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Disquiet over ENRC's purchase of Congo assets

FT.com, 7 minutes ago / Anger is growing among London's investor community over the decision by a FTSE 100 miner to buy a disputed copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congo rapes worse than reported

Broadsheet - Salon.com, 16 minutes ago / Now, for some brutally bad news: The recent gang rape in the Congo was worse than we thought -- and at a reported 150 some victims, we already thought it was pretty horrific.

Congo Security Warnings; Niger Food Crisis; Drug Cost In Developing Countries; Measles Vaccination In China

China News.Net, 1 hour 25 minutes ago / "Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother," the Associated Press reports.

Human Atrocities in Congo: What Can We Do?

God`s Politics, 2 hours 46 minutes ago / Between July 30 and August 3, a reign of terror was released upon villages in the Congo's eastern mining districts.

Congo Gives Rights to Two First Quantum Mines to Hong Kong-Based Company

Bloomberg.com, 4 hours 7 minutes ago / Congo's government gave the rights to two mines previously operated by First Quantum Ltd. to Fortune, a Hong Kong-based company, Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu said.

Congo-Kinshasa: Rape Cases Rise to 242, Says NGO

AllAfrica.com, 5 hours 24 minutes ago / Suspected rebels have raped at least 242 women within a few days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province, according to an American medical charity.

UN: Congolese rape toll rises to more than 240

The Earth Times, 6 hours 49 minutes ago / The number of women and children raped during a four-day ordeal in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 240, the United Nations said Friday.

UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October

The Mercury - Pottstown PA, 9 hours 52 minutes ago / A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.

Will United Nations Cover-Up Rwanda’s Congo Genocide?

Black Star News - NY NY, 15 hours 16 minutes ago / Let's see how Paul Kagame's chief apologists, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, and Tony Blair help the co-architect of Rwanda's genocide spin his way out of the accusations in a yet-to-be published United Nations report, that his troops committed genocide in Congo during the 1990s. was assassinated --a dastardly deed which courts in France and Spain have pinned on Kagame-- Rwanda erupted in massacres and the country was overrun by an invading army from Uganda.

Bidding Farewell To The Congo's 'Mother And Father'

WBUR - 90.9 - Boston MA, 15 hours 43 minutes ago / Travel along the Congo River is not for the faint of heart or the thin of skin.

U.S. tries to curb looting of Congo

United Press International (UPI), Sep 02, 2010 / A little-noticed amendment in the new U.S. financial reform law requires U.S.-listed companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.N. Raises Congo Rape Toll To 240

The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ, Sep 02, 2010 / More than 240 women, children and infants may have been raped when rebel forces seized a town in the Congo, a U.N. report said.

China's First HIV Discrimination Case; Congo Mass Rape; S. Sudan Flooding; Kenya's Population Growth; Family Planning

China News.Net, Sep 02, 2010 / "A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday," the Associated Press reports (8/31).

Prison Rape, America's Torture

Counterpunch, Sep 02, 2010 / I n the same week in which the world was told about mass rapes taking place in the Congo, a report was released which detailed the prevalence of rape in prisons and jails across the United States.

UN 'ignored Congo rape warnings'

The Guardian - London - UK, Sep 02, 2010 / Community leaders begged UN officials for protection days before rebels raped more than 240 villagers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , they claimed yesterday.

Ashley Judd finds cause in Congo

CNN.com , Sep 02, 2010 / With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.

Congo leaders: We begged UN to protect civilians

Miami Herald - Miami FL, Sep 01, 2010 / Congolese community leaders say they begged local U.N. officials and army commanders to protect villagers days before rebels gang-raped scores of people, from a month-old baby boy to a 110-year-old great-great-grandmother.

DR Congo rebel commanders could face war crimes charges

Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 31, 2010 / They then began "an onslaught of sexual violence", said the International Medical Corps, the first aid agency to reach the area after the rebels left.

Notes from a Young American in Congo: Rape Continues

On the Ground - The New York Times, Aug 31, 2010 / When the 20 year-old woman sitting in front of me tells me her story, what I notice most are the frills on her white shirt.

Dissecting Rwandan criticism of UN report on Congo genocide

The Christian Science Monitor, Aug 31, 2010 / I've received some angry emails and comments about the posting on the UN mapping report.

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UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October

AP  posted:  Thursday 09/02/10 05:38 PM EDT
GENEVA -A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official

Gunmen fire on plane carrying aid workers in Congo

AP  posted:  Thursday 09/02/10 09:24 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG -Gunmen in eastern Congo fired Wednesday on a private plane carrying international aid workers who escaped into the forest and were later rescued, aid workers

Review: News app that lets you choose your editor

AP  posted:  Wednesday 09/01/10 09:01 PM EDT
. Faces can get cut off in photos as they appear on Flipboard. Headlines are sometimes inexplicable, including this one the other day from NPR's Twitter feed: "Congo Odyssey, Day

Congo leaders: We begged UN to protect civilians

AP  posted:  Wednesday 09/01/10 07:01 PM EDT
attacks now stands at 242 — a high number even for eastern Congo, where rape has become a daily hazard. The rebels occupied the area for more than four days until

New Hong Kong top judge vows to defend rule of law

AP  posted:  Wednesday 09/01/10 07:53 AM EDT
the Court of Final Appeal hears a case in March that has already placed local courts at odds with the central Chinese government. The court must decide whether the Congo government

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