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(RTTNews) - At least five people were wounded when a UN helicopter came under fire from militants in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, said officials on Thursday.
Thousands of civilians are fleeing Rwanda for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo causing fresh ethnic tensions in the region, the UN peacekeeping mission MONUC and refugee agencies said Wednesday.
Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have thwarted UN-led attempts to disarm them militarily and global action is needed to cut off their financing, UN experts say.
Mining group makes its first entry into the iron ore sector by funding an exploration project in the Republic of Congo.
Five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a war fueled primarily from gold mined in the country by warlords. Scott Pelley reports. 60 Minutes, Sunday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- A United Nations peacekeeping helicopter was fired on today in northern Democratic Republic of Congo , UN spokesman in Congo Madnoje Mounoubai said by phone from Kinshasa.
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday accused Canada of holding up progress toward rescheduling its foreign debt but Ottawa said it was now prepared to provide the needed financing assurances.
TEENA MARIE: She's 53 and a couple of decades past her last big hit, but Teena Marie still wants to be your lover girl. The '80s R&B star is touring in support of recent album "Congo Square." It features collaborations with Faith Evans and MC Lyte. 8 tonight, Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. 313-983-6611. $58-$88. With Charlie Wilson and K'Jon.
The International Criminal Court will rule next week whether or not DR Congo ex-vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba should be released ahead of the start of his war crimes trial, it said on Friday.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — U.N. radio says a Congolese court has upheld death sentences for two Norwegians convicted of espionage and murder.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.
Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.
A Congolese court has upheld death sentences for two Norwegians convicted of espionage and murder, U.N. radio said Thursday, prompting condemnation from Norwegian officials.
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.
Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.
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