Communiques – en
17.02.11 Declaration religious leaders Gulu on LRA
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Read More10.02.11 MEDIA ADVISORY – TRIAL OF DRC SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF MASS RAPE IN FIZI OPENS TOMORROW IN SPECIAL MOBILE GENDER COURT
JOHANNESBURG – The trial will begin tomorrow of 11 Congolese soldiers, including Lt. Colonel Kibibi Mutwara, charged with involvement in the mass rape of over 40 women in the town of Fizi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on New Year’s Day.
Read More10.02.11 US state Department 2010 in Review: Conflict prevention andstabilisation operations
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Read More09.02.11 ALDE – Verhofstadt on Kabila: changing the constitution now is unacceptable
Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader, robustly criticized Joseph Kabila at the opening of the ALDEPAC conference in Djibouti today. Mr Verhostadt was addressing delegates including the President of Djibouti, MEPs and MPs from 20 different African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
Read More08.02.11 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Human rights concerns in the run up to Presidential election campaigns
Read More20.01.11 IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review Under Nation?s ECF Arrangement and Approves U.S.$1.9 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fourth review of the Republic of Congo’s economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of an amount of SDR 1.2 million (about US$1.9 million), bringing total disbursements under the ECF to the Republic of Congo to SDR 6.0 million (about US$9.4 million).
Read More19.01.11 EurAc: In support of elections based on mass citizen participation in Congo
Brussels, January 19th 2011,
The 1st January 2011 marked the beginning of an election year in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A new cycle of elections will renew the institutions which resulted from the historical elections of 2006 and led to the establishment of the Third Republic.
Read More15.01.11 PRESS RELEASE: UNION FOR DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS OFFICE OF REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
BREACH OF THE CONSTITUTION PROVISIONS
After 10 years in office, and having failed to deliver in his 2006 election manifesto, President Joseph Kabila has resorted to desperate measures in the effort to hang on power in the upcoming elections. In utter contempt to the country constitution, the presidential political family has engaged in a dangerous move to review the election laws embodied in the constitution, which entails that from November 2011 presidential election there will no longer be a second round to claim victory regardless of the result.
Read More11.01.11 Bas Congo: Feronia Inc. Continues Expansion Into Arable Farming
TORONTO – Feronia Inc. is pleased to announce that it has sown its first crop of edible beans at its 10,000 hectare arable farming operation in Bas Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo. To date 600 hectares of past- producing farmland have been cleared, 300 hectares plowed, and 17 hectares sown.
Read More29.12.10 International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto): Journalist Robert Shemahamba Released After Ten Days in Custody, Another Journalist Reported Missing
"I thank God and all those who lobbied for my release. The ten days in detention were a nightmare.
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