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Congo-Kinshasa: Europe's Limited Impact on Congo
African Arguments, 3 October 2013
After the Congolese elections of 2006, the European Union stood as the proud godfather beside the cradle of Kabila's Third Republic. Together with its member states, the EU had… Read more »
The Impact of European Aid in DR Congo
Financial assistance from the European Union earmarked for the transition to democracy after the 2003 elections has proved largely ineffective, says a report by the European Court of Auditors.
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Congo-Kinshasa: How China Learnt Corruption From the West
ThinkAfricaPress, 3 October 2013
To single out Chinese companies for entering into shady business in the DRC is to miss a fundamental point: Western firms have been at it for centuries, and still are. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Wrongly Branded As 'Pathological'
IPS, 19 September 2013
Western analysts all too often take a distorted and reductionist approach to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Kai Koddenbrock, who analysed more than 50… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Making the Best of Displacement in DRC
UNIRIN, 25 September 2013
The army's insistence that it is safe to go home does little to convince the thousands of people who have made a temporary residence of the northeastern Democratic Republic of… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo President Calls for Altruism in New Global Push for Sustainable Development
UN News, 25 September 2013
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warned today that the selfishness of some States could threaten efforts to set a new sustainable development… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Contributes To the Fight Against Hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo
WFP, 2 October 2013
The Republic of South Africa has announced a contribution of 3 million rand (US$ 290,000) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist displaced people facing food… Read more »
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Africa: Who Pulls The Strings in Eastern Congo?
African Arguments, 5 September 2013
Considered an overview, this piece combines a wide range of events, observations, and consequent thoughts on the current situation in the eastern DRC. Focusing on M23 rebels, DRC… Read more »
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Tanzania: From Tanzania to Brazil in the Hold of a Ship
IPS, 24 September 2013
Ornela Mbenga Sebo, a young Congolese woman, escaped in 2011 from a rebel camp in Tanzania where she was being held as a slave and stowed away in the garbage bay of a merchant… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Goma's Aid Economy a Blessing and Curse
UNIRIN, 11 September 2013
As construction workers put the final touches on a five-story apartment-hotel complex in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Goma, foreman Lucien told IRIN its… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Calls for Development Goals to be Met
UN News, 27 September 2013
As the United Nations General Assembly continues its annual high-level segment, a host of African leaders stressed today that while the continent’s progress is beyond doubt,… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: EU Is to Limit Mineral Imports From the DRC
DW, 6 September 2013
The European Union has announced plans of setting limits on the importation of raw materials coming from the Congo DRC for electronics production. Read more »
