Fears of Rebel Infiltration of DR Congo Army
Source: Inter Press Service
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-16 02:43:42 -0700 | travel-news
The government must first put in place a mechanism for the reintegration and monitoring of deserters who could, at any moment, rejoin the rebellion, he said. One M23 defector, Colonel Nzala Ngomo, was reinstated into the national army on May...
Congo: 32 die in clash between army and militia
Source: Fox News
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-15 17:04:14 -0700 | travel-news
Congo The Congolese army says that 32 were killed in fighting between soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. The rebels launched an assault early Wednesday on the town of Beni, 220 miles (350 kilometers) north of Goma...Olivier Hamuli said the...
DRC ruled out the list of polio countries
Posted by: Jean-Rene_Bompolonga
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-15 08:01:06 -0700 | health-news
The DRC is no longer part of the states where the wild poliovirus is circulating. This is confirmed by the World Health Organization, which attest to the good news has just sent a letter to the Minister of Public Health...
Congo to create city in honor of Patrice Lumumba
Source: Fox News
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-14 12:28:04 -0700 | political-news
Congo The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him a liberation symbol worldwide. The new city in central Congo, named Lumumbaville, will be...
Forces arrive for special DRC brigade
Source: United Press International
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-13 07:03:32 -0700 | travel-news
Tanzanian forces arrived in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to serve in a so-called intervention brigade, a U.N. peacekeeping mission said. Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in DRC, said Tanzanian soldiers deployed to Goma, the...
Tanzanian troops arrive in eastern DRC
Source: Mail and Guardian
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-12 03:50:48 -0700 | travel-news
C A contingent of about 100 Tanzanian troops arrived in eastern DRC on Saturday, a first step in assembling the new United Nations intervention brigade. The Tanzanian troops are the first batch to form the UN intervention brigade to be...
Kidnapping risk high in Democratic Republic of Congo
Source: United Press International
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-10 07:31:53 -0700 | travel-news
There's a high risk of kidnapping for ransom in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a group monitoring journalists' safety said. Crimes against humanity were allegedly committed in eastern DRC last year when fighting erupted between the DRC military and the...
Nearly 200 Women and Girls Raped By Congolese Troops, Rebels
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-09 14:39:36 -0700 | your-story
A large number of women were raped The crime of rape in the Congo the most heinous crimes of rape in India Where we note the great count of kids who raped And the tragedy that those who have committed...
Kinshasa minus the music: Portrait of a nation reborn
Source: Daily Nation
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-05-02 11:30:25 -0700 | entertainment-news
Rating In Summary Thus, for many here, to have any prospects for a meaningful breakthrough, emigration becomes the best bet. Some end up setting their bases abroad, with only occasional visits home, and not necessarily for musical performances. The mere...
20 killed in DR Congo militia attack
Source: Daily Nation
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-04-25 09:49:28 -0700 | travel-news
Rating In Summary Civil society sources said the militia groups attacking the army positions are suspected allies of Colonel Albert Kahasha, alias Foka Mike and Maheshe, known for leading one of the most dangerous militia in the region. They noted...
Congo-Kinshasa: Malaria Remains Endemic in DRC
Source: Africa Headlines
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-04-24 08:38:44 -0700 | political-news
April 25 is World Malaria Day, a day designed to highlight a disease that continues to kill almost 700,000 people around the world every year. Most of the deaths occur in young children under five years old. RFI visits the...
Congo bans exports of unrefined cobalt, copper
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-04-19 09:11:48 -0700 | business-news
Congo Congo's government is banning exports of cobalt and copper concentrates to force miners to process the raw minerals and increase the value of its exports. A letter from Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu obtained Friday gives mining companies 90 days...
Group suspends Congo for lack of disclosure
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-04-18 08:19:35 -0700 | business-news
Congo The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative says it is suspending Congo's membership for a year over failures to disclose all mineral and oil revenues. A statement Thursday says that despite "significant progress" the country still has not presented reliable figures...
DRC Civil society wants an attractive law for hydrocarbons investment
Posted by: Jean-Rene_Bompolonga
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-04-13 04:45:18 -0700 | business-news
DRC civil society is to provide an overview of the hydrocarbons law. For the civil society, this law must be "attractive and incentive of investments, guaranteeing the permanent sovereignty of the Congolese people over their natural resources." This is one...
DRC Plane Crash Kills 36, With 4 Survivors
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | updated 2013-03-07 14:02:07 -0800 | your-story
We see here pictures tragedy of a serious accident Hours ago it was announced that six people were killed in a plane crash on Monday, in Goma, eastern DRC, who survived three other people. But now the high number But...
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