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U.N. peacekeepers in Congo are violating the laws of war and should immediately stop backing Congolese troops who have deliberately killed hundreds of civilians in an operation to oust rebels in eastern Congo, Human Rights Watch said.
December 11, 2009: The UN has concluded that the primary problem with violence in eastern Congo is the illegal trade in illegal trade in valuable minerals. For example, Hutu rebel militias control the mining of cassiterite. While the major source is Bolivia, Congo contains large deposits.
President Joseph Kabila on Monday vowed that "public order will be restored" in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where deadly tribal strife has erupted.
If you are in New York, you should see this: Mysteries of the Congo: Exploring the World's Deepest River FEATURING Ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny WHAT SciCafe presents Mysteries of the Congo: Exploring the World's Deepest River, featuring Museum Ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny. What strange new species lurk beneath? Join Museum Curator Melanie Stiassny, an ichthyologist who has been featured on ...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2009) - Mazorro Resources Inc. ("Mazorro" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MZO)(FRANKFURT:JAM) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in principle (the"Agreement") with Congo Mining Company sprl ("CMC") of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). Under the terms of the Agreement, Mazorro has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in ...
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.
Danny Mwanga recalls that the first steps of his life were toward a soccer ball. Before his first birthday, while Mwanga was living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwanga’s grandfather held him, trying to make him walk. On a nearby field, people were playing soccer. Someone kicked ...
UNITED NATIONS — A Nevada-based company's purchase of minerals looted from eastern Congo is helping to finance a decade-long war that has claimed the lives of millions of civilians, an unpublished United Nations report claims.
Chuck Thompson's new book "To Hellholes and Back," takes readers to frightening, uncomfortable places.
More than 5 million people have died as a result of the war in Eastern Congo that is being fought over the region's mineral resources.
MOUND HOUSE, Nev.----Today the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo published its 2009 Final Report regarding the implementation of sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Two Norwegians who have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo asked Saturday for a presidential pardon, their lawyer said.
( 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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