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11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN
Congo   Democratic   Peacekeepers   Photos   UN		  Jakarta Globe 
11 Peacekeepers Wounded in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN
Tue 15 May 2012
Angry villagers surrounded a UN peacekeeping base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and opened fire and hurled stones injuring at least 11 Pakistani peacekeepers, officials said. The... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Congolese President Joseph Kabila, left, reviews the troops at the start of his inaugural ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006
Africa   Congo   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Joseph Kabila		  Herald Tribune 
Congo president names finance minister to PM job
Thu 19 Apr 2012
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo's president has appointed the nation's finance minister as prime minister. President Joseph Kabila announced late Wednesday that Augustin Matata Ponyo would be the new prime... (photo: AP/Jerome Delay)
Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Kadugli, the capital of Southern Kordofan State, have sought refuge in an area secured by the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), outside Kadugli.  The New York Times  Sun 12 Feb 2012
South Sudan: Why Things Fall Apart
FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg E-mailPrint Heightened tensions over oil threatens the fragile peace between Sudan and South Sudan, as my colleague Jeffrey Gettleman reports.... (photo: UN / Paul Banks)
Oil   Peace   Photos   Sudan   Wikipedia: South Sudan–Sudan relations
An Elephant /ntf1  The Times of India  Thu 9 Feb 2012
500 elephants killed in DR Congo's national park
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet KINSHASA: Over 500 elephants have been killed by poachers at DR Congo's Virunga national park since 2010, a senior government official has... (photo: Creative Commons / Whit Welles)
Conservation   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Elephant   Wildlife
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Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister United Nations Sat 19 May 2012
Secretary-General discusses range of global issues with France's Foreign Minister
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, during their meeting in New York. UN Photo/E. Debebe19 May 2012 – United Nations... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
France   Issues   Mission   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Laurent Fabius
Violence erupted again in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as Lendu militia, who were driven out of Bunia yesterday by rival Hema fighters, have regrouped and launched a counter-offensive to regain control of the town, the United Al Jazeera Sat 19 May 2012
Thousands flee DR Congo violence
Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fighting has been most... (photo: UN)
Africa   DR Congo   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN warns Somali leaders on deadline Independent online (SA) Tue 15 May 2012
UN warns Somali leaders on deadline
New York - United Nations heavyweights on Tuesday expressed concern that Somalia's transitional administration is behind on a timetable to set up a permanent government... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Leaders   Photos   Security Council   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Somalia
Clashes resume in Congo's east The State Sat 12 May 2012
Clashes resume in Congo's east
KINSHASA, Congo - Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman... (photo: UN / Elizabeth Murekio)
Ethnic   Kinshasa   Photos   UN   Violence   Wikipedia: Ethnic group
African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule Independent online (SA) Mon 7 May 2012
African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule
DAKAR: West African presidents have threatened tougher action against coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau who have resisted efforts to fully restore civilian rule.... (photo: EC / EC)
African   Dakar   EU   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: West Africa
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover, in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali. Al Jazeera Thu 3 May 2012
West African leaders set for Mali talks
West African leaders are set to discuss the turmoil in crisis-hit Mali at a summit after soldiers who overthrew an elected government in March repelled a counter-coup... (photo: AP)
Africa   Mali   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état


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Civil War
Senior members of the southern Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during the signing of ceasefire agreement with southern rebel leader representative of Lt. General George Athor in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. The SPLA has been engaged in an armed conflict with General Athor since the latter rebelled following Sudan's presidential, parliamentary and gubernatorial elections in April 2010. Sudan accused of using Kony's army The Independent
The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony left, and his deputy Vincent Otti, center, discuss with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland Sunday Nov 12 , 2006 at Ri-Kwamba in Southern Sudan. Egeland met with Kony, the elusive leader of Uganda's notorious rebel Lord's Resistance Army and one of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects, seeking to secure the release of women and children enslaved by the group during their 20-year conflict with the Ugandan government. But Kony denied that his forces are holding prisoners. US troops join jungle hunt for brutal rebel commander Canberra Times
Joseph Kony: Trouble in South Sudan Joseph Kony: Trouble in South Sudan New Yorker
Africa gearing up to nab Ugandan warlord Kony Africa gearing up to nab Ugandan warlord Kony The Washington Times
Human Rights
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya The Guardian
David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Gay marriage a distant dream around the world my SA
Bahraini anti-government protesters shout slogans and raise an image of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja on Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, during one of two simultaneous mass demonstrations supporting the imprisoned hunger-striker. Bahrainis rally in support of hunger striker Al Jazeera
Time for Some Real "Peacekeeping" in Darfur Time for Some Real "Peacekeeping" in Darfur Huffington Post
Health&Aids
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick. Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning Al Jazeera
Spanish doctor Pascual Caballero, center, from the relief organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, and Haitian doctor Jean-Pierre Andromarque, right, listen to the badly-infected lungs of a child at an emergency hospital run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday May 12, 2011. Child deaths: Preventable infections 'the leading cause' BBC News
A man spreads the mosquito repellant medicine in the residential area Timely malaria treatment a matter of life and death for Congolese children The Guardian
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