|
|
- Burundi's ruling party youth wing, acting with impunity 2013-05-25
- The tens of thousands of young men from Burundi's ruling party, notorious for their nocturnal "security patrols" countrywide, are increasingly a law unto themselves.
- Rwanda key to peace in Congo: Ban 2013-05-25
- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Rwanda is the key to ensuring peace and stability in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Journalism on verge 'of extinction' in DR Congo: media NGO 2013-05-24
- Journalists' lives are in danger and they are being prevented from reporting freely in areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that are controlled by armed M23 rebels, the NGO Reporters Without Borders warned Friday.
- Rwanda critical to DRC peace – Ban 2013-05-24
- The UN chief Ban Ki-moon says Rwanda is key to ensuring peace in volatile eastern DRC, as he toured the region to boost a new accord to end decades of violence.
- Burundi Q1 trade deficit widens to $197.3 million 2013-05-24
- BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi's trade deficit widened to $197.3 million in the first quarter from $131.4 million in the same period of 2012 as imports rose sharply, the central bank said on Friday. Export revenues nudged 1.4 percent higher, to $21.6 million, while import costs surged 43.3 percent to $218.9 million. Dependence on imports and a weak currency are seen as the main economic ...
- Parliament ‘not told of Congo deployment’ 2013-05-24
- President Jacob Zuma and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in the firing line over deployment of soldiers to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- UN troops in DR Congo 'within months' 2013-05-24
- UN chief Ban Ki-moon says that UN troops will be in place in the Democratic Republic of Congo within months.
- Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce: Ban 2013-05-23
- By Jonny Hogg and Anna Yukhananov GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Fighting that erupted on Monday near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, has killed at least 20 ...
- Congo has chance for peace, UN ready to enforce: Ban 2013-05-23
- By Jonny Hogg GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - T roubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Fighting that erupted on Monday near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, has killed at least 20 people ...
- Congo, Rwanda Must Commit to Peace for World Bank’s $1 Billion 2013-05-23
- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the lender’s $1 billion pledge to Africa’s Great Lakes region obliges countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to adhere to a peace accord signed in February.
- M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit 2013-05-23
- By Jonny Hogg GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. "We've decided to announce this ceasefire to allow His Excellency Ban Ki-moon to visit Goma as he promised," Amani ...
- Research and Markets: Democratic Republic of the Congo Exploration and Production (Upstream) Market Analysis and ... 2013-05-22
- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Democratic Republic of the Congo Exploration and Production (
- Artillery lands in east Congo city, humanitarian camp 2013-05-22
- GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighborhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a human rights group said. From early morning, government troops and M23 rebels exchanged heavy weapons fire for a third straight ...
- Burundi rights groups condemn ruling party youth violence 2013-05-21
- Burundian civil society groups said Tuesday they were "deeply concerned" by violence carried out by the ruling party's youth wing, criticising the immunity they claim they have received.
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Rebel Clashes Resume 2013-05-21
- Two days of clashes between rebel fighters and Congo’s army near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace.
|
Validation of SRTM in the region of the Great Lakes
