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In wake of elections in DR Congo, UN urges all sides to pursue dialogueThe top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today stressed the need for all parties to use legal means and dialogue to settle differences in the aftermath of recent elections so as to advance stability and peace in the country.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:46
UN agency implements strategy to conclude three refugee crises is Africa
UNHCR staff help prepare Angolan refugees for their return home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:46
Congo: National elections now only hurt democracy
What the Democratic Republic of Congo needs is not another national election but a rethinking of how the state might be reorganized.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 19:36
Bemba's Forces Took "No Decision Without his Consent"
As the war crimes trial of leading Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo resumed last week, a member of his organisation told judges at the International Criminal Court, ICC, that the defendant alone issued orders to troops that were sent into the Central African Republic to support that country's president.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 16:27
Cancellations grow in French aviation strike; half of Air France long-distance flights hit
Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled on Tuesday, including 40 per cent out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, as unions ratcheted up pressure on day two of a strike over labour rights.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 13:22
USM senior observes justice system abroad
University of Southern Mississippi senior Emily Simmons stands in front of the The Hague Parliament Building.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 09:17
Sony World Photography Awards 2012
The World Photography Organisation announces the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards.
Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 07:07
PA Resources' Production Report for January 2012
Production figures are preliminary. Production from the two Tunisian fields El Bibane and Ezzaouia is no longer included due to the divestment of the fields as per 1 January 2012.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 19:38
Lakeside Diner
"Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition have ended talks on backing a proposed 130bn euros EU rescue plan without agreement.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 15:19
Loncor Resources Reports on Initial Bottle Roll Metallurgical Testwork Results from Makapela
Loncor Resources Inc. is pleased to announce initial bottle roll metallurgical testwork results at the Company's Makapela prospect, Ngayu Gold Project, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 11:14
Obama-appointed US trade adviser linked to illegal deal in Congolese gold
A US trade adviser appointed by Barack Obama orchestrated a deal to buy gold worth millions of dollars from a wanted Congolese warlord, according to a UN report.
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 07:09
Banro's Updated Economic Assessment of Namoya Phase I Gold Project...
Banro Corporation is pleased to announce completion of an updated Economic Assessment for its Namoya Project, located on the Twangiza - Namoya gold belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 02:50
Kari Egge knew that you can only receive what you have given
Kari Egge, 45, of Stillwater, Minnesota, died from cancer on Saturday, according to the St.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 22:40
DR Congo: UN concerned over new displacement of thousands of civilians
A woman forced to flee her home village rests outside a shelter in North Kivu province.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 18:36
"PA Resources AB (PAR) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review" Published
It owns and manages its resources in Tunisia, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Norway, Greenland, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 01:52
Thurgood Marshall: our first African American Supreme Court Judge
His great-grandfather was a slave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and his grandfather was also a slave.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 16:28
Uganda: The LRA - Not Yet a Spent Force
The belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army - a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states - underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged against it, say analysts.
Topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 03:50
Coe College students plan activities to support V-Day
Coe College students will conduct events every day during the week of Feb. 13 to support V-Day, a global activist movement aimed at ending violence against women and girls.A Each day will feature a different activity or educational event to raise awareness and promote collective action against this overwhelming social problem.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 23:45
Interim Provincial Finance Director (North Kivu) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Posted: 03 February 2012 Deadline: 16 February 2012 Job type: Temporary Salary: $40.000 - $50.000 Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo Organisation: Merlin - UK Benefits: Insurance cover, accommodation, annual leave entitlement of 24 days per annum rising to 30 days at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 19:36
UN alarmed by reported new atrocities against displaced civilians in DR Congo
A Congolese woman washes clothes at a hillside camp for the internally displaced in North Kivu's Masisi District.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 18:30
Poyry helping the Zanaga Iron Ore Mine in Congo achieve sustainable development
POYRY PLC Press release 3 February 2012 Poyry's Water & Environment business group has been awarded a project by MPD Congo, a subsidiary of Xstrata, to help prepare the Social & Environmental Impact Assessment for the Zanaga Iron Ore Mining Project in the Republic of Congo .
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 17:26
Collected Department Releases: U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo
Good afternoon, Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Payne, honorable Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the United States' policy toward the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC, in light of what Secretary Clinton has described as "seriously flawed" presidential and parliamentary elections held last November 28.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 13:21
DRC: Kabila's party loses 45% of its seats
President Joseph Kabila's party has lost 45% of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results announced by Congo's electoral commission.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 12:16
Congo-Kinshasa: Elections Concern U.S. Government
Violence, potential humanitarian crisis and the post-2011 election aftermath in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were the topics at a congressional hearing Thursday held before the House panel that oversees international human rights and African issues that is chaired by Congressman Chris Smith .
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 08:11
Progress in Global Measles Control, 2000-2010
In 1980, before widespread global use of measles vaccine, an estimated 2.6 million measles deaths occurred worldwide .
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 06:11
Election protest goes viral
That boy who stripped naked outside Luthuli House -- it was a show of exasperation to say: 'When you raped me before, you took off my clothes; now I'm taking off my clothes, so come on, keep raping me,'" said Gisumbu Mavu.
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 01:57
Foreign
Egypt mourns after 74 killed in football tragedy * Riot marks one of the deadliest incidents in football history * Government sacks Port Said security chief CAIRO: Egypt began three days of mourning on Thursday after 74 people were killed in an eruption of violence at a football match that sparked new anger against the military... Islamists ... (more)
Topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 00:52
UN invites all Congolese to avoid violence, resolve poll disputes peacefully
An observer outside a polling station in Kinshasa during the 28 November 2011 presidential elections in the DRC.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 20:38
COLUMN: Sudan and Congo savaged as world shrugs
When citizens flooded streets throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the U.S. and other countries dropped their long-standing presidential allies and demanded new leadership.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 18:38
Malaysia's Atama to invest US$300m in Congo
Atama Plantation Ltd of Malaysia plans to invest 150 billion CFA francs in the Republic of Congo over the next 15 years developing a palm-oil project, the Central African nation's Agriculture Ministry said.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 14:23
Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo
You are respectfully requested to attend the following open hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 12:13
South Africa: The Congo, the Fixer and a Client Called Vodacom
When Vodacom's business partnership in the Congo fell apart at the seams, and the company's directors in the DRC were about to land in jail, the mobile giant's chairman phoned Moto Mabanga, a fixer with firm ANC connections.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 08:09
Kabila party loses seats in Congo parliament - results
Democratic Republic of Congo's ruling party has lost more than 40 percent of its legislative seats to rivals but will remain the largest bloc in parliament, according to full results from a Nov.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 06:04
Massive refugee influx from DR Congo straining neighbours' resources - " UN
A massive influx of 125,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo into neighbouring Republic of Congo and Central African Republic after deadly ethnic clashes is severely stretching the meagre resources of the impoverished region, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 01:50
Zambia Mining Report Q1 2012 - new market research report published
Zambias mining sector is set to continue the recovery seen over the last decade.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 21:45
Join me on the Bridge 2012
Throughout the world hundreds of thousands of women are living with the physical and emotional scars inflicted by war.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 17:35
U.N. provides $9.1M to WHO, UNICEF to help fight cholera in DRC
The Democratic Republic of the Congo last week "received $9.1 million ... from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund to fight off cholera , which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African country," the U.N. News Centre reports.
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 13:35
UN Mission Hails New Strategy to Defeat Congo Militia Groups
Incumbent Congo President Joseph Kabila holds the Congolese flag as he takes the oath of office as he is sworn in for another term, in Kinshasa, Congo .
Topix.net | 01-Feb-2012 04:11
Culture War and the Global Church
Global Christianity is thriving, with one out of every 3 people on earth professing Christian faith, according to a Pew study released last month.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 12:38
Congo-Brazzaville: Inventor Puts African Tablet On Sale
RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Africa has its first handheld tablet to rival the iPad and similar western inventions, which went on sale in the Republic of Congo on Monday, its inventor Verone Mankou said.
AllAfrica | 31-Jan-2012 10:54
African tablet to rival iPad?
BRAZZAVILLE: Africa has its first handheld tablet to rival the iPad and similar western inventions, which went on sale in the Republic of Congo on Monday, its inventor Verone Mankou said.
Topix.net | 31-Jan-2012 00:19
Central Africa: Africa Plans Regional Action Against Ugandan Rebels
One ongoing peace and security issue facing Africa, as it concludes its 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union is the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 20:09
Emergency Programme Manager - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Posted: 30 January 2012 Deadline: 08 February 2012 Job type: Contract Salary: TBD Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo Organisation: Concern Worldwide The Emergency Programme Manager , who will be based in Masisi, will oversee the implementation, management and development of the emergency response programme in Masisi, North Kivu.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 16:00
IFC Partners with Advans S.A. to Set Up Microfinance Bank in Oyo State, Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria, January 27, 2012/African Press Organization / - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $1.1 million alongside Advans S.A., German development bank KfW, and Dutch development bank FMO to establish La Fayette Microfinance Bank in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 11:50
Stopping the Congo's author of nightmares
DUNGU, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Francoise, age 16, talks quietly, revealing a shy smile only after praise for her tight cornrows.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 07:35
Congo Official Dismisses Opposition Leader's Call for Strike
Supporters of Congo's opposition hold reading 'Kabila !!! you do not deserve DRC's Presidency' during a demonstration against what many say were deeply flawed November elections, in downtown Antwerp, DRC, December 2011.
Topix.net | 30-Jan-2012 03:20