Nord-Kivu

                   

MSF Expresses Concern About Armed Aid Convoys in DRC

digitaljournal.com
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Military-escorted aid convoys also risk blurring the line between humanitarian assistance and political-military action. MSF stresses the need to maintain this crucial distinction in the volatile Kivu region.

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UN commander says hands are tied in Congo

telegraph.co.uk
23 hrs ago
        

United Nations forces cannot defeat rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo unless their rules of engagement are rewritten, according to their front-line commander. General Bipin Rawat, who commands UN troops in North Kivu...

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FIghting rages in DRC despite ceasefire plan

mg.co.za
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GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Nov 17 2008 12:00 The Democratic Republic of Congo's army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week despite the rebel leader's promise to support a ceasefire, the United...

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Guerillas threaten gorillas in Africa's oldest national park

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Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 16, 2008 - The new conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced dozens of rangers to flee Africa's oldest national park, leaving hundreds of threatened mountain gorillas at the mercy of rebel...

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DR Congo army feared, not fearless

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Kinshasa (AFP) Nov 14, 2008 - The Congolese army, whose incompetence has been rudely exposed by a string of reverses at the hands of a renegade general, is a hotchpotch of badly-paid troops seen as both corrupt and...

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Group Raises Alarm On Congo Crisis

allafrica.com
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Posted to the web 17 November 2008 Festus Owete Abuja A non-governmental organisation, Oxfam GB Nigeria, has raised alarm over increasing cases of forced labour, rape and widespread brutality in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

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Rebel leader tells UN envoy of ceasefire but fighting rages in Congo

timesonline.co.uk
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His rebel fighters have helped to force a quarter of a million Congolese villagers from their homes in the past three months and kept a region in turmoil. Yesterday, however, General Laurent Nkunda emerged from the bush in a...

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WHO And Health Partners Lead Massive Cholera Response In Eastern DRC

pharmiweb.co.uk
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and health partners have launched an intensive operation to prevent and control the increase in the number of cholera cases, which have tripled in some areas to 150 a week, amid the recent...

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UN envoy in DR Congo peace mission

bbc.co.uk
16-Nov-2008 184 related
        

The new UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Goma on a mission to end the fighting. Mark Doyle reports from Goma. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best...

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physorg.com: File photo shows a mountain gorilla holding her newly born baby in the Democratic Republic of Congos Virunga Park. The new conflict in the country has forced dozens of rangers to flee Africas oldest national park leaving hundreds of threatened mounta ... physorg.com

Guerillas threaten gorillas in Africa's oldest national park

physorg.com
16-Nov-2008 5 related
        

The new conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced dozens of rangers to flee Africa's oldest national park, leaving hundreds of threatened mountain gorillas at the mercy of rebel fighters and poachers.

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