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- Congo-Kinshasa: UN-Backed Radio Station Recognized for Courageous Reporting 2010-09-10
- The United Nations-sponsored radio station based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has the largest Francophone audience in sub-Saharan Africa, is the winner of this year's Free Media Pioneer award bestowed by the International Press Institute (IPI), it was announced today.
- Brazil supports presence of UN peacekeepers in DR Congo 2010-09-10
- Brazil said Thursday it supports presence of UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite allegations of the peacekeepers' slow response to mass rapes there.
- UN has failed Congo mass rape victims, says investigator 2010-09-10
- The UN "failed" the victims of a mass rape in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top official has said, as the number of reported cases rose to more than 500.
- Burundi army says senior ex-rebel commander 'missing' 2010-09-09
- A senior commander of Burundi's former Hutu rebel movement, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), integrated into the regular army in 2009, has gone missing, an army spokesman said Thursday.
- Congo: Men told not to shun raped women 2010-09-09
- BUGERI, Congo | On a recent rainy afternoon, 100 Congolese soldiers lined up in a shabby formation to participate in anti-rape "sensitization" training. The recruits slouched and fiddled, listening to an audiotape of soldiers boasting after a gang rape and then pressuring a reluctant enlisted man to ...
- Congo: An African country that's broken 2010-09-09
- BUKAVU, Congo | To understand what is wrong with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, you need only try driving here. Properly paved roads are scarce, and the few miles of macadam often don't seem to connect to anything. Most streets are, at best, hard-packed dirt with swirling dust that ...
- Obstacles steep to lasting peace in Congo 2010-09-09
- Atoki Christian Ileka has represented the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations since 1999, when the country was still called Zaire. He sat down recently with The Washington Times' U.N. correspondent, Betsy Pisik, and spoke candidly about why it has been so difficult to bring peace to ...
- Congo's mineral wealth lures exploiters 2010-09-09
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo holds a treasure trove of valuable minerals that are at once the country's greatest blessing and most enduring curse. Second only to South Africa in mineral wealth, Congo has attracted rapacious exploiters from 19th-century Belgian colonialists to foreign-backed rebel groups. Minerals help fuel vicious ...
- Suicide blasts hit Mogadishu, 2 peacekeepers killed 2010-09-09
- Suicide bombers killed two African Union peacekeepers and a number of civilians at Mogadishu's airport on Thursday in the latest attack on the Somali capital by al Qaeda-linked rebels.
- U.S. gives Burundi $46 mln to fight malnutrition 2010-09-09
- Source: Reuters BUJUMBURA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The United States Agency for International Development(USAID) has donated $46 million to Burundi, to prevent and reduce child malnutrition in the central African nation ...
- Two blasts hit Mogadishu airport, at least eight dead 2010-09-09
- Two blasts hit Mogadishu's airport on Thursday, killing at least eight people including African Union peacekeepers in Somalia, residents said.
- Rwanda: UN Chief Discusses Human Rights Report With Kagame 2010-09-09
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today concluded a visit to Rwanda during which he spoke with President Paul Kagame and other Government officials about their concerns regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) human rights report compiled by the United Nations.
- Rwanda: KCB Posts Rwf69 Million Operating Loss 2010-09-09
- Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Rwanda has reported a net operating loss of Rwf 69 million for the first half of this year for the period ending June 30.
- Congo Rapes Spotlight New 'Conflict Minerals' Law 2010-09-09
- UNITED NATIONS (WOMENSENEWS)--The rape of approximately 500 women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks has underscored the urgency of a new U.S. law intended to choke off an illicit mineral trade that helps finance and motivate some of the brutality. read more
- Congo-Kinshasa: UN Prolongs Patrols to Deter Attacks on Civilians 2010-09-09
- The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday said it was extending by another week an operation designed to enhance the protection of civilians in the eastern areas of the country where members of illegal armed groups raped some 240 people recently.
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