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11 03 14 – Sit-in & press conference in Brussels
On the occasion of the Symposium on Human Rights organised by
the EICC (Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition) with the participation of 89 firms operating in the electronics industry
10 03 14 UN: with attack helicopters deployed, UN envoy urges rebels to lay down arms
After the intensification of United Nations support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in joint operations against an armed group known as the Allied Democratic Forces, the world body’s envoy to the vast African nation today called on the rebels to lay down their weapons.
Read More10 03 14 The Independent (Uganda): The ADF-Nalu Was Next On the List
MONUSCO has vowed to help Kinshasa rid the region of the myriad rebel groups running amok in one of the continent's most impenetrable regions. ADF-Nalu stands for Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda. It is one of the oldest but lesser known rebellions based in North-Kivu and is considered the only Islamist organisation in the region.
Read More07 03 14 – Martin Kobler, MONUSCO Chief, welcomes ICC decision on Congolese warlord
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Read More17 02 14 African Arguments – Vital Kamerhe: Kabila’s public enemy number one?
By Kris Berwouts
On Friday 7th and Sunday 9th of February, the Congolese opposition leader Vital Kamerhe and a delegation of his party tried to take a plane from Kinshasa to Goma, to complete a tour through eastern Congo. The authorities prevented his departure twice. There was also a strange indictment against him for an old case of defamation brought by MP Wivine Moleka. It’s possible that Kamerhe will now face a trial and up to 3 years imprisonment. Is Kabila’s former right hand man now becoming public enemy number one?
Read More10 02 14 RT (ru) – The West refuses to develop Africa’s potential’
Africa could feed itself and provide food for the rest of the world if we develop it, but the West prefers to let people die from famine and war rather than develop these countries, Lawrence Freeman from Executive Intelligence Review Magazine told RT.
Read More08 02 14 Kongomani – Some thoughts and facts about the ongoing crisis in the DRC (Part 1)
Nothing seems very logic in the DRC: the soft boiling Congolese kettle of small scale wars in the east and in the south of the country, of the ongoing political gossip and corruption in Kinshasa and the ongoing exploitation of minerals in the south was suddenly boiling on the 30-st of December of last when several targets in the country where attacked by the followers of a certain Paul Joseph Mukungubila.
Read More06 02 14 Reuters – European Union seeks to stem use of conflict minerals
* EU to go beyond Kimberley Process, include more than diamonds
* EU remains divided over whether the process should be binding
By Francesco Guarascio
Read More06 02 14 ICC: Opening Hearing in Congolese Warlord Case
Ntaganda Faces Charges of Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes
Read More05 02 14 – 2014 Honorary crown of scientific research on poverty
On Patron St Feast each year KU Leuven honors persons of exceptional academic, social or cultural level On February 3, 2014 honorary doctorates are awarded to specialists who each have contributed to the research and tackling poverty . Their own way were the crowning
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