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Congo-Brazzaville: Govt Fails to Curb Food InflationGovernment measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to stem food inflation. Many people have been forced to change their diets, which has had an adverse impact on health.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Dec-2008 14:31
Hague court delays hearing for ex-Congo leader
The International Criminal Court postponed a pretrial war crimes hearing for former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba because one of the judges cannot take part.
The court said in a statement late Tuesday that the judge, whose identity was not released, is dealing with 'grave family circumstances' and will not be available until January.
Bemba faces eight counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for a campaign of murder, rape and torture carried out by his militia during a brutal 2002-2003 conflict in Central African Republic.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 12:49
EU mission for DR Congo ruled out as rebels reject peace plan
Belgium's foreign minister ruled out a European mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-torn east in the near future, as rebels snubbed a peace plan from the provincial government.
Source : Topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 08:06
Child Army: Children Drafted By Armed Groups In Eastern DRC
Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 10:08 am Press Release: United Nations Children continue to be enlisted by armed groups in the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , the United Nations reported ...
Source : Topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 03:44
Congo Rebels Withdraw From Eastern Town
The United Nations said rebels have pulled out of a town in eastern Democratic of Congo, but still control much of the area along the Ugandan border.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Dec-2008 23:15
CONGO: Government moves to curb food inflation "taking time"
BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where salaries have remained unchanged for years, have failed to stem food inflation. Many people have been forced to change their diets, which has had an adverse impact on health.
Source : irinnews.org | 02-Dec-2008 16:49
Israeli Relief Aid Reaches Dr Congo
Due to the escalation in fighting in recent months, hundreds of thousands have become refugees, lacking all basic commodities, but primarily lacking medical equipment and supplies.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Dec-2008 07:22
Calls mount for international action in DR Congo
International pressure mounted Sunday for Europe to send an emergency security force to halt strife in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as thousands more fled fighting between rebels and government forces.
Source : Topix.net | 01-Dec-2008 23:14
Can Country Do As Congo Brazzaville?
Two years ago, little fancied Congo Brazzaville took full home advantage to win the African U-20 Youth Championships, but the million francs question is, can Rwanda do the same when the next edition unfolds on Rwandan soil on January 18? The first time, a championship of this scale and status is being staged in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Dec-2008 14:26
Congo atrocities test UN human rights body
The serious human rights abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are a credibility test for the United Nations Human Rights Council, say activists.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Nov-2008 23:10
UN special envoy to return to DR Congo at weekend
The UN's envoy for the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will hold talks this weekend with the government and rebels, the United Nations said Tuesday, as aid workers prepared to move 30,000 people from ...
Source : Topix.net | 29-Nov-2008 23:09
Congo's Killing Fields Grow as Renegade General Presses National Ambitions
Zephirin Sinamenye thought his 12- year-old-son, Maisha, was hiding safely as a hail of machine-gun fire swept across the town of Kiwanja in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source : Topix.net | 28-Nov-2008 18:13
Human Rights Violations Are Out Of Control In DRC
Friday, 28 November 2008, 12:11 pm Press Release: United Nations The top United Nations human rights official today urged the international community to take urgent action to stop the deteriorating cycle of ...
Source : Topix.net | 28-Nov-2008 10:02
Hundreds flee as Congo Tutsi rebels hunt Hutu foes
Hundreds of Congolese civilians fled east into neighbouring Uganda on Wednesday to escape reported attacks on villages by Tutsi rebels who said they were hunting their Rwandan Hutu militia enemies.
Source : Topix.net | 28-Nov-2008 03:44
UNESCO chief deplores killing of another Congolese journalist
While adding his voice to the growing chorus of senior United Nations officials condemning last week's murder of a Congolese journalist, the head of the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom today ...
Source : Topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 23:10
Benazir Bhutto Among Seven Winners of UN Human Rights Prize
An ardent advocate for democracy and for the human rights of the most vulnerable sections of society, particularly women, children and minority rights, Ms.
Source : Topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 18:45
Extra blue helmets will aid political efforts to bring peace to DR Congo - " UN
The additional blue helmets that will be deployed to help quell the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo will create space for political and diplomatic peace efforts to press ahead, the top ...
Source : Topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 10:39
Millions join UN in urgent call to step up and eliminate violence against women
UNITED NATIONS. November 26. KAZINFORM More than five million individuals around the world have sent a clear and unequivocal message to their governments to take decisive action in stopping the relentless cycle ...
Source : Topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 06:06
'We will not accept outsiders'
Congolese rebel supremo Laurent Nkunda on Saturday slammed the proposed deployment of extra UN troops in the DRC, warning they would never be able to bring peace.
Source : Topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 01:42
Congo gorillas survive in rebel-held forest
Deep in the rebel-held forests of Congo's mighty Mikeno volcano, a world away from this Central African nation's latest fighting, a wild 440-pound mountain gorilla serenely rips a meal of bamboo stalks from the moist dark earth.
His pregnant 'wife' dangles from a moss-strewn treetop. Nearby, another gentle ape waddles on all-fours among luminescent green foliage, a 3-month-old baby riding precariously on her back's velvety black fur coat.
The primordial scenes are a rare window into the lives of some of the world's last mountain gorillas. They unfold in a habitat on the edge of a war zone that until now has been overseen by renegade rangers who stayed behind when rebels seized control of these jungle foothills in late 2007.
Source : Topix.net | 26-Nov-2008 21:17
Congo says no talks with Nkunda outside peace pact
Direct peace talks between Congo's government and Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda are "impossible" unless they take place within the framework of an earlier January peace accord, the government said on ...
Source : Topix.net | 26-Nov-2008 01:31
UN reports murder and rape in Congo
Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP Government soldiers and rebels fighting in eastern Congo both have committed serious human rights abuses, according to the United Nations secretary-general. A report presented by Ban ...
Source : Topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 21:00
CONGO: Financial crisis threatens timber jobs
Timber destined for export at Brazzaville river port. The forestry sector is Congo's second biggest earner of foreign currency after oil BRAZZAVILLE, 25 November 2008 - Guy-Blaise Bakala, a timber worker in ...
Source : Topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 16:13
Congo-Brazzaville: Financial Crisis Threatens Timber Jobs
Guy-Blaise Bakala, a timber worker in Pointe-Noire in the south of the Republic of Congo, has been sleeping badly since his bosses first announced they would have to let some workers go because the financial crisis is hitting the key timber sector.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Nov-2008 14:35
CONGO: Financial crisis threatens timber jobs
BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Guy-Blaise Bakala, a timber worker in Pointe-Noire in the south of the Republic of Congo, has been sleeping badly since his bosses first announced they would have to let some workers go because the financial crisis is hitting the key timber sector.
Source : irinnews.org | 25-Nov-2008 10:40
Rwanda: Regional Body Condemns Kabuye's Arrest
The New Times 25 November 2008 Eugene Mutara Nyarugenge The Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region , Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, has once again strongly condemned the ...
Source : Topix.net | 25-Nov-2008 07:54
DRC, Angolan Leaders to Discuss Congo Fighting
A Congolese soldier stands next to the charred body of an alleged Mai-Mai militia fighter , 19 Nov 2008 Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is expected to meet Friday with his Angolan ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 23:11
Refugees say troops loot Congo camp
Soldiers went on an overnight looting and shooting spree in a sprawling Congolese refugee camp, stealing from hungry and traumatized people who have fled fighting in the east of the country, witnesses said ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 15:11
Women in Congo Protest Ongoing Sexual Violence
OneWorld.net's take: Hundreds of Congolese women dressed in all black gathered Friday in Goma to protest sexual violence -- more than 3,000 cases have been reported since January -- and demand peace as fighting ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 10:31
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Condemns Murder of Radio Journalist
Didace Namujimbo, 34, who worked for Radio Okapi, died after being shot in the neck by unknown assailants about 9:30 p.m. as he returned to his home in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the DRC's ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 02:27
'Don't fear me': Defiant Nkunda stages rally in captured town
Show of strength: Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda on stage during the rally Tutsi rebels staged a rally in a captured eastern Congolese town on Saturday in a show of strength and defiance after an ...
Source : Topix.net | 23-Nov-2008 18:25
For Congo rebels, winning hearts, minds not easy
Surrounded by insurgent fighters, the bespectacled leader of Congo's rebels held his first public rally Saturday in newly conquered territory, telling the few thousand people who showed up: 'Do not be afraid.'
But winning over the terrified population of a half-empty town that accuses rebels of looting, rape and forced recruitment won't be easy.
'Nobody wants them here,' said a 29-year-old human rights worker, after he was finally out of earshot of plain-clothed rebel intelligence agents who trailed him and every other civilian an Associated Press reporter tried to talk to. He declined to be identified because he feared for his security.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Nov-2008 13:46
In Congo war, rape is cheaper than bullets
As new fighting rages in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fears are rising that thousands of women and girls will become the victims of rape and sexual abuse.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Nov-2008 08:57
Africa: DRC-Uganda - 'There is No One and No Tribe That is Safe'
Jacquelyn Ingenda Himana is one of 12,000 Congolese refugees who thought her chances for survival might be better in Uganda than in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , where fighting among rebel factions ...
Source : Topix.net | 23-Nov-2008 00:55
DRC Update: Journalist Shot Dead in Eastern Region; More IDPs; Rape Crisis Escalates
Journalist shot dead in DR Congo A journalist working for a UN-backed radio station in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been shot dead.
Source : Topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 17:55
Thumb for Good to Talk
Congo's battered government has little choice but to open unpopular talks with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, but the rebel leader himself faces a challenge converting his military upper hand into political ...
Source : Topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 13:25
Congo bishops warn of genocide
Warning of a - silent genocide' that is taking place in the eastern and northeastern parts of their nation, the bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday lamented the - laxness' of the ...
Source : Topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 08:54
Congo-Kinshasa: Camp Violence Sparks UN Concern for Refugee Safety in East
Early this morning, a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed at the Kibati camp, on the northern outskirts of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.
Source : Topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 00:48
UN: Congo refugees suffer shooting, rape, looting
Shootings, looting and rape plague the already desperate lives of refugees in eastern Congo, where people caught between soldiers and rebels live in constant fear, U.N. officials said Friday.
Source : Topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 19:02
AFRICA: World crises ?must not detract from poverty eradication?
ADDIS ABABA Friday, November 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Initiatives aimed at eradicating poverty in Africa must continue, despite global financial, food, energy and environmental crises, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, said on 20 November.
Source : irinnews.org | 21-Nov-2008 17:20
Top UN official appeals for over $2 billion to fund humanitarian projects in Sudan
The top United Nations relief official today called for more than $2 billion for humanitarian projects next year in Sudan, with almost half of the funds being earmarked for the war-torn region of Darfur, where ...
Source : Topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 13:28
DR Congo's Nkunda attacks China to boost political kudos: analysts
Congolese rebel supremo Laurent Nkunda's call for a review of contracts with China is a populist ploy designed to cash in on resentment over Beijing's tapping up of vast mineral reserves, analysts say.
Source : Topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 09:05
UN approves DR Congo peacekeeper increase
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send 3,000 additional UN peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help prevent a new war in the country's east.
Source : Topix.net | 21-Nov-2008 00:45
UN seeks $7 bln to aid 30 mln people in 2009
The United Nations on Wednesday launched an appeal for 7 billion U.S. dollars to provide urgent aid next year to 30 million people in 31 countries worldwide.
Source : Topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 20:09
GLOBAL: We can save more babies, say researchers
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, November 20, 2008 (IRIN) - A ground-breaking South African study has provided the first hard evidence that treating HIV-positive babies with antiretroviral (ARV) medicines from as early as six weeks dramatically improves their chances of survival.
Source : irinnews.org | 20-Nov-2008 18:10
'Stop the Murder': German President Wants More Western Help for Congo
With violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo continuing unabated, German President Horst Kohler says it is time for Western countries to help the UN bring the conflict to an end.
Source : Topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 15:32