the country.
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Somalia: Country Accuse Eritrea for Arming Rebels
Tags: africa, being-abducted, congo, country, displaced-people, eritrea, even-as-authorities, idp, internally-displaced, north-kivu, provide-arms, rebels-fighting, the-powerful
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