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| Tense relations between the DRC and Belgium | |
Congo News Agency - April 25, 2008 | |
 | Belgium is primarily a partner. Myself, well I hope that Belgium will always be a friend, a friendly country, with which I personally have no problem. But a year and a half after the elections, you cannot deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo as if we were in the nineties which were marked by the National Sovereign Conference, the transition, wars and so on. You should know that the Congo has completely changed, and that is the starting point: there is a legitimate power in place. Even before, I could not accept that people deal with our country as if it was still a colony. |
| 63 Leading NGOs Press for Urgent Implementation of Goma Peace Agreement | |
Human Rights Watch - April 23, 2008 | |
 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the armed groups, and international parties to the Goma peace agreement should urgently implement the accord and end the horrific suffering of hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children facing brutal violence and deadly diseases in eastern Congo, 63 international and Congolese human rights and aid groups said in a joint statement today. |
| DR Congo and Rwanda assess progress in dealing with armed groups - UN | |
UN News - April 21, 2008 | |
 | Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda met in New York in United Nations-chaired talks to review progress in dealing with armed groups. The Central African neighbours signed the Joint Nairobi Communiqué, under which the two nations agreed to work together against threats to peace and stability in the region. |
| Plan to Harness Congo River Could Double Electricity Production in Africa | |
VOA News - April 21, 2008 | |
 | Seven African governments and some of the world's largest banks and construction firms are meeting in London to plan the biggest hydro-electric power project in the world. Tendai Maphosa reports from London that supporters say the $80 billion project on the Congo River could double the amount of electricity available on the African continent. |
| Africa plans biggest dam project | |
BBC News - April 21, 2008 | |
 | A plan to build the largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the world is being discussed in London. Financiers and African politicians will look at how to finance the $80bn (£40bn) cost of the Grand Inga project. The plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo would generate twice as much energy as China's Three Gorges dam. |
| Report: Record Number of People Displaced By Conflict And Violence | |
VOA News - April 17, 2008 | |
 | A new report finds 26 million people were displaced within their own countries in 2007 due to armed conflict and violence. The Norwegian Refugee Council, which has just issued its annual survey, says this is the highest number of internally displaced people ever recorded. |
| Death Toll Rises After Hewa Bora Airways Plane Crash in Goma | |
Congo News Agency - April 16, 2008 | |
 | Authorities in Goma were scrambling to take care of more than 100 people injured after a Hewa Bora Airways plane crashed into a market in Goma on Wednesday. The death toll now stands at 40 and more than 20 people are still missing. People were lining up at the city's morgue to find out if their loved ones were among the dead. |
| Photos: Hewa Bora Airways Plane Crashes in Goma | |
Amanileo.org - April 16, 2008 | |
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| UN staff among few survivors of deadly plane crash in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News - April 15, 2008 | |
 | Three United Nations staff members are among only a handful of survivors from today's plane crash in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has killed dozens of people, the UN peacekeeping mission to the country reports. |
| Many feared dead in DRC air crash | |
BBC News - April 15, 2008 | |
 | Dozens of people are feared dead after an airliner carrying at least 60 crashed after taking off from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. At least six survivors were pulled from the wreckage as rescuers fought a fire close to the end of the runway. |
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