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A total of 34 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered to the UPDF intelligence squad in Faradje in eastern Congo Nzara, according to military sources.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Bennie van Zyl says they're needed back home, and they would be crazy to go The fact that South Africa has farmers to export is somewhat bizarre - the country's population is 48 million and rising, while a small coterie of 37 000 farmers provides fo od not only for this number of people but for the surrounding African states as well. It is a very thin line. This achievement is arg uably unsurpassed...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Angola has requested the re-activation of a tripartite mechanism with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United Nations refugee agency to repatriate some 60,000 Angolans still in DRC in the wake of the mutual expulsion of scores of thousands of each other's nationals by the neighbouring States.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Paris Club of creditor nations is close to reaching an accord on debt relief for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said yesterday, as a newspaper reported an agreement has been stalled by the US and Canada.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
East African Community's neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Sudan have shown interest in joining the five-nation grouping.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), flanked by leaders from World Vision, the Enough Project, Global Witness, and the Information Technology Industry Council, unveiled legislation he will introduce in the U.S. House of Representatives today to help stop trade in conflict minerals that is sustaining a brutal war of unfathomable atrocities, especially against women, in the Congo. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) co-sponsored...
Thinking Anglicans (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Congo and the Bishop of Winchester today voiced their concerns over the continuing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read the Statement on DRC violence from Archbishop of...
Gadling (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Filed under: Africa , Congo , Zimbabwe , Airports , News If you've ever seen a lava flow, you know that once the stuff cools and hardens, it's hard to move. In the Congo, this has created a big problem at the airport in Goma. Back in 2002, when the Nyiragongo Volcano erupted, lava flowed onto the runway, thus shortening it. A shorter runway does not sound good. It's not. Today, this was proved true...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
United Nations peacekeepers helped passengers and provided emergency medical treatment today after an airliner with 117 passengers on board over-ran the airstrip in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
19 November 2009 - The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed the arrest of two leaders of a rebel Rwandan militia on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity and war crimes in the eastern region of the DRC.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Nine former fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army who recently escaped from captivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have returned to Gulu, northern Uganda.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
FDLR rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are largely coordinated from officials in western Europe. FDLR rebels are accused of carrying out atrocities inside the DRC. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos FDLR Inc: Congo's multinational rebels The German authorities have arrested leaders of a militia which operates in the Democratic Republic of Congo - but how...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
KINSHASA, Congo -- A U.N.-run radio station says a passenger plane overshot a runway in eastern Congo and landed in lava, injuring 20 people.
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