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The only two baby mountain gorillas in captivity -- orphaned two years ago after their mothers were slain in massacres -- will soon be getting a lush, new playpen, Congo's wildlife authority announced Friday.
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo (WOMENSENEWS)--Chance Chubaka's family lives in Chimbunda, a suburb of this bustling, impoverished town on the south shores of Lake Kivu. But by the time Chance was 9 years old, she no longer shared their home. "I found that the easiest place to live was on the street," said the poised 13-year-old. read more
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.
More than 30,000 refugees from ethnic clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have crossed the border into the Republic of Congo, aid agencies said on Friday.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approached the United Nations about scaling down the large UN mission in the country, government spokesman Laurent Mende said Thursday.
A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported.
Editor's note: the following contains information that may be disturbing to some readers. The Westport Arts Center (WAC) was packed Tuesday night with area patrons coming out to see Congolese Journalist Chouchou Namegabe and hear her story of war and rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
BRAZZAVILLE, 20 November 2009 (IRIN) - Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The Paris Club of creditor nations is close to reaching an accord on debt relief for the Democratic Republic of Congo , the government said, as a newspaper reported an agreement has been stalled by the U.S. and Canada.
At least 100 people have been killed in inter-ethnic clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo that caused 25,000 civilians to flee, the UN said Wednesday.
BRAZZAVILLE, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Two orphaned baby mountain gorillas will get a new sanctuary in the Congo, described by wildlife experts as a "paradise," authorities said.
Hudson River water landings? Those are so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there's a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation, crash landed his plane into a lava field. Now, we can...
Witness the spectacular launch of the Troposphère V, Congo's answer to the Arex I-X. The new rocket prototype is capable of reaching 22.3 miles (36 km) up in the sky. Yes, you know exactly what's...
Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, will be in the Bay Area next week at three advanced screenings of “Reporter,” the new documentary featuring Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, as he uncovers the stories of women and children affected by the decade-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Workers of Congo’s largest state diamond miner Miniere de Bakwange, or MIBA, held demonstrations in the capital Kinshasa and eastern Congo on Wednesday to press the government to release at least $20 million to recapitalize the cash-strapped miner, U.N.-backed Radio Okapi reported Thursday.
Ten passengers aboard a Congolese airliner were slightly injured Thursday when the plane overshot the runway as it landed at a regional airport, witnesses and the airline said.
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