Hillary Clinton's Lighter Side Nov 18, 2009
Vogue's Jonathan Van Meter Followed the Secretary of State for 12 Days, and Shares His Impressions. Here, in Cape Town, South Africa, he and Hillary share light moment. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Congo-Kinshasa: New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts [interview] Nov 6, 2009
One of those is the Great Lakes Region, especially the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The second is Kenya, which is in a very fragile condition at the moment and many are really worried about it falling off the precipice. (allAfrica.com)
Guerrillas return Sep 22, 2009
Moving in small groups, the machete-wielding rebels now menace a wide region across southern Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, dragging in recruits from several nations. While the war is over for Mr Taban, the rebel raids increase. (BBC News -- Africa)
Southern Africa: SADC Agrees to Convene Special Summit On Zimbabwe Sep 9, 2009
The decision to remove Zimbabwe from the agenda at the current SADC summit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was received as 'good news' by an MDC delegation led by Morgan Tsvangirai. The MDC leader spent part of the day holding one-on-one meetings with SADC leaders on the sidelines of the summit. (allAfrica.com)
A stop-by-stop account of Clinton's Africa trip Aug 15, 2009
The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Traveling to Goma, a conflict-ridden provincial capital, Clinton focused on the crimes against women that have become widespread in this country and in neighboring Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Presidents past and present shadow Clinton's tour Aug 14, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's seven-nation tour of Africa seeks to affirm a commitment by the Obama administration to tackle trouble spots from Somalia and Zimbabwe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia. Clinton kicked off the 11-day trip - her longest overseas journey to date as the top U.S. diplomat - by flying Monday night to Kenya where she will address an African trade and development forum, meet top Kenyan officials and see the beleaguered president of lawless... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Clinton off to Congo to target sexual violence Aug 10, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's seven-nation tour of Africa seeks to affirm a commitment by the Obama administration to tackle trouble spots from Somalia and Zimbabwe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia ... "We applaud Secretary Clinton's decision to visit Africa next week and her decision to focus attention during her visit on preventing conflict and violence, including gender-based violence, on the African continent. Violence against women (VAW) and violence against... (Fresno Bee -- Business)
What Hillary Clinton seeks to achieve in Africa Aug 5, 2009
From there she moves on to South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Liberia, and Cape Verde ... But Clinton's principal foray into conflict resolution, Professor Englebert of Pomona says, will come in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where war in the eastern portion of the country has resulted in an estimated 2 million deaths. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Conducts Election Training for Police Officers Jul 22, 2009
More than 500 Congolese police officers have received training in ensuring security for upcoming local, urban and municipal elections, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced today. In the latest round of instruction, the UN mission (MONUC) and the Congolese National Police (PNC) trained 555 officers in the town of Kisangani last week. (allAfrica.com)
* World News Quick Take Jul 13, 2009
The opposition has called for a boycott of yesterdays presidential vote and made accusations of fictitious voting lists in the Central African country overshadowed by its much larger neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Longtime President Denis Sassou-Nguesso faces 12 opponents but six of them X including main challenger Mathias Dzon X are calling for voters in the oil-rich nation to stay home. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
7 Invisible Footnotes to State's Official Line May 15, 2009
Apart from Israel, the council has held just three special sessions on specific human rights complaints -- one each for Sudan, Burma and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Even then, the panel spared those governments the harsh language it used to characterize the actions of Israel. (Human Events Online)
Stop your gadget greed from fueling tragedy in Congo May 1, 2009
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a place most of us will never go, and the war there is affecting people most of us will never meet. But the link between our demand for electronic products and mass human suffering is incredibly direct. (Christian Science Monitor)
Letters to the Editor - 1/27/2008 (1) Apr 5, 2009
I am for sending the 82nd Airborne into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to wipe out the killers of 50,000 innocent men, women and children a month. (3) Cambodia bombing, Could this be True asks if its true we bombed Cambodia with more bombing than in all of WWII. No, that's not true. (North County Times)
