Ugandan army kills Congo rebels
The Ugandan army says it has killed two Congolese rebels who tried to attack a border trading post.
London explorer strikes oil in western Uganda
0 The London-based explorer said the discovery at Taitai in the Butiaba region, near the Uganda-Congo border, indicated that the area could be a major 'petroleum province.' 'Downhole pressure testing and sampling has confirmed the presence of moveable 30
Background Notes : Congo (Brazzaville) (05/08)
-0500 Flag of Republic of Congo is divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle on hoist side is green and the lower triangle is red. PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of the Congo PEOPLE Congo's sparse population is
Amnesty accuses Congo rebels of torture
Erwin van der Borght, director of Amnesty's Africa programme, in a letter to the Congolese defence and justice ministers, singled out the case of Simon Yawa Gomonza, a prisoner at Kinshasa Central Prison (CPRK) who died on April 26. The rights group
UN refugee agency begins overland return operation from Zambia to DR Congo
Congolese returnees arrive in Moba earlier this month from Zambia A convoy carrying 357 Congolese who had been living in Kala and Mwange camps in northern Zambia arrived in Moba, on the western shores of Lake Tanganyika, last night after two days on
Congo-Kinshasa: Uruguayan Blue Helmets Receive UN Medals for Services to Peace
May 2008 for Uruguayan blue helmets who received the UN medal, for distinguished services to MONUC. The Uruguayans received their medals from Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC. Also in attendance were
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