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1. Congo, il fallimento dell’Onu
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In Congo i caschi blu dell'Onu non sono capaci di garantire la sicurezza della popolazione, e i gruppi armati fanno il bello e il cattivo tempo. Soprattutto il secondo Read Full Article  ...

2. Congo-Kinshasa: Ambassador Rice Calls Sexual Violence 'Outrageous'
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Ambassador Rice: I want to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary General Khare and SRSG Wallstrom for what was both in the chamber and in our consultations a very frank, comprehensive and we think illuminating ...

3. Secretary-General concludes visit to Rwanda to discuss human rights report
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... the Congo (DRC) human rights report compiled by the United Nations. Read Full Article  ...

4. UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
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The United Nations reported yesterday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted ...

5. UN reports 500 rape cases in Congo
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The United Nations has accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens in eastern Congo, where more than 500 systematic rapes have been committed by armed combatants since July this year.  ...

6. U.N. Report Faults Peacekeepers
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A U.N. official told the Security Council that U.N. peacekeepers charged with protecting civilians failed to prevent armed rebels from raping 242 women in several eastern Congo villages five weeks ago. ...

7. UN admits it failed to stop Congo rapes
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UN troops failed the victims of mass rapes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 500 sex assaults have been reported in the past month, a top UN peacekeeping official said. Read Full ...

8. U.N. urges sanctions against rebel rapists in Congo
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... Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read Full Article  ...

9. UN 'failed' DR Congo rape victims
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A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, and says the numbers affected are double the previous estimate. Read Full Article  ...

10. The Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang on Monday the 6th of September 2010, at the star building received in audience His Excellency Eric Epeny Obondzo, outgoing Ambassadeur of the Republic of Congo in the name of Head of State.
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« We made a special effort to uphold fruitful reltions between our two countries especially to make up for time lost due to the wars that my country suffered from," says the diplomat to the press following ...

11. Congo revises toll in river disasters
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The Congolese government has denied reports that hundreds of people perished in two boating accidents, saying only 26 travellers drowned. Read Full Article  ...

12. 26 people drown in DR Congo river disasters: govt
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The Congolese government on Monday said at least 26 people had drowned in two boating disasters at the weekend while denying initial reports that hundreds of people could have perished. Read Full Article ...

13. ENRC's stake in disputed DRC mine is a minefield
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Quantum Minerals claim of illegal seizure is still under arbitration – FTSE 100 company ENRC needs to look to its reputation • Mining companies clash over Congo copper mine Canadian copper group First ...

14. Congo-Kinshasa: Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect Civilians
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... Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month. Read Full Article  ...

15. Unknown number of missing after boats capsizes in Congo
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Two cargo vessels capsized in the course of two days in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving 15 people dead and an unknown number of people missing, a government spokeswoman said Monday. Read Full ...

16. At least 24 killed in DRCongo boat capsize
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KINSHASA - A fishing boat capsized in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 24 people, government spokesman Lamber Mende said on Monday. Read Full Article  ...

17. Sishen echo as Zuma’s nephew sells Congo rights
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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma’s nephew Khulubuse Zuma is reliably understood to have sold on his disputed rights — thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars — to oilfields in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

18. RD Congo/Goma : coup d'envoi de la campagne d'inscription des enfants à l'école
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Le gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu et l'Unicef ont lancé, samedi 4 septembre à Goma, la campagne de sensibilisation des parents pour envoyer tous les enfants en âge scolaire à l'école, filles et garçons ...

19. Hundreds believed dead in two DR Congo boat accidents
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Hundreds of people are feared dead after two weekend boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Sunday, dpa reported. The United Nations-backed Radio Okapi reported that a boat capsized ...

20. AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
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Two boat capsizes in one weekend on Congo's vast rivers have left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated incidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few ...

21. Hundreds believed dead in two DR Congo boat accidents
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Nairobi/Kinshasa - Hundreds of people are feared dead after two weekend boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Sunday. The United Nations-backed Radio Okapi reported that a boat ...

22. Congo-Kinshasa: Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
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Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), U.N. officials told reporters ...

23. Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 20 Children Among Hundreds Raped in Eastern DR Congo - UN
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More than two dozen children were among the hundreds of civilians recently raped by members of armed groups active in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations reported ...

24. Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United ...

25. Over two dozen minors raped in eastern Congo: U.N.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United ...

26. Humans with monkeypox virus cases rocket
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A 20-fold jump in the number of humans with a smallpox-related virus in Congo has provoked a call to assess its global threat Read Full Article  ...

27. UN to release Congo ‘genocide’ report in October
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* Report details more than 600 incidents of human rights abuses in eastern Congo between 1993 and 2003 GENEVA: A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year ...

28. Congo rejects recommendation in UN report on genocide
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Guest blogger Jason Stearns says that the Congolese government's rejection of recommendations made in a UN report on the possible genocide makes it less likely that crimes will be adequately addressed. ...

29. Congo attacks report delayed: UN
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A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the UN's top human rights official said Thursday. Read Full Article ...

30. Congo gunmen fire at aid plane
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Gunmen in eastern Congo have fired on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and were later rescued. Read Full Article  ...

31. Gunmen fire at aid plane
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IMC regional director Miel Hendrickson said earlier that the endangered staff of the Los Angeles-based medical aid group were three Americans and one Georgian who were on the aircraft, and two Congolese ...

32. Gunmen fire on plane carrying aid workers in Congo
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By MICHELLE FAUL 2010-09-01T15:49:32Z JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Gunmen in eastern Congo fired Wednesday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest, the regional director ...

33. Gianfranco De Maio
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Gianfranco De Maio è un medico italiano, specialista in neurologia e medicina tropicale. Lavora con Medici Senza Frontiere dal 2001. Ha lavorato in Repubblica Democratica del Congo, in Costa d’Avorio, ...

34. Press Conference by Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, 31 Aug 2010
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In the wake of the latest incidents of mass sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, perpetrators must be held to account and the response of the United Nations must be improved, the Special ...

35. First Quantum slapped again
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It is a bad situation that keeps getting worse.Over the past several months, Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has faced multiple nightmares in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): two... ...

36. U.N. Envoy: Congo Should Prosecute Rebel Rapists
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Margot Wallstrom Also Reminded Political and Military Leaders of Rebel Groups They Can Be Prosecuted by Intl. Criminal Court Read Full Article

37. UN: DRC Rebels May Face Charges for Rapes
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UN says rebels raped over 150 women, many of them in front of their husbands and children, in town in eastern Congo Read Full Article  ...

38. Rwanda considers pulling its peacekeepers from Darfur
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... genocide in Congo. Read Full Article  ...

39. Rwanda considers pulling its peacekeepers from Darfur
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... genocide in Congo. Read Full Article  ...

40. Hell on Earth: The UN Documents Congo's Bloodbath
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Women and girls were raped. Men slaughtered. Refugees killed with machetes and sticks. A new UN report describes an orgy of violence in Congo between 1993 and 2003, meticulously documenting how law and ...

41. D.R Congo: Outrage grows over UN failure to protect civilians (8/29/2010)
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The government of D.R Congo and the UN have failed to protect women and other civilians from repeated incidences of rape by members of armed groups and the Congolese army. Following a recent incident in ...

42. UK complicit in bankrolling Congo conflict
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Leaked UN report accuses Rwanda of possible genocide in Congo , 27 August). This has seismic implications for British foreign and development policy towards Rwanda, which the present government needs ... ...

43. Viols en RDC : le Représentant de l'ONU condamne des actes ''ignominieux''
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Le Représentant spécial de l'ONU et chef de la Mission de Stabilisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUSCO) a annoncé que les procédures d'interventions de la mission avaient ...

44. DR Congo: UN reviewing procedures to better protects civilians after rape
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The United Nations special envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today condemned the recent incident of gang rape by members of armed groups in the east of the country, saying that the UN mission ...

45. Jean-Léonard Touadi
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Jean-Léonard Touadi è un giornalista e politico italiano. È nato nel Congo-Brazzaville nel 1959. Laureato in filosofia, giornalismo e scienze politiche a Roma, insegna in diverse università italiane. Scrive ...

46. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: MP speaks out on effects of drilling in the DRC
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Democratic Republic of Congo 0 Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are becoming more concerned about air pollution caused by oil companies along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Jean-Claude ...

47. Democratic Republic of Congo / Mass rape highlights failures in protection and justice
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Democratic Republic of Congo / Mass rape highlights failures in protection and justice KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) August 30, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Amnesty International is appalled ...

48. Congo rapes: Scramble for Africa | Editorial
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The rape of more than 150 women and children is probably, though not yet proven to be, connected with the exploitation of mineral mines Cassiterite, wolframite, coltan: they might be the spoiled offspring ...

49. U.N. says Rwandan troops carried out mass killings in '90s
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An exhaustive U.N. investigation into the history of violence in Congo has concluded that the Rwandan military and its allies carried out hundreds of large-scale killings of ethnic Hutu refugees during ...

50. Czech Republic to close five embassies
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The Czech government on Saturday decided to close the embassies in Congo, Venezuela, Kenya, Yemen and Costa Rica as part of the Foreign Ministry's budget saving plan, the CTK news agency reports. The Czech ...