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Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- More than 8,000 cases of rape were reported last year in the Democratic Republic of Congo ’s eastern Kivu provinces, where government forces are battling rebel fighters, the United Nations humanitarian agency said.
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations said an estimated 160 women are raped per week in Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces. The rapes are perpetrated “mainly by armed men,” the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an e-mailed report.
Chances are pretty good that any of the electronic devices you use regularly — cell phone, iPod, digital camera, laptop or the like — contains minerals that came illicitly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the running battle over natural resources is fueling consumer lifestyles here, and massive slaughter there.
Nairobi/Goma - An estimated 160 women are being raped each week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's unstable North and South Kivu provinces, the United Nations said Tuesday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in rep...
Oscar winner Charlize Theron, Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and 2010 World Cup fraudsters have learned the knuckling-rapping lesson: the Nelson Mandela brand is not for sale.
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous session.
After nine years, a family separated by violence in the Congo was reunited with their mother in Lexington. Christine Lumumba's three sons and husband now live in Lexington. They moved to the states after Christine was taken from their home in the Congo in 2001. The family had been told she was killed, but in 2008 they got word that she was alive. The family enjoyed a tearful reunion at the Blue ...
KINSHASA, 10 February 2010 (IRIN) - Schools in Dongo, Equateur Province, in western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scene of inter-ethnic clashes from October to December 2009, are still closed because parents are worried about security, despite a call for their reopening by the provincial government.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Armed attacks on refugee camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo are disrupting humanitarian aid efforts, the United Nations said.
MONTROSE - “The Vagina Monologues” is coming to Montrose to highlight domestic violence and sexual crimes against women. An estimated 500,000 women and girls are raped and sexually tortured each year in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Congo is in civil war and Brazzaville is under siege. During a mission to evacuate French nationals, Lt. Vincent Chavanne is separated from his unit and left for dead. Soldier in the Grass records his journey with the woman who saves his life as they escape across the country to the safety of the ocean port, Pointe-Noire. Adversity strips them of their defenses. Cut off from the rest of the ...
Congo's Katanga Province Lifts Copper Export Ban on 16 Companies
YONKERS — Police officers who were sent to quell a large altercation at the Congo Nights bar found themselves engaged in fisticuffs with several unruly patrons.
KIMUA, Congo (AP) — The young man had been fighting in the rebel movement for 11 years when a piece of paper fell from the sky and fluttered down onto the jungle floor.
Music and poetry will help fight global violence against women at the V-Benefit Show at Pub 500 Wednesday. This is the first year for the benefit, which supports "The Vagina Monologues" and raises awareness about violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
SOCO International plc - Financial Analysis Review - SOCO International plc (SOCO) is an U.K. based independent oil and gas company. It is engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas in Vietnam, Yemen, Republic of Congo, West Africa and Thailand.
