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CONGO: Government lifts ban on...

CONGO: Government lifts ban on foreign adoption of children

IRIN
Friday, March 7, 2008
Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...
AFRICA: First ladies fight for...

AFRICA: First ladies fight for peace

IRIN
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their...
Republic of the Congo: ICRC he...

Republic of the Congo: ICRC helps fight cassava mosaic virus disease

International Committee of the Red Cross
Monday, December 24, 2007
Cassava is the staple food for many people in the Republic of the Congo. Cassava mosaic virus disease is threatening their food supply and their...
GTZ fosters tropical forest co...

GTZ fosters tropical forest conservation in the Congo Basin

GTZ
Sunday, December 23, 2007
For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...
CONGO: State urged to improve ...

CONGO: State urged to improve “disastrous” healthcare system

IRIN
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo’s healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has...
CONGO: Disease rife amid capit...

CONGO: Disease rife amid capital’s rubbish chaos

IRIN
Sunday, December 2, 2007
The lack of municipal waste disposal services in the Republic of Congo’s capital has led to a proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose a serious...

NGOs human rights forum opens

Monday, November 12, 2007
A three-day forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and 16th African...
CONGO: Heavy rains leave key r...

CONGO: Heavy rains leave key rail link underwater

IRIN
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
A stretch of the railway linking Congo’s capital to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire has been flooded following heavy rains, cutting off a key...
CONGO: Government to provide f...

CONGO: Government to provide free malaria care for under fives

IRIN
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The Republic of Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso has pledged free malaria treatment for the country’s young children and their mothers. He...
CONGO: President backs biofuel...

CONGO: President backs biofuels revolution

IRIN
Monday, October 22, 2007
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, where oil is the leading raw material, has given his backing to plans by his Brazilian...
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