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Burundi East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi Dismiss Rebel Recruitment Claims New Times International media reports that rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), are recruiting former Burundian rebels into their ranks have been d...
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Burundi East Africa: EALA Endorses Two New EAC Members The Citizen The East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) yesterday passed amendments to the East African Community Customs Management Bill 2009 which recognises Rwanda and Burundi as new entrants...
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Burundi East Africa: Burundi to Join Rwanda, DRC in Gas Project Burundi will join Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the exploration of methane gas reserves from the Lake Kivu.The joint venture comes months after Rwanda and DRC si...
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July 27, 2009 DRC Rwanda: Government Dispels Mineral Report on Congo Government has trashed a recent report of Global Witness regarding the state of the mining sector in the war ravaged Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo-Kinshasa: New Pr...
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June 29, 2009 DRC Congo-Kinshasa: UN Calls for Protection of Woman Prisoners UN News The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) called on the Government to take urgent measures to improve prison security...
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June 8, 2009 Burundi Burundi: UN Chief Comments Govt for Peace Pact Progress UN News Burundi has made progress in implementing the 2006 ceasefire pact between the Government and rebels, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said, calling on the small...
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May 25 Congo Congo-Kinshasa: New Civilian Catastrophe Looms in East [guest column] The looming attack on Rwandan rebels in Congo lush forests by the UN and the Congolese army will leave in its trail a worse humanitarian crisis than is current...
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May 18, 2009 Congo Congo-Kinshasa: People from North Kivu Flee Again to Escape Violence [press release] MSF Since the January offensive on FDLR by the joint Rwanda-Congo military, people have been fleeing north kivu in fear for their lives. Con...
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May 11, 2009 Congo Congo-Kinshasa: Peacekeepers Free 23 Child Soldiers UN News MONUC has freed 23 child soldiers who had been recruited by the CNDP. The rescue was done as a result of the zero tolerance policy on child soldiers in the newly integ...
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May 4, 2009 Congo Congo-Kinshasa: Surrenders of Rwandan Rebels Ramp Up UN News The number of Rwandan rebels surrendering their arms and opting for repatriation to Rwanda is fast increasing. The UN mission to the DRC, MONUC, has now call...
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27th April, 2009 Burundi Burundi: Demobilization of Thousands of Former Rebels Begins IRIN In a move largely viewed as the end of the war in Burundi, Agathon Rwasa, leader of Burundi's notorious rebel Forces Nationales de Liberation (FN...
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20th April 2009 Burundi Burundi: Floods Displace Thousands North of Bujumbura IRIN Bujumbura – heavy down pour has caused the displacement of over 8,000 people in a commune in the north of Bujumbura. At least 1,200 houses, as well as crops ...
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31st march 2009 BurundiCongo Congo-Kinshasa: Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott 'Blood Minerals' Electronic firms have been urged to boycott purchase of minerals such as tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, which are demanded for electronics, inc...
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March 23, 2009 DRC Congo-Kinshasa: Villages Abandoned as Militia Rampage in the East IRIN March 19, 2009 Kinshasa — Whole villages are being abandoned as civilians flee attacks by Rwandan Hutu militia and Ugandan rebels in eastern...
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March 16, 2009 Burundi Catholic Bishops Calls for Peace in Great Lakes Region CISA March 6, 2009 The Catholic bishops of Africa have called on all warring parties in the Great Lakes region to have pity on their brothers and ...
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March 09, 2009 Burundi Rwanda, Burundi Now EAC Members, But What About Their Rights? Arusha Times March 2, 2009 Following the admission of the Republic of Burundi and the Republic of Rwanda into the East Africa Community and their accession...
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March 02, 2009 DRC Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Against Civilians Surges, UN News, February 27 2009 Geneva — There has been a notable rise in violations against civilians and attacks on humanitarian workers in North Kivu province in eastern Dem...
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February 23, 2009 Burundi Burundi Expels More Than 800 Rwandans New Times, February 19 2009.The government has requested Burundi to suspend hasty expulsions of Rwandans who have been living in Burundi as the number of evictees nears 800.Democratic Republ...
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February 16, 2009 DRC Obasanjo Supports Rwanda-DRC Joint Operation New Times, February13 2009. The Envoy to the United Nations Secretary General, Olusegun Obasanjo has hailed the progress of the Rwanda- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) jo...
