News Archives

June 30, 2010
Brutal Colonial Past Colours Belgian King's Visit
All Africa
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June 30, 2010
Canada to Congo: Play fair with miners
By Brenda Bouw
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2010
Debt wrangle clouds Congo jubilee as Canada seeks delay
By Katrina Manson, Reuters
Financial Post
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June 30, 2010
Happy 50th, Congo! Celebrate by turning 'conflict minerals' into a tool for progress.
By Laura Seay
The Christian Science Monitor
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June 30, 2010
Human rights activists targeted in Democratic Republic of Congo
Amnesty International
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June 30, 2010
IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under ECF Arrangement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Approves US$73.20 Million Disbursement
Press Release
International Monetary Fund
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June 30, 2010
Wrong Time for Congo Debt Forgiveness
By Kerry Kennedy
The Huffington Post
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June 29, 2010
Is Obama Failing Congo?
By Dana Goldstein  
The Daily Beast
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June 29, 2010
U.S. Woman Falsely Accused of Rwanda Genocide Rape Crimes
By Keith Harmon Snow
Dissident Voice
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June 28, 2010
PREVIEW-Clouds darken Congo's 50th independence jubilee
By Katrina Manson
Reuters Alertnet
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June 27, 2010
G8 leaders scold Congo on governance
By Peter Koven
Financial Post
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June 27, 2010
Lifetime of Tracking Killings Ends in Activist’s Own
By ADAM NOSSITER
The New York Times
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June 24, 2010
Congo Gives Zuma Nephew Lake Albert Tullow Oil Blocks
By Michael J. Kavanagh
Bloomberg Businessweek
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June 22, 2010
An Israeli tycoon, the Virgin Islands, and Africa's blood diamonds
By Jason Stearns
The Christian Science Monitor
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June 22, 2010
Canada to Discuss First Quantum Expropriation at G-8 Meeting
Bloomberg News
SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle
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June 22, 2010
Ottawa to take up Quantum case
By John Ivison, Financial Post
National Post
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June 22, 2010
Pursuing Rebels at What Price
By Laure Pichegru
All Africa
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June 20, 2010
Deadly Silence: Rwanda's Never Again Is Once Again?
By Alice Gatebuke
The Huffington Post
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June 20, 2010
Division in Rwanda's military ranks
By Martin Plaut
BBC News
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June 20, 2010
Rwanda denies shooting exiled army chief in S Africa
BBC News
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June 17, 2010
B.C. mining firm shafted in the Congo?
By Peter Koven
Financial Post
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June 16, 2010
E.U. Faces Shortages of Key Minerals
By JAMES KANTER
The New York Times
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June 15, 2010
Congolese Women Suffer As Rwanda Squashes Dissent
By John Lasker
Toward Freedom
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June 15, 2010
Who's Who Among Armed Groups in the East
All Africa
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June 12, 2010
A life in writing: Barbara Kingsolver
By Maya Jaggi
The Guardian
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June 12, 2010
Congo activist's death reflects power struggle
By Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press Writer
The Boston Globe
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June 11, 2010
Congo Agrees to Back Project for Tracking Tin Origin, ITRI Says
By Anna Stablum
Bloomberg Businessweek
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June 11, 2010
Congolese Mines Ministry Creates Model Contract for Future Joint Ventures
By Michael J. Kavanagh
Bloomberg
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June 10, 2010
It could be a cover-up
The Economist
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June 9, 2010
Are Rwandan Tutsis carving out a mini-state in eastern Congo?
By Laura Seay
The Christian Science Monitor
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June 9, 2010
Congo, Gecamines Challenge Vulture Fund Claim to $116 Million Unpaid Debt
By Michael J. Kavanagh
Bloomberg
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June 9, 2010
First Quantum says new projects may double revenue
Reporting by Cameron French; editing by Rob Wilson
Reuters
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June 8, 2010
Congo rules out international role in death probe
By Katrina Manson
Reuters Africa
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June 4, 2010
War clouds gather as nations demand a piece of the Nile
By Tristan McConnell
The Times
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June 1, 2010
Avatar’s Pandora: A modern day battle in the Congo
By Kambale Musavuli
San Francisco Bay View
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June 2010
ICC Accepts to Probe UPDF on Atrocities
256 News
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