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Made Popular Jun 23 2009
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Rioting inmates raped around 20 female prisoners during a failed prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo’s violence-ravaged east, the country’s U.N. peacekeeping mission said.

Two people were killed and 12 others were injured when prisoners...

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Steve Swint, Baltimore
In the past few months tensions have flared again in the Western region of Congo. A lawless place with little to no government control, this region has often been...
made popular Nov 18 2008
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John, Kampala
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan officials and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels met in Kampala on Wednesday to try to push forward a stalled peace process aimed...
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Sanwali, Shimla
It is the UN’s biggest and most expensive peacekeeping operation ever. But when things got serious in the Democratic Republic of Congo the blue helmets failed to...
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Liezel, Pretoria
Soaring food prices, supply fears among import-dependent countries and rising demand for biofuels have driven up investment in agricultural land, notably in Africa. The...
made popular Oct 14 2008
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ARVIND K.PANDEY, ALLAHABAD
AFRICAN NATIONS : PICTURE OF GRIEF ARVIND K.PANDEY Though Africa has come of age , there are many dark sides which are coming in its way of attaining...
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Tomas, Atlanta
To the outside world it has become as known as Africa’s First World War with its foreign armies and invasions, and ceaseless killing and dying that seems to...
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Kevin, Columbia
At last Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed an agreement to end tension along their common border. The tension resulted from the discovery,...
made popular May 13 2008
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Riedewaan, Pretoria
Congo Not too long ago, the 30-mile journey from this village to the nearest city was virtually impossible by car. It took at least 14 hours walking from dawn to dark,...
made popular May 2 2008
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The United Nations Peacekeeping mission has of late been under scanner, already involved in many sexual exploitation and human rights abuse scandals apart from various...
made popular Apr 28 2008
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Aaron, Liverpool
Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings...
made popular Apr 24 2008
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Apr 30 2009 by AP0 Comments

Officials say the death toll from the crash of a Boeing 737 that went down over a village in Congo has risen to seven.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

A Boeing 737 on a test flight crashed southeast of Congo’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least three people, officials said.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

A provincial governor says a plane has crashed southeast of Congo’s capital. There is no word on casualties or whether it is a cargo or passenger plane.

 
 
Apr 28 2009 by AP0 Comments

Authorities in eastern Congo have saved a baby gorilla from an animal trafficker who took it inside a plane hidden in a bag.

 
 
Mar 15 2009 by AP0 Comments

Uganda began withdrawing troops hunting brutal Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in neighboring Congo after the deadline for them to there expired Sunday, a Ugandan army spokesman said .

 
 
Mar 14 2009 by AP0 Comments

Zamuda Sikujuwa shuffles to a bench in the sunshine, pushes apart her thighs with a grimace of pain and pumps her fist up and down in a lewd-looking gesture to show how the militiamen shoved an automatic rifle inside her.

 
 
Mar 7 2009 by AP0 Comments

Some beat their heads against the wall until doctors inject them with tranquilizers. Others remain mute for days, their eyes darting around like frightened animals.

 
 
Mar 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

Thousands of Rwandan troops have departed neighboring Congo following an unusual joint military operation but Rwanda’s president said Sunday it wasn’t the end of cooperation between the former enemies.

 
 
Feb 28 2009 by AP0 Comments

The U.N. chief on Saturday called for close collaboration between Congo’s government and the U.N.’s beleaguered peacekeeping mission there, but said its mandate is to support, not substitute for, action by Congolese authorities.

 
 
Feb 19 2009 by AP0 Comments

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark on a wide-ranging African tour next week in a bid to shore up Congo’s struggling peacekeeping mission, show support for victims of war in Congo and Rwanda and press for progress on climate change.

 
 
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