May 13
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Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Malaria Deaths [press release]
MSF
An upsurge in malaria is likely to have serious consequences for people in Orientale province in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) unless immediate action is taken, warned the... Read more »
May 11
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Tanzanian Troops Arrive in East As Part of UN Intervention Brigade
UN News
A contingent of Tanzanian soldiers arrived in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today as part of the intervention brigade authorized by the... Read more »
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In Romania, Congolese Refugee Does As the Romanians Do [press release]
UNHCR
Jean-Louis Kialoungou's love affair with Romania began before he even arrived here in the mid-1990s, and over the years the Congolese refugee has become more Romanian than most... Read more »
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SME Worried About Illegal Child Immigrants Flow
ANGOP
Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) in northern Cabinda province expressed concern over the flow of child illegal immigrants from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more »
May 10
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New Oil Law Fails to Address Corruption, Environmental Damage [press release]
Global Witness
Planned revisions to the Democratic Republic of Congo's hydrocarbons law contain major flaws that could allow gross mismanagement of the country's oil wealth and serious... Read more »
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Education's Position On Violence Against Women and Girls in DRC [opinion]
Pambazuka
Brutal crimes of violence against women and girls have massively increased and become pervasive in the country. Thousands of women and young girls have suffered due to beating,... Read more »
May 9
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Trading Conflict for Coffee in DRC
IRIN
Entrepreneur Gilbert Makelele wants armed groups in his part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to wake up and smell the coffee. Read more »
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German Court Investigates Raid On Congolese Village
Deutsche Welle
German authorities are examining a case in which a German manager who worked with a timber company in the DRC is accused of allowing local security forces to carry out a brutal... Read more »
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Bozizé Soldier Did Not Hear of Crimes By Bemba's Militia
Bemba Trial Website
A former soldier in the rebel force Jean-Pierre Bemba's troops fought against in the Central African Republic (CAR) has said he was not aware of any crimes committed by the Bemba... Read more »
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UN Chief 'Appalled' By Attack That Killed Pakistani Peacekeeper in DR Congo
UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the killing of a Pakistani peacekeeper during an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) South Kivu province. Read more »
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UN Report Confirms Nearly 200 Women and Girls Raped By Congolese Troops, Rebels
UN News
Congolese armed forces, known by the French acronym FARDC, raped more than 102 women and 33 girls, some as young as six years old, as they fled the advance M23 rebels in country's... Read more »
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UN
The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Kodjo Menan ( Togo): Read more »
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Is More Force in the DRC More of the Same?
IRIN
The imminent deployment of a UN-backed 3,000-strong international force mandated to "neutralize... and disarm" all armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... Read more »
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Letter to DR Congo President Joseph Kabila On Ending Impunity for Grave Human Rights Abuses [press release]
HRW
His Excellency President Joseph Kabila Kabange Read more »
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'We Have to Discuss Issues Frankly' - DRC Senate President Kengo Wa Dondo
Focus
A delegation of eight Congolese Senators in a one-day visit in the country has held discussions mainly focused on peace, security and stability in the region with their Rwandan... Read more »
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DRC Senators Meet Congolese Refugees
New Times
The visiting delegation of senators from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday met thousands of Congolese refugees who have been living in Rwanda for over 15 years. Read more »
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Pakistani Peacekeeper Killed in an Ambush in the South-Kivu Province [press release]
Monusco
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack perpetrated Tuesday 7 May 2013 on one... Read more »
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It's Not Too Late to Fix DRC's Woes
New Times
Of all the signals given out regarding bringing back sanity within the Congolese borders, none could be more powerful than that emitted by DRC Senate President, Léon Kengo... Read more »
May 8
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Bozizé Soldier Says Rebels Committed Atrocities
Bemba Trial Website
Today, a former fighter under the rebellion led by deposed Central African Republic (CAR) president François Bozizé shifted some blame for atrocities committed in... Read more »
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Report Reveals High-Level Military Involvement in Eastern Congo's Gold Trade [press release]
Global Witness
At a critical time for the region's minerals trade companies must undertake supply chain checks and put responsible sourcing into practise Read more »
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DR Congo Riskiest Country For New Mothers
allAfrica
The riskiest country in the world to be a new mother is the Democratic Republic of Congo. That's according to Save the Children's 2013 State of the World's Mothers report. Read more »
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Most First-Day Deaths Occur in Africa
Deutsche Welle
The DR Congo has overtaken Niger to gain the unenviable position of worst place to be a mother, according to a new report by Save the Children. All the bottom ten spots are... Read more »
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Dialogue Way Forward, Says DRC Senate Chief
New Times
The current security crisis in eastern DR Congo can only be solved through peaceful means with support of the region, the Speaker of the Congolese Senate has said. Read more »
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Dirty Champions League- Pirates vs TP Mazembe
The Herald
FORMER Dynamos captain, Desmond Maringwa, says the wild events in Lubumbashi on Sunday vindicate their perennial outcry that the flame of the spirit of Fair Play has been... Read more »
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Funding Appeal to Boost Emergency Aid in East [press release]
ICRC
With people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo reeling from an upsurge in conflict and other armed violence over the last few months, the International Committee of... Read more »
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