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02/06/2008
The international community must revise short-term solutions to the displacement crisis in the eastern DR Congo as an additional 60,000 people recently fled their homes due to ceasefire violations by local armed groups.
Més informacióFrom: Refugees International Temes/Zones: [Ajuda] [Infància] [Pobresa] [Refugiats] [Habitatge] [Gènere] |
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30/04/2008
The Frontline Club is running a Congo season of films and talks, 6-15 May.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Regne Unit] Image: UN in the Congo
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24/04/2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo and armed groups must enforce a January peace treaty meant to conclude 10 years of conflict, urged 63 local and international non-governmental organizations.
Més informacióFrom: Human Rights Watch |
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23/04/2008
Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day.
Més informacióFont: Africa Action Temes/Zones: [Estats Units] [Níger] [Àfrica] Image: Africans will be disproportionately impacted by climate change, argues the report. © Refugees International
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23/04/2008
It's the usual story: big promises and grandiose plans for Africa - this time for the world's largest hydroelectric project. Then reality sets in: as discussions begin, the host country, Congo, isn't there.
Més informacióTemes/Zones: [Energia] |
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23/04/2008
Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by Uganda's rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in recent weeks.
Més informacióFont: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Temes/Zones: [República Centreafricana] [Sudan] [Uganda] |
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21/04/2008
Seven African governments and the world's largest banks and construction firms meet in London today to plan the most powerful dam ever conceived - an $80bn hydropower project on the Congo river which supporters say could double the amount of electricity available on the continent.
Més informacióFont: Guardian Unlimited |
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08/04/2008
Hundreds of Cogolese villagers - mostly hunter-gatherers or subsistence farmers - will use high-tech GPS (Global Positioning System) devices to produce digital maps to prove their existence to the government and to loggers.
Més informacióFont: The Rainforest Foundation - UK Temes/Zones: [Terra] [Boscos] [Pobles indígenes] [Ciència] |
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19/03/2008
Women's rights advocates shed light on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- in some villages as many as 90 percent of women have been raped -- and explain how local women leaders are fighting back.
Més informacióFont: Peace X Peace Temes/Zones: [Gènere] [Sexualitat] [Conflictes] [Seguretat] |
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13/03/2008
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, "women and girls are victims of rape on a scale never seen before." This collection of photos shows survivors recovering and rebuilding their lives with the help of an international refugee agency.
Més informacióFont: International Rescue Committee |
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10/03/2008
Indigenous rights activists have embarked on a three-month campaign to free enslaved indigenous people in the Democratic Republic of Congo by meeting with and educating -- as opposed to 'shaming and denouncing' -- slave owners.
Més informacióFont: Advocacy Project |
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05/03/2008
The world has largely turned its attention away from humanitarian crises in Somalia, Sri Lanka, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burma, but the world body shouldn't, said a prominent human rights group this week.
Més informacióFrom: Human Rights Watch Temes/Zones: [Myanmar] [Somàlia] [Sri Lanka] Image: Congolese girl affected by war. © Refugees International
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14/02/2008
A journalist invokes scenes from her recent visit to a rural hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo before delving into the grossly underreported disparities between the American "Health Care World of Plenty" and the DRC's "Health Care World of Want."
Més informacióFont: International Rescue Committee Temes/Zones: [Estats Units] |
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08/02/2008
The International Criminal Court has arrested Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, a high ranking member of a militia group that committed crimes against humanity in northeastern DRC and the third war crimes suspect from this country to be taken into custody in the Hague.
Més informacióFrom: Human Rights Watch Image: UN peacekeepers arrive in Ituri province, DRC, where Ngudjolo reportedly committed his crimes. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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05/02/2008
A powerful earthquake hit the border shared by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo this Sunday, killing at least 33 people and injuring approximately 400.
Més informacióFont: ReliefWeb UN OCHA |
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05/02/2008
The announcement of the world's second largest internationally recognised and protected wetlands reserve in the Congo gets a thumbs-up from a leading environmental group "as a clear sign of the world’s increasing interest in the green heart of Africa."
Més informacióFont: WWF International |
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26/01/2008
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (OneWorld) - More than 1,000 people continue to die every day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of armed conflict fueled predominantly by the world's thirst for gold and diamonds.
Més informacióFont: OneWorld US Temes/Zones: [Consum] [Conflictes] [Resolució de conflictes] [Pau] Image: Congolese children. © UniversalGiving
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25/01/2008
Peace may finally come to the war-weary Democratic Republic of Congo as the government recently reached an agreement with the armed rebels to halt violence after extensive negotiations in the Kivu regions, says the UN.
Més informacióFont: United Nations Image: Child soldiers in the DR Congo. © Amnesty International
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22/01/2008
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Temes/Zones: [Gènere] [Sexualitat] [Activisme] [Societat Civil] [Ètica / Sistemes de valors] [Justícia] [Conflictes] [Seguretat] |
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22/01/2008
Conflict and its effects have killed an estimated 5.4 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1998 and continue to kill up to 45,000 a month - the deadliest conflict since the Second World War, according to a major survey released today.
Més informacióFont: International Rescue Committee |


