 News - Central Africa - Congo
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Normalcy returns to Kinshasa after Friday’s tension |
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Congo | 12/24/2011 1:13:30 PM
Calm has reportedly returned in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, where a tense atmosphere prevailed Friday when the police security forces barred supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi from heading to the Martyrs Stadium where their mentor had planned to take his oath of office as the country’s President-elect.
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Republic of Congo at crossroads of PPTE point for debt pardon |
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Congo | 11/5/2009 11:59:57 PM
After several attempts to attain the qualification point of the very poor and indebted countries (PPTE), the Republic of Congo is at the crossroads of debt pardon of 1,400 billion FCFA (2.8 billion U. S. dollars) from its future payments of debt totaling an estimated 3,500 billion FCFA (7 billion dollars).
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Sassou Nguesso swears in as Congolese president |
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Congo | 8/14/2009 12:33:48 PM
The Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, re-elected for another seven-year term with 78.61% of the votes following the presidential elections of 12 July, was sworn in Friday in Brazzaville before the Constitutional Court, APA notes here.
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Boost for flu preparedness |
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Congo | 5/11/2009 7:37:32 AM
The Republic of Congo (ROC) has set up a national emergency management committee to step up swine flu monitoring and detection, the Minister of Health said.
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State forces kill 500 over two years, says rights group |
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Congo | 11/25/2008 12:47:52 PM
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the past two years, with the full knowledge of the highest echelons of power, according to Human Rights Watch. The Kinshasa government rejected the allegations.
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Republic of Congo at crossroads of PPTE point for debt pardon |
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Congo | 11/5/2009 11:59:57 PM
After several attempts to attain the qualification point of the very poor and indebted countries (PPTE), the Republic of Congo is at the crossroads of debt pardon of 1,400 billion FCFA (2.8 billion U. S. dollars) from its future payments of debt totaling an estimated 3,500 billion FCFA (7 billion dollars).
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Boost for flu preparedness |
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Congo | 5/11/2009 7:37:32 AM
The Republic of Congo (ROC) has set up a national emergency management committee to step up swine flu monitoring and detection, the Minister of Health said.
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State forces kill 500 over two years, says rights group |
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Congo | 11/25/2008 12:47:52 PM
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the past two years, with the full knowledge of the highest echelons of power, according to Human Rights Watch. The Kinshasa government rejected the allegations.
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