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Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.
A passenger plane overshot the runway Thursday, landing in hardened lava surrounding an airport in eastern Congo and injuring 20 people, a U.N.-run radio station reported.
A U.N.-run radio station says a passenger plane overshot a runway in eastern Congo and landed in lava, injuring 20 people.
A top human rights group is accusing the Congolese military of killing more than 500 civilians in eastern Congo and says the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from decapitating men and raping young girls.
A U.N.-run radio station says 47 police officers have been killed amid fighting in northern Congo.
Congo's president says his forces are succeeding against an extremist Rwandan militia in his country's east.
An Angolan official says his country and neighboring Congo have agreed to suspend thousands of deportations.
Ugandan-led rebels are expanding their territory in northern Congo, committing child abductions, rapes, and — in one instance, forcing a man to club his own brother to death, an international aid group said Wednesday.
More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian groups said Tuesday.
A government official says a boat sank in a river in southwestern Congo, killing at least 15 and leaving 34 missing.
A Congolese court sentenced two Norwegians to death Tuesday after convicting them of espionage and murder, drawing sharp criticism from Norway's government.
A small cargo plane crashed into a cemetery Wednesday morning, killing six people, the country's top transport official said.
An Air France Airbus 330 carrying 168 passengers hit a building after landing in Congo's capital, but no one was hurt, an aviation official said Thursday.
The U.N. refugee agency says 536,000 people have been chased from their homes in eastern Congo this year as a result of clashes between government forces and rebels linked to neighboring Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
International companies are fueling the conflict in eastern Congo by not checking the origins of the minerals they buy, a human rights group said.
Congo must crack down on rampant sexual violence perpetrated by military generals and other top officers, a prominent international human rights group said Thursday.
The Republic of Congo's top opposition politician filed on Friday for an annulment of the incumbent president's re-election and claimed there had been vote-rigging and intimidation.
Ugandan rebels this year have killed around 1,200 Congolese civilians and abducted 1,500, mostly children, in a remote region of northeast Congo, a U.N. official said Friday.
Scientists found evidence of intense volcanic activity — including tremors, pools of lava and plumes of smoke — at two volcanoes near a major city in eastern Congo, and said some residents had fled for fear of an eruption.
The death toll from the crash of a Boeing 737 that went down over a village in Congo has risen to seven, officials in Congo and neighboring Central African Republic said on Thursday.
Authorities in eastern Congo have saved a baby gorilla from an animal trafficker who took it inside a plane hidden in a bag.
At least 90 women have been raped and 180 villagers killed over the past two months by rebels as well as government forces in volatile eastern Congo, a top human rights group said in a report Thursday.
Consumers buying iPods, Blackberries and cell phones should use their buying power to pressure electronics manufacturers to stop buying the minerals fueling one of Africa's deadliest wars, activists said Wednesday.
The teenage newlyweds fled the fighting in eastern Congo that destroyed their home. They want to start a family, but their lives remain on hold months later along with 20,000 others at this refugee camp.
Uganda began withdrawing troops hunting brutal Lord's Resistance Army rebels in neighboring Congo after the deadline for them to leave expired Sunday, an army spokesman said .
Germany arrests top Rwanda rebelsPolice in Germany have arrested two Rwandan militia leaders on suspicion of crimes committed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Top Hutu militia leaders arrested in GermanyTwo top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Wednesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo .
Global migration: Where the trains run on time[Manila, Philippines] The results of a poll recently released by the US-based Gallup Organization say that some 700 million people worldwide would move to another country if they could.
Activist: Rape of women, girls a weapon of war in CongoRape has turned into a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the number of attacks on women having grown threefold over the past few years, human rights activists said in October.
Grand theft Congo – who are the plunderers?Most of us probably havent even heard of cassiterite – the mineral used in electronics especially laptops. There was a time when laptops used to be hugely expensive. Now you can pick up one for a couple of hundred pounds.
Security Council demands end to conflict-related sexual violenceWomen marching against sexual violence in the DRC (file photo) 30 September 2009 – The Security Council today demanded that all parties to armed conflict take immediate action to protect civilians, including women and children, from all forms of sexual violence, and urged gr …
Survivors of Congo's rape epidemic rebuildGOMA, Congo | Masika Katsuva was once the wife of a successful businessman, an educated woman who raised her four daughters also to be strong and proud.
Scale of gorilla poaching exposedAn undercover investigation has found that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a region of the Republic of Congo.
Censoring 'Tintin in the Congo'Why an 80-year-old comic book is being pulled from the shelves
New Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male 'Rape' Victims It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa's hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet, six inches tall. He tried to fight back, but said he was quickly beaten down.
Girl, 9, details rape in Congo to photographerThe young girl whispered in a hushed tone. She looked down as she spoke, only glancing up from her dark round eyes every now and then. She wanted to tell more, but she was too ashamed.
Will Hillary Put Muscle Behind Her Promise Of A Feminist Foreign Policy? In the real-life Congo, however, mass rape isn't set to a soundtrack of music and dance. A very important Washington Post story describes how sexual violence is a defining feature of the current, U.S.-backed military operation in the country, intended to quell rebel militias.
Shaken Clinton urges action on Congo's sexual violenceUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visibly moved by first-hand evidence of the brutality of war in eastern Congo, yesterday delivered an impassioned appeal for action to end rampant sexual violence she called "evil in its basest form".
A Thought Experiment (Regarding Hillary Clinton)Imagine, for a moment, a journalist at a press conference back in the H.W. Bush days asking James Baker what his wife thought about our invasion of Iraq. Imagine Baker, quite reasonably, stating that questions should be directed at him, not his wife.
African workers find harsh conditions in Chinese-run plants | McClatchyLUBUMBASHI, Congo — Here in one of the richest mineral belts in the world, where copper and cobalt almost seem to burst from the rugged earth, the people have grown accustomed to foreign opportunists.
Caritas aid worker killed in CongoCaritas Internationalis is condemning the growing climate of insecurity in eastern Congo following the killing of a Caritas staff member who worked for Caritas France (Secours Catholique).
The murky world of Omar Bongo French authorities are to investigate the assets of the Gabonese President Omar Bongo, who is accused of misappropriating millions of dollars meant for public services.
I was taught that you don't make a decision about another culture based on the actions of a few, that's idiotic; I have also learned over the years that the world is filled with idiots.
Mining Interests Tied to Rape Impunity in CongoPersistent and often chaotic battling in eastern Congo have led to the world's worst case of massive rapes. The search for perpetrators increasingly targets corporate mining interests. The fourth of four stories.
African Union in rift with ICCThe African Union says it will halt co-operation with the International Criminal Court over its decision to charge Sudan's leader with war crimes. President Omar al-Bashir was indicted over alleged atrocities in the Darfur region in March.
Congo Peace Initiative LaunchedPoliticians and Congolese church leaders launched the Prayer for Peace in Congo initiative at the House of Lords today (June 30), calling for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Fireworks spread terror in war weary Congo townIndependence day fireworks sent terrified Congolese sprinting for cover Tuesday in fear that war had broken out again in their eastern city.
Civilians 'bear the brunt of war' Civilians bear the brunt of modern conflict, a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross suggests. Henri Dunant founded the organisation after witnessing the dead and dying soldiers at the battle of Solferino during the Italian wars of independence.
Congo ecosystem collapsing under the weight of civil war"By now, the internecine wars of eastern Congo have acquired a haunting familiarity: rebels plunder the country's natural riches, and the looting feeds a cycle of impoverishment, corruption, and violence.
The Incredible Story of Conflict Mineral Mining in ImagesThe Real Price Of Gadget Addictions: Mining In Congo
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