Friday, June 30, 2006

As DR of Congo election campaign begins, UN Council extends expanded force

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Saying that armed groups in eastern DRC still threaten elections in the vast central African nation where political campaigns officially kic...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

DRC: An Update by UN's Ross Mountain

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Committee on Conscience publishes an update on the humanitarian situation in DR of Congo. [via Voices on genocide prevention , with thanks...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Congo militia threaten to execute UN peacekeepers

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June 26, 2006 Reuters report from Kinshasa by David Lewis: Congolese militia linked to gunmen holding seven Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers host...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

AK-47s Known as 'Credit Cards' in Lawless East

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Reuters report via CFD - 22 June 2006 by David Lewis BUNIA, Congo: Some fight in flip-flops, others hope potions will turn their enemy...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

DRC: New disarmament deadline, amnesty offer for militiamen

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IRIN report June 15, 2006: Militia active in Ituri District in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have until 30 June to disarm...
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Friday, June 02, 2006

Bush for talks with Congo on Sudan conflict

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United States president George Bush will meet with the president of the Republic of Congo and head of the 53-nation African Union, Denis Sas...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006

UN Security Council tour June 5 ends in Kinshasa, DR Congo

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A 10-day UN Security Council tour led by British Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, along with French Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, beg...
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UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo is the largest and costs $1 billion a year

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Reuters report May 30, 2006 tells us the largest UN peacekeeping mission of 17,000 troops and civilians is in the Congo at a cost of $1 bil...

What's Needed to Prevent the Deaths of Millions More Congolese - Time Magazine

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Email just in from Friends of the Congo May 30, 2006: In its June 5th issue, Time magazine features on its cover the Congo crisis, entitled...
Monday, May 29, 2006

DR Congo peacekeepers 'missing'

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One Nepalese peacekeeper has been killed and another seven are missing after clashes with rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN say...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Pictures of the $100 laptop: 1st working model of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)

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From May 23, 2006 blog entry by Pablo Halkyard at PSD blog - The World Bank Group: Pictures from the unveiling of the first working protot...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

DRC: 32 "mercenaries" arrested in Kinshasa

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From IRIN report today: Security agents in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrested 32 foreigners on Tuesday for plo...
Saturday, May 20, 2006

CAR: Thousands protest widespread violence

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IRIN report May 19, 2006 - excerpt: At least 3,000 people took to the streets of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on Friday...
Friday, May 19, 2006

UN mission reports dozens of crimes by DR of Congo's soldiers

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The Democratic Republic of Congo's own soldiers were responsible for the majority of the nearly seven dozen complaints of crimes and hum...
Monday, May 15, 2006

EU to send peacekeepers to Congo - and agreed to prolong training and airlift to AU troops in Darfur, W Sudan

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Irish Examiner 15 May 2006 says the European Union today insisted it will be ready to provide support to UN peacekeepers in Congo during el...
Saturday, May 13, 2006

Oxfam says deaths in DR of Congo: 100,000 in 3 months - 3.9m over past 8 years - 1,200 people are dying every day from conflict-related causes

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The aid agency Oxfam has criticised donor countries for failing to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, BBC ...

DR of Congo: militia group comes forward to enter disarmament process

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UN News Centre 12 May 2006 – A group of around 250 members of a renegade militia in the troubled Katanga Province of the Democratic Republi...
Saturday, May 06, 2006

Uganda says most LRA rebels relocated to DR Congo

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May 5 2006 Xinhua/ST report in full: The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) has said about 95 per cent of the Lord's Resistance A...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Sudan and DR Congo at top of 'failed states index'

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Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the world's most vulnerable states, according to a new study. FAILED STATES 2006 - TOP 10...
Monday, May 01, 2006

U.S. Senators Leahy and Obama secure Key Panel's OK for aid for elections and military reform in DR Congo

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"Congo Watchers--Have you seen this Press Release yet?" asks Taylor Walters in a comment here today at Congo Watch: Senators Leahy...
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