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Six DR Congo soldiers killed in Tutsi attack

AFP - Thu Dec 10, 12:04 pm ET

A Tutsi rebel group killed six soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a night-time attack, the UN mission in the DR Congo (MONUC) reported on Thursday.

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Norwegians plead for DR Congo presidential pardon
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 3:38 pm ET
Two Norwegians who have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked Saturday for a presidential pardon, their lawyer said.
Special Reports
Online Journal - Wed Dec 9, 12:54 am ET
( WMR ) -- Noted Belgian expert on the history and politics of central Africa’s Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr. Filip Reyntjens of the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB) in Antwerp, spoke at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington on December 3 and leveled a broadside on the policies of Rwanda’s ...
DR Congo sends commandos to quell unrest
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 2:34 pm ET
Kinshasa has sent a battalion of 600 commandos trained by Belgium to the northwest of the country to try to quell violence in the country's northwest, sources said on Sunday.
Bio-Solutions Corp. Announces the Signature of a Letter of Intent for the Commercialization of Greenex(TM) its Main ...
Marketwire - Tue Dec 8, 5:12 pm ET
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - Bio-Solutions Corp. (OTCBB:BISU), is pleased to announce the signature of a Letter of Intent for the commercialization of GreenEx(TM) its main product targeting Malaria vectors in Democratic Republic of Congo. Vice prime Minister of DRC in charge of country reconstruction, Emile Bongely confirmed to Bio-Solutions Corp. his agreement to evaluate ...
JDHS grad goes to Hell and back
Juneau Empire - Tue Dec 8, 2:35 pm ET
Acclaimed travel writer Chuck Thompson wanted to find the biggest hellholes in the world for his latest book so he chose four places - the Congo, India, Mexico City and Disney World.
DRC: Deadly meningitis outbreak spreads in Kisangani
IRIN - Tue Dec 8, 7:30 am ET
KAMPALA, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - An outbreak of meningitis that killed more than a dozen students from the same school last week has spread throughout the city of Kisangani, in central Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Monday.
DR Congo 'won't execute Norwegian convicts'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 7:43 am ET
The Democratic Republic of Congo has given its assurances that two Norwegians will not be executed despite a court ruling upholding their death sentence for murder, Norway's government said Friday.
Congo court would hear Norwegians appeal
UPI - Fri Dec 4, 12:35 pm ET
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Two Norwegians sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for homicide and espionage will not be executed, Norway's foreign minister said Friday.
South African Diplomat Shot and Injured by Congo Army (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 10:03 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A South African diplomat was “seriously” injured after she was shot at by soldiers while driving in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo , earlier today, according to a foreign ministry spokesman.
Congo Starts Military Operation in Equateur Province (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 8:03 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Republic of Congo’s government started a military operation against rebels in the northern province of Equateur, provincial Governor Jean Claude Baende said today on Radio Okapi.
Refractory Metals Mining Company Ltd. Addresses U.N. Report on the Implementation of Sanctions in the Democratic ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 3:34 pm ET
HONG KONG----A recent report by the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo mentions Refractory Metals Mining Company Ltd . RMMC seeks to do all in its power to be part of the solution to ending the conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and therefore wishes to clarify facts discussed in the report that have been the source of ...
Orphaned Mountain Gorilla Babies Returned To Congo National Park
redOrbit - Fri Dec 4, 12:18 pm ET
More than two years after being evacuated following the 2007 killings of their mothers, mountain gorilla babies Ndakasi and Ndeze this week returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo, moving into a new custom-built forest sanctuary.The Dec.
DR Congo court rejects appeal by Norwegians
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 12:07 pm ET
A military tribunal in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo rejected an appeal on Thursday by two Norwegians who had been sentenced to death for the murder of their driver.
Kilgore Company Produces For Congo
KLTV 7 Tyler - Sat Dec 5, 11:27 pm ET
It was a tall order, but one East Texas company was up to the task of helping solve a problem thousands of miles away.
Oslo: DR Congo not to execute two Norwegians
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 10:16 am ET
Oslo - Norway has received assurances that two Norwegian men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for murdering their driver are not to be executed, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Friday. A military appeal court in Kisangani...