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13 12 13 Joint ICGLR-SADC Communique on the kampala dialoque
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Read More04 12 13 WFP – Even Harder Times Ahead For Displaced In DR Congo
The World Food Programme is currently experiencing a shortage of funds – and consequently of food stocks – for its operations in DRC. This has already forced WFP to cut food rations in camps for displaced people in the east of the country. So serious has the funding situation now become that food assistance to many is set to be stopped altogether in coming months.
Read More29 11 13 GREENPEACE – Germany seizes Congolese wood in strongest EU action yet against illegal timber trade
27 November 2013 – German authorities have seized two batches of illegal timber from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The seizure is the strongest case of enforcement of an EU law banning the trade in illegally sourced timber which took effect in March 2013. The government action was triggered by a tip-off from Greenpeace.
Read More26 11 13 On International Day, UN Urges Renewed Efforts to End Violence Against Women, Girls
Today is an opportunity for each person to recommit to ending the harm being committed against one out of three women, senior United Nations officials said marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Read More26 11 13 DR Congo: senior UN envoy begins visit to bolster regional peace efforts
The senior United Nations official for the Great Lakes region of Africa has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, the Republic of Congo, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read More18 11 13 The East African: Uganda, Rwanda reach out to DRC after deal flops
Over the past few days, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has been in contact with his Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila, in an attempt to encourage Kinshasa to sign the peace pact negotiated before the defeat of the M23 rebels.
Read More13 11 13 Oxfam – Communities still at risk: Any future military action in eastern DRC must minimize harm to civilians
“Alongside any military action, there must be a political process that addresses deep-seated issues including land, livelihoods, control of resources and representation of all communities.”
Tariq Riebl
Oxfam’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Goma
Read More12 11 13 EU Statement on the Kampala Dialogue
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Read More11/11/13 UN News Center: UN and partners voice regret at delay in signing of DR Congo-M23 peace deal
United Nations envoys and their diplomatic counterparts today voiced regret that peace talks between the M23 rebel group and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could not be concluded this evening, while also stressing that any solution to their conflict must ensure accountability for those who have committed grave crimes.
Read More06 11 13 Joint Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference On the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
5 NOVEMBER 2013
Pretoria — 1. Communique – Joint Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) was held in Pretoria, South Africa on 04 November, 2013:
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