965 results found for: kinshasa
| Clinton Pushes UN Resolution to Curb Violence Against Girls | |
VOA News - September 25, 2009 | |
 | Clinton says preventing the exploitation and marginalization of girls is no longer an afterthought but a core foreign policy objective of the United States, which is co-sponsoring a Security Council resolution on the issue next week. |
| DR Congo deports genocide suspect | |
BBC News - September 20, 2009 | |
 | Congolese Communication Minister Lambert Mende used the example of Mr Ndahimana to renew calls that Rwanda send Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to Kinshasa to face trial. |
| UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda's role in military operation | |
Xinhua - September 10, 2009 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has denied any role of a general being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the anti-insurgency operation. |
| Congo Ready to Settle Displaced People, Says Government Spokesman | |
VOA News - September 10, 2009 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will re-integrate Internally Displaced People (IDP) into society after the United Nations closes camps in the restive Kivu provinces. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees announced that it will be closing IDP camps this week after a sharp drop of violence in Kivu. |
| Southern African Grouping Proposes Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe | |
VOA News - September 7, 2009 | |
 | Leaders of the Southern African Development Community assembled for a summit Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo decided not to examine progress by Zimbabwe's national unity government and discuss issues that continue to trouble power-sharing in Harare, but will hold an extraordinary summit in a few weeks focused exclusively on Zimbabwe. |
| SADC Leaders Open Summit in Kinshasa | |
VOA News - September 7, 2009 | |
 | Leaders from 15 southern African nations have opened two days of discussions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Political confrontations in Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Lesotho and eastern Congo are high on the agenda. |
| President Kabila to Meet All DRC Governors | |
VOA News - August 18, 2009 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is scheduled to hold discussions with governors across the country as part of a decentralization program. Kinshasa admits, however, that the decentralization program faces an enormous challenge. |
| Clinton Praises Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa | |
VOA News - August 17, 2009 | |
 | During her trip to Africa last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited a $30-million private hospital established by Congolese basketball star Dikembe Mutombo. The former athlete has turned his attention to the issue of health care, one of Africa's most pressing problems. |
| Student's question lost in translation 'struck a nerve' with Hillary Clinton | |
CNN - August 11, 2009 | |
 | The tense moment happened as Clinton spoke to students at a Congolese university in Kinshasa. A male student rose to ask a question about Chinese financial contracts in his country. The student asked Clinton what President Obama would think of the deal, but pool reporters in the room said the translator made a mistake and asked what Bill Clinton would think. |
| Clinton: US Committed to Good Governance in Congo | |
VOA News - August 10, 2009 | |
 | "We know that the promise of the D.R.C. is limitless. We will help you build a strong, civilian-lead government that is accountable and transparent, an independent judiciary, a professional military that respects human rights, a free press, and an active and engaged citizenry. A society whose institutions respect the rule of law," she said. |
