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DR Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda arrested - 23 Jan 2009
Kinshasa (DR Congo), Jan 23 (Xinhua) Laurent Nkunda, Tutsi rebel leader... of Congo (DR Congo), has been arrested, a statement from a joint Rwandan-DR Congo military operation said Friday. The statement said Nkunda was captured

Congo, Rwanda agree to attend summit on Congo violence - 01 Nov 2008
a regional summit aimed at resolving the conflict in the east of Congo, reports... leaders.   Top US envoy for Africa Jendayi Frazer was in Congo, while... Miliband were also due to visit Congo and Rwanda.   One possible venue

UN approaches India, others for more troops for Congo - 21 Nov 2008
nations to send more troops to the conflict-prone African nation of Congo, where... contributor to the UN's mission in Congo, accounting for more than one-fourth of the over 17,000 UN peacekeeping forces in Congo. The request for additional troops

Dozens killed in suspected massacre in eastern Congo: Report - 07 Nov 2008
Nairobi/Goma (Congo), Nov 7 (DPA) Forces of rebel general Laurent Nkunda were suspected in a massacre of dozens of young men in the eastern Congo town... recruitment of child soldiers amid the heavy fighting in eastern Congo.   

EU proposes new Congo summit - 01 Nov 2008
has called for an international summit meeting to resolve the conflict in Congo... bring stability,' he said after talks with Congo President Joseph Kabila and his... region of eastern Congo Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled fighting

UN accuses Congo militas of war crimes - 09 Nov 2008
Nairobi/Goma(Congo), Nov 9 (DPA) The head of the UN mission in Congo, Alan Doss, has condemned militias fighting in the east of the country, accusing them of committing 'war crimes.' Doss said that the UN did not yet have a clear idea

UN considers deployment of 3,000 new troops in Congo - 20 Nov 2008
Republic of Congo, diplomats said. The extra troops were to man a separation zone between the warring parties in eastern Congo, where fighting has... mission in Congo (MONUC) comprises more than 17,000 military troops, who

UN mulls deployment of 3,000 new troops in Congo - 20 Nov 2008
of Congo, diplomats said Wednesday. The extra troops were to man a separation zone between the warring parties in eastern Congo, where fighting has... mission in Congo (MONUC) comprises more than 17,000 military troops, who

Congo's dead monkeys might have spread Ebola virus: WHO - 06 Jan 2009
Luanda (Congo), Jan 6 (Xinhua) The dead monkeys found in a Congo forest last year might be behind the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, the global health... might have led to the outbreak of the Ebola pandemic in Congo.    He

Decision on Congo in consultation with the UN: Antony - 31 Oct 2008
in war-ravaged Congo, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday said the matter has been..., is the largest contributor to the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo....  The UN deployment in the Congo is termed a chapter seven mission under

UN to keep peacekeeping force in Congo for another year - 23 Dec 2008
peacekeeping operation another year in the Democratic Republic of Congo... of the country. The UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) is composed of more than... by the geographical size of Congo and the conflicts there. Its new mandate expires Dec 31, 2009

Congo rebel leader backs ceasefire talks - 16 Nov 2008
Moscow, Nov 16 (RIA Novosti) Congo's rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, whose forces... peacekeepers to Congo.   The UN currently has 17,000 peacekeepers serving as part of the Congo mission known as Monuc, the world's largest

UN aid convoy set to depart for conflict-hit Congo areas - 03 Nov 2008
Nairobi/Goma (Congo), Nov 3 (DPA) A UN aid convoy for providing urgent supplies... of Congo was set to depart Monday morning, an aid official said. The convoy... Kouchner met DR Congo President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, Rwandan President Paul

Army concerned at attacks on Indian peacekeepers in Congo - 30 Oct 2008
peacekeepers in the Congo in which an officer was injured, the Indian Army has urged... soldiers in Congo has been taken note of at the highest level. We have informed... contributor to the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo.  

Diplomatic efforts to resolve Congo crisis under way - 31 Oct 2008
Nairobi, Oct 31 (DPA) Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Congo, where... in Congo Thursday for talks with President Joseph Kabila aimed at ending the violence..., something many believe is key to defusing tensions in the east of Congo. 

Ben Affleck urges world to help stop Congo suffering - 21 Nov 2008
stop the suffering of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo... to (Congo) now but I'm really saddened that it's taken this uptick (increase... about the problems in the area will attract attentions to the Congo.  "My hope

New military engagement rules needed for Congo: Kouchner - 03 Nov 2008
of Congo, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here Monday. 'The rules... the conflict is to bring Rwanda and the DR Congo together at the table.  

UN to deploy more forces to contain Congo conflicts - 01 Nov 2008
Kinshasa, Nov 1 (Xinhua) The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will soon deploy a new force to help the government army... and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, arrived in Congo's capital

Chinese demand for ivory leads to elephant decimation in Congo - 01 Jan 2008
in Congo's troubled Virunga National Park by armed groups, soldiers, and poachers....  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the primary sources.... "We are hemorrhaging elephants out of central Africa and the Congo Basin," he

Human shields used in Congo fighting: UN - 30 Oct 2008
New York, Oct 30 (DPA) The intensified fighting in North Kivu in Congo involved human shields and could create a 'humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions,' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. The fighting between rebel

Rebels take over Virunga National Park in Congo - 26 Oct 2008
, Sunday captured the headquarters of eastern Congo's Virunga National Park... the war in Congo officially ended.   However, the CNDP and government... to Congo after the 1994 massacre in Rwanda, when Hutu militia and military

Discovery of 125,000 gorillas in Congo increases the animal's overall numbers - 01 Jan 2008
western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, leading... Zoo, and the Republic of Congo carried out the census of the primates, which...;The researchers in the central African nation of Republic of Congo - neighbor

Do not send Indian troops for peace-keeping: Congo to UN - 26 Nov 2008
embarrassment to both the UN and India, the African nation of Congo has urged... that the tone and tenor of the official communication implies that Congo does not want... carried out by certain troops within the UN peacekeeping force in Congo, people

Ben Affleck, Mick Jagger join hands to help Congo refugees - 18 Dec 2008
living in the war-torn republic of Congo. The flick named 'Gimme Shelter... (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, is hoping... to bring to light the pathetic condition of the Congo refugees. "Obviously

UN asks African leaders to defuse crisis in DR Congo - 01 Nov 2008
peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon... in Congo as 'very threatening' and asked African leaders to take 'concrete measures...; He also was in communication with Congo's President Joseph Kabila

Women, children hardest hit among Congo refugees: Unicef - 01 Nov 2008
Cologne (Germany), Oct 31 (DPA) Women and children caught up in the fighting in eastern Congo are in urgent need of help, the UN Children's Fund Unicef said Friday. More than a quarter-of-a-million refugees fled the fighting in recent

Army takes action against three of its UN peacekeepers in Congo - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Defence Ministry today said that the Indian Army has taken disciplinary action against three of its UN peacekeepers in the Congo...;The statement said that media reports have emanated from Congo based upon various

Ugandan rebels kill about 400 in Congo: Aid group - 31 Dec 2008
Christmas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a far higher figure than previously... its staff in Dungu-Durama, northeast of Congo, to put the death toll far higher

SADC 'disappointed' at Zimbabwe, calls for Congo ceasefire (Lead) - 09 Nov 2008
are attending the meeting of the 15-nation SADC.   The conflict in Congo...' by the diplomatic interaction between the Congo and neighbouring Rwanda, which... for the overstretched UN peacekeeping force in Congo, MONUC, to be given more

SADC backs Mugabe over powersharing; to assist Congo Army - 10 Nov 2008
part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the presence of Congolese President...' in Congo's North Kivu province. 

African armies move against Ugandan rebels - 15 Dec 2008
Nairobi/Kampala (Uganda), Dec 15 (DPA) Uganda, Congo and South Sudan have attacked the base of Ugandan rebels holed up in the jungles of eastern Congo... that Kony's main camp in the Garamba region of Congo had been attacked over

Congolese rebel leader threatens war if talks not held - 30 Nov 2008
Nairobi/Goma (Congo), Nov 30 (DPA) Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has... president Olusegun Obasanjo in eastern Congo, Nkunda said the government had no choice... to bolster the 17,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUC

Congolese physician wins 2008 Olof Palme Prize - 09 Jan 2009
in the Democratic Republic of Congo'. The prize, worth $75,000, was created in 1987... a frightening tactic of warring factions in the DR Congo.   The jury

Thousands flee as UN, Congolese army battle rebels - 28 Oct 2008
the eastern Congolese town of Goma Tuesday as Congo troops and UN peacekeepers... mission in Congo said that on Monday the CNDP fired five rockets at two UN..., head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, told the BBC that the UN had

India for greater diamond trade co-operation with Africa - 03 Nov 2008
, and Congo - to name a few. "India is fully committed to working with African..., South Africa and Congo, Ramesh said: "We have offered our expertise in mining... in the global meet are Australia, the US, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Canada, Congo

Ugandan rebels massacre 45 Congolese civilians - 29 Dec 2008
Kampala, Dec 29 (DPA) The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has massacred 45 people in a church in the north-east Congo, Uganda's government... of the DR Congo.   The rebels have been hiding out in Garamba since late 2004

Lubanga used child-soldiers 'to kill, pillage and rape': ICC - 26 Jan 2009
of recruiting child soldiers for war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trial...) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and his militia had trained and used hundreds of young

Half million Congolese displaced in four months of fighting - 11 Dec 2008
Kinshasa, Dec 11 (Xinhua) Half a million people in Congo have been displaced... into Congo after the 1994 genocide from Rwandan Hutu rebels.   The agency... for the Justice of Congo have displaced 715 people in Mambasa and 129,527 in Irumu, the OCHA

Ugandan rebels kill more than 40 Congolese civilians - 27 Dec 2008
(LRA), currently facing a regional military offensive in the north-east of Congo... in the Garamba national game park in the remote north-east of Congo.   ...;  The rebels have continued to abduct and kill civilians in Congo, South

UN to transfer 60,000 displaced Congolese to new camps - 14 Nov 2008
Geneva, Nov 14 (DPA) Continuing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted the UN to make plans to transfer 60,000 displaced people... militias who fled to DR Congo after the 1994 massacres in Rwanda, when 800,000

India to be major contributor to nine billion strong global population by 2050 - 12 Mar 2009
London, Mar.12 (ANI): Nine nations-India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, the US, Congo, Tanzania, China and Bangladesh will be majority contributors to the world's population that will hit seven billion by the early part of 2012

Peace talks with Congolese rebels fail - 11 Dec 2008
to discuss all of Congo and not just the east of the country, where fighting has been... for the Defence of the People (CNDP) and Congo officials arrived in Nairobi Monday... of the DR Congo since August as a result of renewed clashes, aid agencies say

Africa's oldest chimp, a conservation icon, dies at 66 - 24 Dec 2008
) Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center in the Republic of Congo.  He died next... at the Brazzaville Zoo in the Republic of Congo's capital city.  Conservationist Aliette..., however, the intermittent Congo civil war worsened, leading to fighting just half

Spanish, British journalists abducted in Somalia - 27 Nov 2008
Lakes', that took him to psychiatric hospitals in Rwanda, Burundi and Congo. 

Large population of endangered monkeys discovered in Cambodia - 01 Jan 2008
the discovery of 125,000 western lowland gorillas in northern Republic of Congo... it's protecting gorillas in the Republic of Congo or monkeys and gibbons

Carla Bruni voices against scourge of sexual violence in Africa - 29 Mar 2009
of sexual violence in Africa. In eastern Congo armed gangs use rape as a "weapon... years on civilians in eastern Congo.  "Rape is used in these zones

New state-of-the-art lab to help track and control tropical diseases - 01 Jan 2008
Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Together, the group will measure... and other infectious diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Michael Crichton's new novels slated for posthumous release - 07 Apr 2009
including Congo and Disclosure, which were all adapted for the big screen. 

Carla Bruni may sing at FIFA World Cup in South Africa - 02 Apr 2009
campaigning for an end to sexual violence by armed gangs in the Congo. (ANI) 

Chimps create "fishing rods" to hunt termites - 04 Mar 2009
in the Republic of Congo discovered that chimps are crafting brush-tipped "fishing... Triangle in the Republic of Congo, the chimpanzees were modifying their termite

'Iran out of yellow cake uranium, race to prevent supplies' - 24 Jan 2009
Congo to Bandar Abbas, but this was foiled by Tanzanian customs officials. ... coming out of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and going to North Korea

Wild bonobos also hunt and eat the young of other primate species - 14 Oct 2008
of the river Congo, and, along with chimpanzees, they are humans' closest relatives. ... in LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  They had

Number of hungry rises to 963 million - 10 Dec 2008
, Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. Progress in these countries... in the number of hungry occurred in a single country, Congo, as a result...).   Ghana, Congo, Nigeria, Mozambique and Malawi have achieved

Global meet on illegally mined diamonds starts Nov 3 - 30 Oct 2008
, Congo, Israel, Liberia, Namibia, South Africa, Russia, China, Britain, Romania... in countries such as Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra

Pallam Raju meets Indian peacekeepers in Lebanon - 01 Jan 2008
, Congo, Gaza, Somalia, Lebanon, Sudan etc.  The first deployment started

WHO report says African nations the most affected by Malaria - 01 Jan 2008
nations in 2006 occurred in Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia

Officer's arrest has dented force's image: Deputy army chief - 06 Nov 2008
' peacekeeping mission in Congo.  Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS

Ugandan rebels set to sign peace treaty Nov 30 - 18 Nov 2008
holed up in jungles in the northeast of the Democratic republic of Congo, insist

22 killed in Ivory Coast stadium stampede - 30 Mar 2009
to problems.    Some 13 people died in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Affleck pokes fun at Jolie's credentials for UN ambassadorship - 19 Dec 2008
'Gimme Shelter', which highlights the plight of families in war-torn Congo

'Jackomania' grips people worldwide - 13 Mar 2009
far. Die-hard Jacko fans, from Congo and Australia have got the chance

UNHRC faces charge of misusing foreign aid on 23-mn dollar art ceiling - 19 Nov 2008
to address the worsening human rights "catastrophe" in the Congo, where

Pallam Raju to Visit Indian Peacekeepers in Lebanon - 01 Jan 2008
the world in various countries like Korea, Congo, Gaza, Somalia, Lebanon, Sudan etc

Kidnappers free two Western journalists in Somalia - 05 Jan 2009
', which took him to psychiatric hospitals in Rwanda, Burundi and Congo. 

Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto wins UN human rights award posthumously - 27 Nov 2008
Mukwege of Congo and the New York-based Human Rights Watch.   The UN

Thirty-three countries facing grave food crisis: Report - 15 Oct 2008
is Congo.   The report cautioned that in view of the current financial

India sends peacekeeping troops to Lebanon - 19 Jan 2009
Korea, Congo, Gaza,omalia, Lebanon and Sudan. The first deployment

Polio resurging in Africa, says Red Cross - 08 Apr 2009
;  The outbreak had also moved to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe postpones economic summit - 13 Nov 2008
million people. Some of its bigger members include Egypt, Congo, Kenya and Sudan

World to have seven billion people by 2012 - 11 Mar 2009
: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo

British thinktank warns of 'global pandemic of unrest' - 21 Mar 2009
Republic of Congo, Cambodia and Sudan.    However, three

Seed size may help predict climate change impact on plants - 22 Oct 2008
sites around the world including China, Patagonia, the Republic of Congo

Over five million people endorse effort to end violence against women - 26 Nov 2008
numerous rape cases that had taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North

A quarter of the world's land area is degrading, reveals study - 22 Mar 2009
, with more than 50 per cent of territory degrading are, in Africa, the Congo

Indian origin scientist finds active African volcano to have most fluid lava in world - 15 Mar 2009
of the Congo.  "This is the most fluid lava anyone has seen in the world," said

Pakistanis among top asylum-seekers - 19 Oct 2008
of the Congo (DRC) registered significant increases. Assuming that current patterns

DNA forensics may prevent elephant poaching - 01 Jan 2008
Tanzania and/or the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our analyses refocused

Satellites reveal sea level has risen by 3.3 mm a year since 1993 - 14 Nov 2008
, they found that some basins, including the Congo and the Mississippi, have been

Female elephant nose fish only get aroused by own species' sexual charge - 26 Nov 2008
and navigate the murky waters of the lower Congo River. In many closely related

New study indicates HIV pandemic began around 1900 - 06 Oct 2008
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The oldest known HIV-1 group M genetic

Lifting ivory ban would threaten elephants with extinction - 01 Jan 2008
Republic of the Congo to satisfy illegal demand in countries such as China," he

India not invited to send troops to Afghanistan: US commander - 19 Nov 2008
the world, including in the Congo, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Lebanon and the Golan

Diamonds to add more lustre to India-Africa ties - 23 Mar 2009
countries like Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Congo.    

Legal ivory auction in Africa may open floodgates for illegal sale - 29 Oct 2008
stable countries such as Chad and in the Congo Basin will redouble their efforts

New study indicates HIV pandemic began around 1900 - 01 Jan 2008
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The oldest known HIV-1 group M genetic

European Parliament honours Chinese dissident - 23 Oct 2008
the Independent Electoral Commission of Congo.   'By awarding the Sakharov

Pope Benedict issues Christmas peace appeal - 25 Dec 2008
Republic of Congo's war-torn Kivu region, in Darfur, Sudan and in Somalia, Benedict

Most wars occur in Earth's richest biological regions, reveals study - 21 Feb 2009
Republic of Congo (DRC).  In those and countless other cases

Pygmies of Western Central Africa share recent common ancestors - 06 Feb 2009
;Although archeological remains attest to the presence of people in the Congo Basin

One film old, popular Imran is swamped with offers - 01 Jan 2008
.  'Sanjay Dutt has gone on a safari to the jungles of Tanzania and Congo

One film old, popular Imran is swamped with offers - 06 Oct 2008
.  'Sanjay Dutt has gone on a safari to the jungles of Tanzania and Congo

The ten worst world health inequalities - 01 Jan 2008
with a secondary education. In the Congo, infant mortality is 60 per 1000 live births

India-Africa summit to strengthen ties - 08 Apr 2008
Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Congo, Egypt, Algeria, Burkina Faso

Pheasant population declining in the Himalayas: Conservationist - 04 Nov 2008
species, except the Congo peafowl, are from Asia. About one-third of the pheasants

Ban backs UN reforms, lauds Indian democracy - 30 Oct 2008
misconduct of Indian troops in the UN's Congo mission also figured

UN chief calls India 'an enduring partner,' pushes reforms - 31 Oct 2008
the former Yugoslavia a decade ago to the Democratic Republic of Congo today

Defence journal Sainik Samachar turns 100 today - 02 Jan 2009
in action on foreign soil during UN peace keeping missions in Korea, Congo, Gaza

Call in Africa to mobilize resource for TB control - 30 Mar 2009
are in Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria

Cuban Revolution survives 50 years despite changing world - 02 Jan 2009
. Cuba participated in conflicts in Algeria, Congo, Angola and Latin America. Che

Tintin, the ageless boy reporter, turns 80 - 11 Jan 2009
Africans in Tintin in the Congo.   But the controversies did nothing