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Journalist Recalls Phone Threat Ordeal

Congolese reporter speaks of harrowing messages threatening to kill her and two colleagues. I pick up and hear the voice of my colleague Caddy Adzuba from Radio Okapi on the other end of the line. She says she has an important...

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Tribe clash forces new displacement in DR Congo

KINSHASA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The population of the Buburu locality, situated in the Bomongo territory in the Equateur province of the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC), deserted their homes on Friday and Saturday to take...

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Your Move, Captain Sullenberger

By Jack Loftus on November 23, 2009 at 2:00 AM Hudson River water landings? That’s so yesterday, man. Somewhere in the Congo today there’s a pilot who, after a slight, um, miscalculation, crash landed his plane in a lava field....

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Obéissance Plus Group : The Democratic Republic of the Congo

75 of $3,975 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 22, 2009 Tshibangu Kazadi, aged 50, is the leader of a group of micro-entrepreneurs called "Obéissance Plus". It is composed in solidarity of 33 members who have a need for...

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US support DRC to fight sexual violence

The United States of America has made a financial donation of $17 million to assist the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in its efforts to end sexual violence against women in that country. DR Congo’s Minister of...

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Enabling rhythms

Disabled Congolese band rocks the UK They rehearse in a tumbledown zoo, they are disabled and they come from one of the poorest nations on Earth. Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili have overcome more than most to put together an...

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Congo-Kinshasa: New Wave of Refugees Flees Fresh Fighting

Brazzaville — Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials. About 100...

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Eleven killed in Congo ethnic clashes - U.N.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Two days of clashes between rival ethnic groups killed 11 people in isolated northern Democratic Republic of Congo this week, the country's United Nations peacekeeping mission said on Friday.

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Boeing 727 experiences mishap on landing in Goma

KINSHASA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 727 of the African Aviation Company (AAC), an airline company of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), experienced a mishap while landing Thursday at the Goma international airport in...

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Paris Club Set to Waive 7bn Congo Debt

The Paris Club of creditor nations is close to reaching an accord on debt relief for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said yesterday, as a newspaper reported an agreement has been stalled by the US and Canada.

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