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The conference, called Global Crises and Local Challenges, was organized by Alternatives and planned to focus on environmental degradation, global economic crises and conflicts in the Middle East.

Angola and Congo Brazzaville, created on Thursday in Luanda, an Inter-state Organ to conduct studies on the joint exploration of an oil field.

United Nations agencies are providing urgent assistance to areas of north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo after devastating floods, which have destroyed nearly 300 homes and left an estimated 1,500 people homeless.

President Joseph Kabila about the company's venture in the Central African country, Chairman Peter Moyo said.

Increasing pressure on African men to discuss gender equality could lessen the incentive to use rape as a war weapon, according to new research from Uganda Chris Dolan: 'In many places [in Africa] for a man to be raped is effectively for him to be reduced to a woman, a status he has been brought up to believe is inferior' The incentive to use rape ...

Local authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are reporting that almost 90,000 people have been uprooted from their homes following recent military operations in the region, the United Nations humanitarian arm said today.

A new Independent National Electoral Commission has been set up in the Democratic Republic of Congo to prepare for elections next year, the outgoing commission announced on Friday.

Circumstantial evidence links Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale to two opaque companies -- fronted by President Jacob Zuma's nephew -- that have marched off with sought-after Congolese oil blocks already allocated to others.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said.

Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, one of Africa's leading prelates, has lauded a decision by Congolese President Joseph Kabila to proclaim the late Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula a national hero.

During the American Revolution, Thomas Paine spent time in York, Pennsylvania writing The Crisis .

This is one of those slightly hokey surveys that measures the happiness of nations.

General Assembly President Ali Treki today expressed deep sadness after learning that a boat overturned on a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , reportedly killing around 140 people.

A boat carrying 200 passengers to Congo's capital has capsized after hitting a rock.

Reports about thefts, rapes and murders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and of mass attacks that create refugees in the tens of thousands, are not abstractions for the Bishop of Winchester.

St Wendel, Germany- High over St Wendel in the western German state of Saarland stands a mission house of the Steyler Order where missionaries who have spent their lives preaching the gospel and helping people in the far reaches of the world return for their retirement.

New York - Authorities arrested a journalist on Tuesday on criminal defamation charges in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said.

By Risdel Kasasira & Charles Mwanguhya Posted Thursday, July 29 2010 at 00:00 In Summary The Group The Allied Democratic Forces is a rebel group opposed to the Ugandan government.

The Obama administration has condemned WikLeaks' decision to publish more than 91,000 U.S. military documents related to the war in Afghanistan, saying the disclosures undercut American security and endanger the lives of U.S. troops and informants.

BEIRUT: Governments across the globe held their breath last week as they apprehensively awaited the final pronouncement of the International Court of Justice the world's foremost legal body over a case that has divided them like rarely before.