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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| EU: There are many actions ongoing to convince the FDLR to return | |
MONUC - April 11, 2008 | |
 | In an interview with Radio Okapi on Friday 11 April 2008, European Union (EU) Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Roeland van de Geer said that the EU was committed to assisting the peace process in eastern DRC, and in particular to resolving the problem of the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) armed group that are still active in eastern DRC. |
| Human Rights: Castañon calls for sustainability in the DRC | |
MONUC - April 10, 2008 | |
 | Fernando Castañon, Director of MONUC's Human Rights Division and Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC, reached the end of his mission on 8 April 2008. As division head since February 2005 and a UN staff member since 1989, he talked to us about his work at MONUC and his past experience with the UN. |
| Kinshasa: DRC public health workshop to pave way for the future | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | In Kinshasa from 7-12 April 2008, the DRC Ministry of Health will review the annual DRC public health report of 2007, in conjunction with its international partners. During the five day workshop, the state of the DRC public health system will be addressed, challenges will be identified, recommendations will be made and the 2009 health budget will be planned. |
| Kinshasa: Female journalists plot their way forward | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | A morning of discussion under the theme "the independence of women in the media, their assets, limits and way forward" was organised by the Association of Women Journalists (AJPF) in Kinshasa on 8 April 2008. The meeting was attended by AJPF members and a representative from MONUC's Gender Office. |
| Activists Fear Cover-Up in DRC Bas-Congo Violence | |
VOA News - April 8, 2008 | |
 | Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear a cover-up is taking place in the aftermath of violence in the western Bas-Congo region earlier this year. Clashes opposed police and a now banned political religious movement. |
