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Six DR Congo soldiers killed in Tutsi attack

AFP - 2 hours 12 minutes ago

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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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...
Premier Oil Plc - Financial And Strategic Analysis Review - New Report Published
OfficialWire - Mon Dec 7, 4:56 am ET
Premier Oil plc is an independent energy company. It is engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. Its oil and gas interests are principally located in the U.K., Norway, Egypt, Mauritania, Congo, Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.
Peter Biro: Eastern Congo: "We are Forced to Flee Every Two Months"
The Huffington Post - Sat Dec 5, 1:58 pm ET
"Many people were killed in the crossfire," Ruti says, as she escorts me to her makeshift shelter. "I saw bodies lying dead in the street. The only thing I managed to bring with me was a frying pan. "
Orphaned mountain gorilla babies return home to Congo National Park
Science Daily - Thu Dec 3, 5:11 pm ET
More than two years after being evacuated following the 2007 killings of their mothers, mountain gorilla babies Ndakasi and Ndeze have returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo, moving into a new custom-built forest sanctuary.
UC Davis helps orphaned mountain gorilla babies return home to Congo National Park
EurekAlert! - Thu Dec 3, 4:21 pm ET
( University of California - Davis ) 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.
Congo court upholds Norwegians' death sentences
The World - Fri Dec 4, 12:10 am ET
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — U.N. radio says a Congolese court has upheld death sentences for two Norwegians convicted of espionage and murder.
Seeking Peace in Congo
New York Times - Sat Dec 5, 12:55 am ET
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Congo: Baby gorillas get lush new jungle digs
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 12:43 pm ET
Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.
DR.Congo's Bemba to stay in custody: court
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 9:41 am ET
Former DR Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba poses a flight risk and a threat to witnesses and must remain in custody until his war crimes trial in The Hague next year, a judge said on Wednesday.
International court: Ex-Congo VP must stay in jail
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 8:33 am ET
International Criminal Court appeals judges on Wednesday reversed a decision to release the former vice president of Congo from custody, ordering him to stay in jail until he is tried for allegedly commanding a brutal militia.