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Rights report slams Congo prison conditions

AFP - 8 minutes ago

Conditions in the Republic of Congo's prisons are "as dreadful as they could be", according to a report published Thursday by a coalition of rights groups.

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U.N. Report: From Bad to Worse in War-Torn Congo
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 27, 10:39 am ET
The U.N. has failed to stop rebels from smuggling gold out of eastern Congo or cut off the funding they receive from foreign charitable groups, a new report says. The result: unending violence in the region
Armed group claims firing at UN chopper in DR.Congo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:49 am ET
An armed movement calling itself the Patriots-Resistance of Dongo on Friday claimed responsibility for firing at a UN helicopter in the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least 70 dead in Congo boat accident
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 1:11 pm ET
Nairobi/Kinshasa - At least 71 people died when a logging boat with no authorization to carry passengers sank in a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Saturday. Dominic Lutula, president of the Congolese Red Cross, told the United ...
African physician dreams of improving home country’s medical care
The State Press - Tue Dec 1, 12:52 am ET
Michelle Parks Tuesday, December 1, 2009 The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law is working with physician Kigabo Mbazumutima to create a new nonprofit organization that aims to improve medical care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Students in the Technology Ventures Services Group at the College of Law established the corporation’s bylaws and helped put together an application for status ...
UN helicopter attacked in Congo; 4 wounded
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 5:32 am ET
The United Nations says at least four of its peacekeepers have been wounded in northern Congo after a U.N. helicopter was attacked by armed men.
DJ PRECIOUS METALS HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day
INO News - Mon Nov 30, 4:44 pm ET
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS.LN) Monday said the latest study of its Kibali gold project in Congo showed 13.93 million troy ounces of gold at the site, a 23% increase from previous estimates.
EU Updates The List Of Airlines Banned From European Airspace
The Inquisitr - Mon Nov 30, 9:00 pm ET
Washington, DC (AHN) – The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, published over the weekend the twelfth update of the Community’s list of airlines banned in the European Union. The EU banned all air carriers certified in Djibouti, Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe because of safety deficiencies, according to a [...]
Tanzania denies 'evil' arms-trafficking charges
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 12:55 pm ET
Tanzania has fiercely denied allegations said to come from the United Nations that it has illegally funneled arms to Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tanzanian refugee numbers drops below 100,000: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 29, 11:55 am ET
The number of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo living in northwestern Tanzania has dropped to below 100,000 for the first time in 15 years, the UN refugee agency said.
Eminent doctor chooses service over retirement
San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Nov 30, 3:27 am ET
The farther Dr. Arthur Ammann and his team of medical workers bounce along in their ambulance through rebel-held northern Congo to visit health clinics, the more uneasy he gets. The muddy roads are increasingly filled with men carrying automatic weapons,...
Security Council Extends Arms Embargo, Related Sanctions, in Democratic Republic
United Nations - Mon Nov 30, 3:47 pm ET
The Security Council, condemning the continuing illicit traffic of weapons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, decided this morning to extend and expand the arms embargo there and its related sanctions regime until 30 November 2010.
Conflict minerals: A cover for US allies and Western mining interests?
Online Journal - Mon Nov 30, 12:54 am ET
As global awareness grows around the Congo and the silence is finally being broken on the current and historic exploitation of Black people in the heart of Africa, a myriad of Western based “prescriptions” are being proffered.
Material Increase in Kibali Indicated Resource
Marketwire - Mon Nov 30, 9:33 am ET
JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwire - November 30, 2009) - Randgold Resources Limited ( LSE : RRS ) ( NASDAQ : GOLD ) today announced a material increase in the indicated mineral resource of its recently acquired Kibali gold project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company said, following an update of the existing estimates by Cube Consulting Pty Ltd (Cube), the indicated mineral ...
DRC-ROC: More than 70,000 displaced by violence in Equateur
IRIN - Mon Nov 30, 9:30 am ET
NAIROBI, 30 November 2009 (IRIN) - More than 70,000 people have been displaced by inter-communal clashes in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo's Equateur province, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Shots fired at UN helicopter in DR Congo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 12:10 pm ET
Five people were injured on Thursday aboard a United Nations helicopter when it came under fire in DR Congo in a northwestern region where tribal violence has claimed 100 lives, a UN source said.