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France's player Yifang Xian returns a ball to Congo's Xing Han on May 15, 2013 in Paris during the first round of the Women's Singles of th World Table Tennis Championships.
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Although Canada has disengaged from peacekeeping in recent years, that shift was a political decision. When Canada’s military leaders sought to have General Andrew Leslie appointed commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo in 2010, it was the Harper government that intervened and claimed that Canada’s commitments to the NATO mission in Afghanistan precluded his taking part.More quotes »
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Journalist found dead in eastern Congo
Congo's number one radio station. It is also the most balanced and professional and over the years it has become a lifeline for Congolese people looking for credible information. Despite being supported by the U.N., it is not completely immune to censorship Read more »
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South African army prepares for Congo
since the end of the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. The Congolese army said 32 people were killed in fighting between Congolese soldiers and militiamen who attacked a town north of Goma on Wednesday.Masondo said the South African army's budget of about Read more »
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Congo to create city in honor of Patrice Lumumba
-- The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him a liberation symbol worldwide.The new city in central Congo, named Lumumbaville, will be made of several Read more »
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Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says
according to a new report released Tuesday, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa.Somalia, Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone and Central African Republic are the five countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths, Read more »
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Congo's M23 rebels threaten new UN brigade
ground before July.The new brigade's mandate will allow it to carry out targeted offensive operations against armed groups in Congo's troubled east, unlike previous peacekeeping missions that only allowed the U.N. forces to protect civilians.During a visit Read more »
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VIDEO: UN brigade to 'enforce peace' in Congo
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African Rebels Gird for U.N. Force
Congo."We were undergoing elementary military training by the time I escaped," Mr. Chobowa said. Fearful of returning to Congo, he has managed to acquire a Ugandan residence permit and has settled in the Namataba slum, in eastern Kampala, where he is employed 3:59 PM from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Hydropower megaproject to dam River Congo
A series of hydroelectric dams on the river, to be constructed from 2015, could generate twice as much energy as China's record-breaking Three Gorges dam This site has no copyright on the published material. All content belongs to the original publisher. R 3:27 PM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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UN chief visits Goma, Congo
of the intervention brigade, as well as in the multi-country peace process which is trying to bring an end to the fighting in Congo. Ban personally travelled to Addis Ababa to sign the peace deal, which was between the U.N. and 11 countries in the region. 11:10 AM from FindLaw: AP News Read more »
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DRC waits on funding for world's largest hydropower project
of the power generated.French, Belgian, Chinese, Brazilian and African engineers have, over 60 years, all hoped to dam the Congo. But decades of civil war, corruption, and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) reputation as a failed state have limited the 11:09 AM from Mmegi Online Read more »
