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At least 73 dead on illegal ferry in Congo
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | about 10 hours ago
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- At least 73 people died when an improvised ferry sank in bad weather on a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials say. Dominique Lutula, head of the Red Cross in the country, said the death...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, United Nations-sponsored Radio Okapi, western democratic, Red Cross, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Disaster Accident, Lake Mai-Ndombe, Okapi, Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu, Radio Okapi, Mai-Ndombe Province, Kutu Democratic Republic of the Congo, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lualaba River, Communes of Kinshasa, Congo River, Barge, Katanga, International Committee of the Red Cross, Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Index of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related articles, Congo
Conflict Minerals Under Study in US Congress
Kampala :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility Bipartisan legislation on so called "conflict minerals" was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives...The bill is designed to create transparency and allow consumers to make informed choices when they purchase electronic devices like cell...
Tags: conflict minerals, electronic devices, DRC Embassy, Jim McDermott, throw away, cell phones, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congressman McDermott, Uganda, Kampala, Chemical elements, Tantalum, Politics, African countries, African Union member states, Diamond, French-speaking countries, Least Developed Countries
UN operations against rebels in DR Congo a 'failure'
United Nations operations against Rwandan-Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been a failure, UN-mandated experts say. The report, seen by the BBC, says the rebels continue to receive arms supplies and recruit fighters. It says...
Tags: African Union member states, Democratic Republic of Congo, African countries, Congolese, War Conflict, Pakistan, Politics, Islamabad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Europe, BBC News, Least Developed Countries, UN, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, French-speaking countries, Rwanda, DR Congo, Rwandan Genocide
UN's Congo policies 'must change'
Brazzaville :: Congo | 3 days ago
Credibility The report that was leaked today shows the huge diaspora networks that assist in money-laundering, in arms-trafficking, in the extraction of minerals and in the sale of those minerals. "Until you cut off that side of it, I don't think these operations...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, Congolese, Liberation of Rwanda, United Nations-backed, Rwandan, DRC, U.N., hutu rebels, nations report, Congo, Brazzaville, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, War Conflict, Politics, Rwandan Genocide, African countries, French-speaking countries, Least Developed Countries, African Union member states, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, National Congress for the Defence of the People, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hutu, Kivu conflict, Goma, Ignace Murwanashyaka, Ituri Province, Laurent Nkunda
Report: Congo massacre witnesses were threatened
Brazzaville :: Congo | 4 days ago
Credibility The International Criminal Court starts its second trial, focusing on a massacre that left more than 200 people dead and laid waste to their village in eastern Congo in 2003. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo are charged with three crimes against humanity...
Tags: Congo Massacre, Democratic Republic of Congo, Germain Katanga, International Criminal Court, Mathieu Ngudjolo, Congo, Brazzaville, War Conflict, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Law Crime, Politics, International criminal law, Thomas Lubanga, Ituri conflict, Rape, Crime against humanity, International Criminal Court investigations, Bogoro attack, War crimes, African Union member states, Bosco Ntaganda, Katanga, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, African countries, Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia, French-speaking countries, Least Developed Countries
Human activities threaten vulnerable Congo gorillas
Brazzaville :: Congo | 4 days ago
Credibility The swamp also supports large numbers of chimpanzees, red colobus monkeys, elephants, and other rain forest species. According to the study, imminent threats to the swamp include new logging operations, oil exploration, an influx of refugees from neighboring...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, western lowland, human activities, lowland gorilla, Congo, Brazzaville, Wildlife Conservation Society, Lake Tele, Cross River Gorilla, Gorillas, Western Lowland Gorilla, Environment, Social Issues
DR Congo war crimes trial begins
Brazzaville :: Congo | 5 days ago
Credibility Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui appeared at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, facing charges of seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The men, who pleaded not guilty, stand accused over an attack by their forces...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, DR Congo, war crimes, International Criminal Court, Congo Republic, Mr Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Mr Germain Katanga, child soldiers, ituri region, Ituri, Congo, Brazzaville, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thomas Lubanga, Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri, Bogoro attack, Ituri conflict, Germain Katanga, War Conflict, Law Crime, Nationalist and Integrationist Front, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Ngiti language, International criminal law, Politics, Katanga, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Social Issues, International Criminal Court investigations, Crime against humanity
'Many flee' Congo fishing clashes
Brazzaville :: Congo | 8 days ago
Credibility Many of those fleeing are reported to be unaccompanied children, and some people have drowned trying cross a river into Republic of Congo. The UN says at least 100 people have been killed in clashes between Lobala and Boba people in Equateur province.
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Brazzaville, Least Developed Countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, ￃﾉquateur, Republic of the Congo, African Union member states, African countries, French-speaking countries, Social Issues, War Conflict, Impfondo, IRIN, Likouala Department, Ubangi River, Dongou, Second Congo War
Law introduced to curb mineral trade that fuels war and rape
Brazzaville :: Congo | 8 days ago
Credibility Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation...Now mobile phones and other technology products are being targeted for containing minerals sold by armed groups engaged in war and rape in...
Tags: Democratic Republic of Congo, mobile phones, armed group, Africa, mineral trade, Jim McDermott, Congo, Brazzaville, African countries, French-speaking countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tantalite, Columbite, Conflict minerals, Coltan, African Union member states
Pray for Ariana crew! This is all you can do now. - Petition to Ukrainian Orthodox Chearch
All Ukrainian seafarers and relatives of M/V Ariana crew who are hold captive by pirates for more than 6 months apply to you with a hope. We ask for a help help Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate to Metropolitan Vladimir...
Tags: pettition, Ukrainian Orthodox Chearch, pirates, Ariana, seafarers, pray, prisoners, Ukrainian language, Kiev, Ukrainians, ukrainians seafarers, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, ariana crew, Ukraine, ukrainians orthodox, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, orthodox church, Larisa Salinskaya, Ukraine-Turkey, Sergey Vartenkov, All Rus-Ukraine, May, Mogadishu, allnews, Faina Vladimir Kolobkov, I, Somalia, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Democratic Republic of Congo
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