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Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo

http://advocacynet.org/resource/1252

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic...

DRC: Ebola outbreak “under control”

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

An epidemic of the haemorrhagic Ebola fever reported in Mweka and Luebo health zones in the southern province of Kasai Occidental is over, the...

UNICEF welcomes release of 85 children from armed forces in North Kivu

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Agency calls for release of all children from armed groups UNICEF welcomed today the release of 85 children by the Mayi Mayi armed group in North...

UNICEF highlights deteriorating situation of children and women in eastern DRC

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_46983.html

Friday, January 02, 2009

The escalation of conflict and upheaval of people from their homes and shelters have led to further violations of children's and women’s rights in...

Congo agrees to rebel peace talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7766602.stm

Friday, December 05, 2008

The Democratic Republic of Congo government has agreed to a long-standing rebel demand for talks, to start on Monday, officials say.Until now, the...

DRC-ZAMBIA: Kivu fighting slows refugee repatriation

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81679

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

LUSAKA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is jeopardising a voluntary repatriation...

DRC: State forces kill 500 over two years, says rights group

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81658

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the...

DRC: Fears for IDP safety following camp attack

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81655

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Fears for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have escalated after the weekend shooting of...

The general who holds Congo's fate in his hands

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-general-who-holds-congos-fate-in-his-hands-1032209.html

Monday, November 24, 2008

The renegade general whose sweeping advance last month triggered mass panic in Eastern Congo and threatened total humiliation for the UN's biggest...

Congo: Rangers risk lives to guard gorillas as violence spreads

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5209004.ece

Monday, November 24, 2008

“I was worried about the gorillas and elephants,” Dusabimana John said, a ranger at Virunga National Park, standing amid ammunition discarded by...

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