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DRC projects attract $60m
afrol News, 8 May - A total of US $60 million has been allocated for 163 United Nations humanitarian projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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More DRC refugees returned
afrol News, 6 May - The repatriation of hundreds of Congolese refugees in Zambia resumed at the weekend, with International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitating the return of 800 refugees in Zambia's northern provinces. Read more
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ICC unseals DRC warrant
afrol News, 29 April - The International Criminal Court [ICC] has unsealed an arrest warrant against Mr Bosco Ntanganda, a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo [FPLC], and current alleged Chief of Staff of the Congrès national pour la défense du people [CNDP] armed group, active in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. Read more
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UN Congo mission lauded
afrol News, 17 April - The United Nations peacekeeping missin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been lauded for registering solid progress in trying to bring stability to the vast country's volatile eastern region. Read more
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UN extends DRC embargo
afrol News, 1 April - The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution extending until the end of the year its arms embargo on militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Makeba meets rape survivors
afrol News, 14 March - South African iconic singer and the goodwill ambassador of Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has paid visit to rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Joint trial for Congo warlords
afrol News, 12 March - The International Criminal Court has joined the cases of the former warlords of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui. Read more
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Rebels await repatriation
afrol News, 14 February - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken steps to get rid of foreign rebel militia in the country. This was evidenced by a presidential order, authorising the formation of a pilot committee for the purpose. Read more
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Congolese warlord before ICC
afrol News, 11 February - The former warlord and a current Colonel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, has made his public appearance before the Pre-Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday. Read more
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DRC: UN hails warlord's arrest
afrol News, 8 February - UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, has hailed the arrest and transfer of a former warlord in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), describing it as "a new step forward in the fight against impunity."
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Congo’s historic deal signed
afrol News, 23 January - After weeks of talks, a historic peace deal has been signed by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and several rebel groups in the eastern town of Goma on Wednesday, guaranteeing an immediate ceasefire and the deployment of UN peacekeepers in the area. Read more
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Congo peace deal delayed
afrol News, 22 January - There has been a delay in the signing of a peace deal between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and more than 20 rebel groups at a symbolic ceremony in the capital of North Kivu, Goma after some rebel groups withdrew from the talks, arguing that Congolese soldiers could not protect their tribes. Read more
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Huge diamonds found in DRC
afrol News, 18 January - A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more
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DRC rebels spell out demands
afrol News / IRIN, 17 January - The insurgency led by dissident general Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has spelt out its demands at a peace conference to end the conflict in the troubled North and South Kivu provinces in the east, where, according to the UN, insecurity and human rights abuses have displaced at least half a million people in the past 12 months.
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DRC calls on rebels to disarm
afrol News, 4 January - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a sensitisation campaign that aimed at disarming rebels and militias in the North-East region of the country. Read more
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» 19.12.2007 - Shoprite invests $80m in DRC
» 23.11.2007 - 409 Congolese repatriated
» 19.11.2007 - Congo sexual abuse probed
» 16.11.2007 - DRC warlord in the dock
» 31.10.2007 - DRC bans 38 broadcasters
» 25.10.2007 - DRC's hidden crimes exposed
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 18.10.2007 - DRC warlord before ICC
» 05.09.2007 - Mystery disease ravages DRC
» 17.08.2007 - DRC, Uganda resume border survey
» 13.08.2007 - DRC: UN extends arms embargo on militias
» 06.08.2007 -
Congo train crash kills 160
» 02.08.2007 - DRC: 27 polio cases reported
» 01.08.2007 - DRC: Bemba’s return deadline expires
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