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The United Nations Security Council has expressed "deep concern" about the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
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"When will the Democratic Republic of the Congo finally begin to benefit from its oil resources?" asks the Congolese newspaper "Le Potential" in an article in which it stressed that all States in the Great Lakes Region, except the DRC, have taken concrete steps in the exploitation of gas and oil which, according to recent estimates, are found in ...
The Slide to War That Threatened DRC Last Year Was Effectively Reversed
While the crisis that plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year and threatened to engulf the entire region has eased, some of the factors that led to the fierce fighting and the displacement of hundred of thousands must still be dealt with, a senior United Nations envoy said today.
Canadian visa office in Nairobi has longest wait times
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Congolese forces arrest 100 over police deaths
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 100 armed men blamed for killing dozens of policemen in an attack in the country's isolated north last month, the government said on Sunday.
Fires in Kasai Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > Fires in Kasai Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo NASA Fires in Kasai Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Widespread agricultural burning is common in the dry season in Africa.
Tribal clashes uproot over 16,000 civilians in northern DR Congo, reports UN
Villagers are fleeing their homes in the DRC. [File Photo] 6 November 2009 – Clashes between two tribes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo have caused more than 16,000 civilians to flee their homes since last week, crossing into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Doctors used as rebel bait by DRC army
The medical charity was vaccinating thousands of children against measles on October 17 at seven sites in the rebel-held Masisi district in eastern DR Congo when the national army launched attacks Nov 6, 2009 7:59 PM By Sapa-AFP Doctors Without Borders today said it was "used as bait" by the Democratic Republic of Congo's army in attacks on rebels ...
DRC: Fish war prompts thousands to flee
A UNHCR boat on Oubangui River : Some 16,000 DRC civilians have fled deadly clashes in Equateur Province and are crossing the river to the Republic of Congo KINSHASA, 5 November 2009 - At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring ...
Congo-Kinshasa: War Crimes Trial for Bemba Scheduled
The International Criminal Court announced today that the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former senior official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has been charged with war crimes, will begin in April 2010.
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Over 20,000 Angolans in Democratic Republic of Congo forced to return home and ...
Over 20,000 Angolans living in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to return to Angola and have been living in tents, with very little food and medical assistance.
Uganda: Top Rebel Commander Quits in Congo
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army has surrendered to the joint military forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ugandan army.
15,000 Congolese refugees repatriated from Zambia since May: UN
The UN refugee agency repatriated 502 Congolese refugees from Zambia on Wednesday, bringing the total number of returnees to the Democratic Republic of Congo to more than 15,000 since May.
Govt. forces killed 500 civilians in DRC: HRW report
Human Rights Watch says that government soldiers have ""deliberately"" killed over 500 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo since March.
Africa boycotts climate talks, asks rich nations to cut CO2 emissions
Meetings about extending the UN's carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol, one of two tracks for a new global climate deal due to be agreed in Copenhagen next month, were all cancelled by the protests at the Nov.
By Joe Bavier Kinshasa - The United Nations is committed to supporting Congo's army and has only withdrawn assistance from certain units it believes killed more than 60 civilians in recent fighting, top UN officials said on Tuesday.
Kabila, Mugabe discuss Harare deadlock
Southern African Development Community chairman Joseph Kabila on Monday said he had discussed with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the current political impasse threatening to collapse the Harare coalition administration.
Congo vows to stamp out new armed movement
Congo is deploying police and soldiers to stamp out a new armed uprising blamed for killing dozens of police in an attack in the country's isolated northern border region last week, a government spokesman said on Monday.
Lack of U.N. air power endangers Congo civilians
Lack of much needed aircraft that U.N. member states were meant to donate has hampered the ability of a Congo peacekeeping force to protect civilians, the U.N.'s head of peacekeeping said on Sunday.
47 police officers killed in north Congo fighting
Villagers from two different communities were involved in a fishing dispute and the police tried to intervene Thursday.
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