Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park
afrol News, 17 March - The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site.
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Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo
afrol News, 9 March - New decisions by the Congo Kinshasa government, lifting a 9-year moratorium, mean that up to 25 million hectares of rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial exploitation.
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Science - Education | Environment - Nature
Mountain gorilla population recovering
afrol News, 8 December - A new mountain gorilla census in Rwanda and Congo Kinshasa (DRC) shows a 26 percent increase in population of this endangered species during seven years. Mountain gorillas are among the region's main tourist attractions.
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Economy - Development
DR Congo gets US$ 7bn debt cancellation
afrol News, 18 November - The main creditors of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) have agreed to cancel Congolese foreign debts totalling US$ 7.35 billion. Much of the unsustainable debt was accumulated under ex-Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Society | Gay - Lesbian
Congo Kinshasa discusses criminalising gays
afrol News, 29 October - The Kinshasa parliament is in the process of discussing legislation that will prohibit homosexuality, or "unnatural sexual practices." But the debate climate in Congo is much calmer than in neighbouring Uganda.
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Society | Human rights
Trial against Congolese ex-VP confirmed
afrol News, 19 October - The International Criminal Court (ICC) today confirmed it would take on the trial against the former Vice-President of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) for war crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic.
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Society | Human rights | Politics
Wanted Congo warlord "walks freely in Goma"
afrol News, 13 October - Suspected war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, wanted internationally since 2006, is "walking freely" in the eastern Congolese (DRC) town of Goma, which is controlled by UN peacekeepers and government troops.
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Society | Human rights
Congo rapes suspected Rwandan rebel arrested
afrol News, 11 October - Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, wanted internationally for war crimes and mass rapes in eastern Congo Kinshasa (DRC), was arrested in France today. He will be among the first to stand trial on these crimes in the DRC.
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Health | Science - Education
Cousin of smallpox virus spreading in DR Congo
afrol News, 24 September - The deadly smallpox virus was eradicated worldwide in 1979, and the year after, vaccination stopped. But the vaccine had also protected against the dangerous "monkeypox" virus, and now a new generation in DR Congo is increasingly exposed to the disease.
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Economy - Development
US$ 12 bn debt relief for DR Congo
afrol News, 2 July - The Kinshasa government today was told it was ready to receive a massive debt cancellation of up to US$ 12.3 billion. The IMF decision was however controversial, with several countries protesting.
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Society | Environment - Nature
Central African bushmeat hits European market
afrol News, 1 July - More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through the Paris airport alone. Most bushmeat comes from Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Congo Kinshasa (DRC).
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Culture - Arts
Congo's Staff Benda Bilili on big tour
afrol News, 28 June - The heart-warming Kinshasa street musicians group Staff Benda Bilili is starting a breath taking summer tour, visiting 56 stages and festivals in Europe, Japan and Canada.
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Environment - Nature
Congo gorilla babies prepared for new airlift
afrol News, 4 June - UN Peacekeepers in DR Congo are planning a new gorilla rescue airlift next month, which will take six babies seized from poachers to a sanctuary in North Kivu. The airlift sparks calls for stronger control in Congo Basin forests.
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Society | Human rights | Politics
Ugandan rebels increase terror in neighbour countries
afrol News, 14 May - There is now "a dramatic rise in the frequency and brutality of attacks" by the Ugandan armed group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. Uganda is asking neighbours to be allowed to take action.
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» 30.03.2010 - Inquiry launched into DRC massacre
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» 10.03.2010 - Guinea pigs to help ease DRC food crisis - scientists
» 05.03.2010 - Fears of UN withdrawal from DR Congo
» 02.03.2010 - Rights groups call for suspension of Lieutenant
» 25.02.2010 - Paris Club cuts DRC’s debt by half
» 15.02.2010 - Children still recruited into DRC’s war ranks
» 02.02.2010 - Scores slaughtered by rebels in DRC
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 27.01.2010 - UN agency working with 100,000 DRC refugees
» 12.01.2010 - DRC refugees a problem to neighbours
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