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[13/06/2010, 11:56]
2 Norwegians sentenced to death in Congo
CNN
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A photo dated December 3, 2009 of Joshua French (R) and Tjostolv Moland in court during their trial in Kisangani.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Two Norwegians sentenced to death in Congo
Both maintain their innocence
Legal charity says evidence obtained through torture
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Congo’s Kabila reshuffles, trims cabinet
Web posted at: 2/21/2010 1:12:15Source ::: REUTERS
KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has carried out a wideranging cabinet reshuffle, excluding former rebels, changing 20 posts and dropping a deputy minister at the centre of a mining review. The reshuffle, announced on state radio late on Friday, also trims the cabinet to 43 posts from 54, a move officials said would...
[16/09/2009, 14:51]
Congo-Kinshasa: Country's National Fibre to Connect Seacom to Burundi, DRC
Allafrica.com
Kigali — SEACOM, the company that owns the undersea cable that links the East Africa coast to the rest of the world via the Red Sea will use Rwanda's national fibre-optic backbone to connect high speed affordable bandwidth to Burundi and the DRC.
This was part of the agreement signed between the company and government owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) New Artel. The two...
[16/09/2009, 14:48]
Congo-Kinshasa: Relief Workers in Eastern Region Face Increased Attacks, UN Reports
Allafrica.com
The number of incidents against humanitarian workers operating in the volatile North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surged by 26 per cent in the first six months this year, and the attacks are becoming increasingly violent, according to a United Nations report released today.
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[15/09/2009, 13:23]
Congo-Kinshasa: In DRC, Journalists Receive Death Threats
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo must aggressively investigate threats made against three radio reporters in the eastern city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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Delphie Namuto and Caddy Adzuba of U.N.-sponsored broadcasting network Radio Okapi and Jolly...
[09/09/2009, 12:32]
Congo-Kinshasa: World Churches Slam Sexual Violence Against Women
Allafrica.com
Geneva — The World Council of Churches has urged its member churches "to publicly condemn violence against women" in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and declare that "violence against women is a sin".
In the DRC "the brutal crimes of sexual violence against women have massively increased and become pervasive in the country, especially since the beginning of the milit...
[07/08/2009, 9:56]
Kagame, Kabila Agree to Tackle FDLR Menace
Allafrica.com
President Paul Kagame yesterday paid a historic visit across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he held discussions with his counterpart Joseph Kabila regarding the security in the region as well as economic cooperation between the two countries.
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[28/07/2009, 11:39]
'Inhumane' Prisons Need Urgent Overhaul, UN Official Says
Allafrica.com
Long-term international support is needed to overhaul the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where inmates routinely have to sleep in disease-ridden hallways and men, women and children incarcerated together, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official says.
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Wrapping up a six-d...
[27/07/2009, 10:34]
U.N.: 35,000 displaced by new fighting in Congo
CNN.
A new outbreak of fighting in the embattled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced 35,000 people from their homes, the U.N. refugee agency said.
Thousands of people have fled parts of South Kivu province and have relocated to Congo's borders with Rwanda and Burundi, the agency reported.
The mass exodus was spurred by this month's new offensive by the Cong...
[27/07/2009, 10:33]
Rwanda: 100 days that changed history
CNN.
Fifteen years ago this month, Rwanda declared a cease-fire in a genocide that left more than 800,000 dead. In the attacks that started in April 1994, Hutu militias and members of the general population sought out Tutsis and moderate Hutus -- and went on a 100-day killing rampage.
In June of 1994, Rwanda was still in the grip of a 100-day killing rampage.
Civilians and c...
[27/07/2009, 10:28]
Rwanda: Government Dispels Mineral Report on Congo
Allafrica.com
Kigali — Government has trashed a recent report of Global Witness regarding the state of the mining sector in the war ravaged Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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[22/07/2009, 10:23]
Firms Fuelling 'Conflict Minerals' Violence, Report Says
AllAfrica.com
Washington — Several international companies are named as helping to prolong the more than 12-year conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a new report by the British-based group Global Witness, released Tuesday.
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Titled "Faced with a gun, what can you do?", it details how many mining areas in east...
[22/07/2009, 10:20]
UN Blue Helmets Conduct Election Training for Hundreds of Police Officers
AllAfrica.com
More than 500 Congolese police officers have received training in ensuring security for upcoming local, urban and municipal elections, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced today.
In the latest round of instruction, the UN mission (MONUC) and the Congolese National Police (PNC) trained 555 officers in the town of K...
[20/07/2009, 10:13]
Rwanda: DRC Army Kills 22 FDLR Rebels
Allafrica.com
Rubavu — Military officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Goma have said that their army has killed at least 22 FDLR rebels and captured several others.
Speaking to The New Times, Congolese military spokesman Col. Leonce Richard Kasongo revealed that the insurgents were killed and captured during the on-going FARDC-MONUC joint operations against the FDLR, a group t...
[15/07/2009, 14:02]
Prosecution Wraps Up Case of Warlord At International Criminal Court
allAfrica.com
The prosecution wrapped up its presentation of evidence against a Congolese warlord accused of recruiting child soldiers, the first suspect taken into custody by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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The trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the founder and leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots in the Itur...
[07/07/2009, 9:39]
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Helps Fix Up Prison in West
AllAfrica.com
Prisoners in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are now living in better conditions, thanks to the help of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, known as MONUC, in the vast African nation.
Dozens of two-man cells were rehabilitated and disciplinary and toilets were built during MONUC's three-month Quick Impact Project (QIP) at the central prison in Mb...
[03/07/2009, 10:04]
Ex-Congo vice president to appear at ICC
CNN.
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba is Monday due to appear before the International Criminal Court, where he faces war crimes charges of rape, torture and pillaging during civil war in the African republic.
Jean-Pierre Bemba is seen here in October 2006 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bemba, who was arrested near Brussels in May, is ac...
[03/07/2009, 9:55]
Congo-Kinshasa: Secret Police Accused of Torture
Lubumbashi — Rights groups say they have received many reports of intelligence agents abusing detainees.
Victims and human rights groups have accused national intelligence agents in Lubumbashi in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, of arbitrary arrests and torture.
The accused are members of the notorious national intelligence agency, which goes by the French acronym, ANR, and operat...
[02/07/2009, 14:42]
Violence Forcing North Kivu Civilians Out of Homes
Allafrica.com.
Kinshasa — Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.
"These incidents are causing a significant movement of IDPs [internally displaced people] from the area adjacent to Nyabiondo Masisi," Lt-Col Jean-Paul Dietrich, spokesma...
[18/06/2009, 15:00]
Court Hears Child Soldiers Wanted Revenge
All africa.com
The Hague — Children joined Thomas Lubanga’s militia to avenge the murders of family and friends, a witness told prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, ICC, this week.
“They had just arrived from their homes,” explained the unnamed witness, identified as a former soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots, UPC, who also trained young recruits.
“Many had lost the...
[18/06/2009, 14:56]
The Future Has Come And Gone
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Returning to DRC for the first time since 1996, Lansana Gberie finds that a little cash comes in handy for dealing with bureaucracy and that it is impossible to get anything done without a 'fixer'. Considering the conflicts in the country's history, Gberie notes that in Congo 'money is always at the centre of the bigger drama of suffering' and that justice - or the interests of vic...
[18/06/2009, 14:52]
Congo brings the fight to Lord's Resistance Army
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The Kinshasa government is sending more troops to the Eastern Province and calling on support from the UN in order to beat back the LRA guerrillas. Towns have been attackes and pillaged, many civilians taken hostage.
The Congolese Army has freed over 100 people who had been taken hostage by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on June 2, from the village...
[12/01/2009, 15:41]
Congo groups: 400 massacred on Christmas day
CNN) -- A Catholic aid organization operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's government have accused Uganda-based rebels of massacring 400 civilians during Christmas celebrations last week.
The Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, has been accused of many atrocities.
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Congo put the death toll at 189 and said the Lo...
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