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    U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:30 PM

    EMBARGOED 1030EDT-CONGODEMOCRATIC-UGANDA/ADF-USA:U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children

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    File picture shows boys panning for gold at a riverside at Iga Barriere in eastern Congo

    Tue, 1 Jul 2014 06:32 AM

    Boys pan for gold at a riverside at Iga Barriere in the resource-rich Ituri region of eastern Congo in this February 16, 2009 file photo. A U.S. law on conflict minerals is curbing African warlords' presence around mines in Congo, campaigners say, but its full impact remains unclear, with most firms failing to pinpoint the origin of their metals by a June deadline. Millions are estimated to have died in nearly two decades of bloodshed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fuelled by the minerals smuggled through Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. To match story MINERALS-CONFLICT/ REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/Files (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY CRIME LAW POLITICS BUSINESS)

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    Renewed conflict in central CAR's Bambari displaces thousands of people

    Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:46 AM

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    A Chat With Eriko Asakura From The Embassy Of Japan In DR Congo

    Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:16 PM

    Eriko, who works as a researcher on economics and co-operation in the Embassy of Japan in Kinshasa, agreed to answer a few questions about her time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She recently undertook a field trip to Katanga where she visited activities implemented by WFP with funding from the Government of Japan.

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    Rwanda: move to a new camp transforms life for resilient amputee

    Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:52 PM

    Even on crutches, a Congolese mother managed to lead her three children to safety. Now she's been rewarded with a safer home in a new refugee camp.

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    Refugees deserve clean energy too

    Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:27 AM

    Women refugees in the DRC are spending over five and a half hours every time they go out to search for firewood for cooking, lighting and other uses

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    "Staggering increase" in people forced to flee home - U.N. protection chief

    Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:58 AM

    With more people displaced today than at any time since World War Two, the world must empathise

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    Japan's Support In Dzaleka Refugee Camp In Malawi

    Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:47 PM

    LILONGWE - The Japanese Ambassador to Malawi, His Excellency Shuichiro Nishioka, yesterday visited Dzaleka refugee camp, ahead of World Refugee Day today. Some 18,000 refugees live at Dzaleka. They come from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other countries in central and east Africa. Many have lived in the camp for more than a decade, while others have fled recent conflict in the region.

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    Refugees Welcome WFP's Cash Option in Uganda

    Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:57 PM

    Despite it being a damp and cloudy day, WFP brought sunshine to the refugee settlement in Kiryandongo recently as they began their first cash distributions.  WFP's objective in giving a cash option is to empower the refugees in meeting their families' food and nutrition needs.  

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    DRC - Journalists threatened, political broadcasts banned during election

    Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:59 PM

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