Bukavu

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Launches Campaign to End Use of Child Soldiers

allafrica.com     Jun 26, 2008   2 related          

Monday 23 June 2008 marked the official launch in Bukavu of the public awareness campaign entitled "Zero Children Associated with Armed Forces and Groups," sponsored by the DR Congo's First Lady Mrs. Olive Kabila, and organised...                

DRC Hospital Receives Grant to Help Rape Victims

voanews.com     Jun 9, 2008   20 related          

De Capua interview with Betty Makoni - Listen (MP3) Humanitarian and health officials have called the eastern DRC the worst place in the world for women. The Panzi Hospital in Bukavu has treated thousands of rape victims. “The...                

D.R. of Congo: Streamline architecture in Bukavu and getting by in Kinshasa

globalvoicesonline.org     Jun 6, 2008          

Do you want to buy something in Kinshasa? Don and Marsha of Congo Chatter have a detailed post on ‘how things are sold' in Kinshasa. Whether you're looking for a European used car, a Coke bottle full of diesel, a walking stick,...                

Congo-Kinshasa: Women Left for Dead - And the Man Who's Saving Them

allafrica.com     May 29, 2008   1 related          

In the Congo, where tens of thousands of women are brutally raped every year, Dr. Denis Mukwege repairs their broken bodies and souls. Eve Ensler visits him and finds hope amid the horror. ... Posted to the web 29 May 2008 Eve Ensler In the Congo, where tens of thousands...                

JED Welcomes Acquittal of Murdered Journalist Serge Maheshe's Two Friends, Deplores Unfair Trial

allafrica.com     May 22, 2008   10 related          

In a verdict made public on 21 May 2008, the Military Appeals Court in Bukavu (capital of South-Kivu province, eastern DR Congo) sentenced to death Freddy Bisimwa Matabaro and Mugisho Rwenzagabo, also known as Mastakila, the two alleged assassins of journalist Serge Maheshe, and discharged his...                

Congo-Kinshasa: Appeal Court Clears Murdered Journalist's Two Friends But Otherwise Fails to...

allafrica.com     May 22, 2008   14 related          

Reporters Without Borders and its partner organisation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Journalist in Danger (JED), are relieved to learn that the two friends of journalist Serge Maheshe who were with him when he was murdered last year in Bukavu, in the eastern province Sud-Kivu, have been...                

Declaration by the Presidency, on behalf of the EU, on impunity in the

nieuwsbank.nl     May 14, 2008   2 related          

Woensdag 14 mei 2008 | Sloveens voorzitterschap EU 2008 ] The European Union is deeply concerned by the serious irregularities observed during the appeal hearings of the alleged killers of the journalist Serge Maheshe, currently taking place in a Bukavu military                

Eight Injured in Attack on Civilians

allafrica.com     Apr 29, 2008   3 related          

The United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today condemned what it called a "criminal attack" on a lorry transporting civilians in the country's South Kivu province, which left eight civilians injured, three of them seriously.                

Pharmakina Bukavu

timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com     Apr 24, 2008          

Pharmakina Bukavu is an innovative vertically integrated manufacturer of quinine anti-malarial drugs. Their operations range from the production of seedlings and extraction of quinine from the quinquina barks, right through to synthesis of tableted,liquid and injection preparations.                

Concern About Death Threats Against Those Observing Appeal Hearings in Serge Maheshe Murder Case

allafrica.com     Apr 21, 2008   3 related          

Reporters Without Borders is very worried about death threats that were sent anonymously by SMS message on 17 and 19 April to four independent observers who are monitoring the appeal hearings of four people convicted of the June 2007 murder of journalist Serge Maheshe in the eastern city Bukavu....                

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