The Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), formerly Zaïre, is a nation located in Central Africa, with a short Atlantic coastline (37 km). It is the third largest country in Africa by area after Sudan and Algeria and the 12th largest in the world. The Democratic Republic... read more
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The challenge of building sustainable peace in the DRC
From HD Centre Dated 2 July 2009 By Tatiana Carayannis - Over the last ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed an extraordinary number of attempts by both regional and international actors to solve what is considered Africaa#039;s largest conflict.nAs we are about toncelebrate thententh...
The challenge of building sustainable peace in the DRC
From HD Centre Dated 2 July 2009 By Tatiana Carayannis - Over the last ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed an extraordinary number of attempts by both regional and international actors to solve what is considered Africaa#039;s largest conflict.nAs we are about toncelebrate thententh...
Mediation efforts in Africars Great Lakes Region
From HD Centre Dated 22 April 2007 By Gilbert M. Khadiagala - This paper reviews the mediation experiences by presenting a chronology that starts from Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moia#039;s intervention in Ugandaa#039;s civil war in 1985 and ends with Botswanaa#039;s former President Ketumile Masirea#039;s mediation of...
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Killing of UN refugee agency worker in DR Congo deplored
From UN Radio Dated 21 May 2012 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has condemned the killing of a staff member in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Antonio Guterres says he is saddened by the death of Rocky Kalume Makabuza in Goma,...
Congo-Kinshasa: Banana Disease Threatens Livelihoods
From AllAfrica.com Dated 21 May 2012 [IRIN] Idjwi - More than half of mountainous...
Congo-Kinshasa: Government Enforces Law to Curb Conflict Mineral Trade
From AllAfrica.com Dated 21 May 2012 [Global Witness] Global Witness welcomes a move...
DRC: New fighting erupts in east
From Pambazuka Dated 21 May 2012 2012-05-21 Fresh clashes between the DR Congo's army and a group of mutineers erupted Sunday in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, defectors said, a day after fierce battles near a gorilla park. 'We're on the ground. We've been confronting the FARDC...
DRC army battles with 'M23' mutineers
From Al Jazeera Dated 20 May 2012 New fighting erupts between Democratic Republic of Congo forces and renegade ex-soldiers near Ugandan border.
Shades of the past as people flee fighting in Congo's Kivu provinces
From The Observer Dated 18 May 2012 The displacement of 20,000 Congolese people following violence between rebels and the army is ominously redolent of the 2008 conflict in the Democratic Republic of the CongoAfter three years of tentative peace in the restive Kivu provinces in...
DRC: 50 civilians killed
From Pambazuka Dated 17 May 2012 2012-05-17 A UN report indicates that the rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have killed at least 50 civilians in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the beginning of May. 'Since the...
Congo Clashes Cause New Inflows of Refugees into Rwanda and Uganda
From News Blaze Dated 17 May 2012 According to UNHCR, more than 8,200 refugees have crossed from DRC into Rwanda since 27 April. These are in addition to the 55,000 Congolese refugees that Rwanda is already hosting.
DR CONGO: Rwandan rebels kill more than 50 civilians in DR Congo
From France 24 Dated 17 May 2012 Rebels fighters from the FDLR, or the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, have killed at least 50 civilians since the start of May in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Wednesday.
ICC expects arrest of DRC warlord
From United Press International Dated 17 May 2012 THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 17 (UPI) -- A Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes is in a "fragile state," the court's chief prosecutor said.
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