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Congo snatch late draw in Angola

AFP - Sat Nov 14, 4:27 pm ET

Angola were held 1-1 by Congo Saturday before a large crowd who watched the 2010 African Nations Cup hosts play their first home game under Portuguese coach Manuel Jose.

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Congo Square studied and celebrated this weekend with a free symposium and festival
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Sat Nov 14, 6:29 am ET
Members of the Kumbuka African Dance Collective demonstrate the bamboula during the 2007 Congo Square Rhythms Festival.Congo Square, the historic common that is now part of Armstrong Park but was once a market and gathering place for enslaved Africans,...
Congo Energy Report - New Report Published
OfficialWire - Sat Nov 14, 10:13 am ET
The Congo energy market report offers a precise and reliable overview of the energy sector in the country. With a focus on oil, gas, coal and power markets, the report provides a complete picture of the country situation, dynamics, current issues and future prospects.
Paris Club May Cancel $7 Billion in Congo Debt, Eurasia Says
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 13, 11:03 am ET
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Paris Club of creditors may cancel between $5 billion and $7 billion of debt owed by the Democratic Republic of Congo at a meeting next week, Eurasia Group analyst, Philippe de Pontet said in an e-mailed note to clients today.
Study: Africa's Congo Basis Once Treeless
OfficialWire - Fri Nov 13, 6:13 am ET
A U.S. paleontology student says he has determined central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid and treeless during the Late Jurassic period. Southern Methodist University doctoral student Timothy Myers said he used geochemical soil analysis to discover the new paleoclimate data.
Nations Cup hosts Angola extend unbeaten run
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Nov 14, 5:11 pm ET
African Nations Cup hosts Angola extended their unbeaten run to eight matches with a 1-1 draw against Congo in a friendly on Saturday.
Exhibit Documents the Courage of Women ‘in the Face of Unbelievable Atrocities’ in the Congo
Yale University Office of Public Affairs - Fri Nov 13, 12:26 am ET
"Portraits of War" featuring women from the Democratic Republic of Congo are on view through Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center at Saint Thomas More The Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale, 268 Park St.
UN official sees peace hopes in Congo
FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Nov 12, 6:34 pm ET
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eight years after the end of Congo's civil wars, the outgoing U.N. humanitarian chief in the country said Thursday he hopes the slow progress toward peace can be sustained.
East DR Congo village empties out after raid
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 11, 12:35 pm ET
No people walk the Mboko backstreets, just some bleating sheep break the silence after a lightning raid by Mai-Mai tribal warriors on this market town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Police shoot to disperse unpaid DR Congo fighters
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 11, 10:37 am ET
Police fired in the air to break up a demonstration by ex-combatants in restive northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said Wednesday.
DRC-CONGO: Come back home, DRC government urges refugees
IRIN - Thu Nov 12, 8:30 am ET
KINSHASA, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged its citizens who recently fled inter-ethnic clashes in the western DRC province of Equateur and sought refuge in the Republic of Congo, to return home, saying calm has been restored in their villages.
Pressure on cell phone companies could bring peace to Congo, speaker says
Ventura County Star - Thu Nov 12, 1:37 am ET
Religious peace-building in Congo means ratcheting up a vise of pressure on cell phone companies, a Washington, D.C., international peace expert told a crowd gathered at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo. The African nation has been embroiled in a war that has killed 6 million people over the past decade. Much of the violence is triggered and financed by the smuggling of the ore known as coltan ...
Central Africa's Tropical Congo Basin Was Arid, Treeless In Late Jurassic
redOrbit - Wed Nov 11, 7:18 pm ET
Geochemical analysis of rare ancient soil produces new paleoclimate dataThe Congo Basin — with its massive, lush tropical rain forest — was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago.
Susan Cowsill covers 'The Cars,' a free Congo Square festival and more music for Nov. 13-19
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Fri Nov 13, 1:14 pm ET
The Wailers showcase the classic "Exodus" album at the House of Blues on Saturday.FRIDAY, Nov. 13 The Susan Cowsill Band continues its “Covered in Vinyl Series” at Carrollton Station by performing The Cars’ self-titled 1978 debut. It’s Zydeco Friday...
Polio vaccination for 2.6 million children in DR Congo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 12:47 pm ET
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun vaccinating 2.6 million children under five against polio and measles in three provinces, the health minister said Tuesday.
Congo Square Rhythms Festival takes over Armstrong Park Sunday
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed Nov 11, 9:59 am ET
The Congo Square Rhythms Festival, Sunday November 15 at Armstrong Park, celebrates the historic role of Congo Square as the birthplace of American music. African slaves gathered there on Sunday afternoons to practice their ancestral traditions ? influencing all of...