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Production figures are preliminary. Production from the two Tunisian fields El Bibane and Ezzaouia is no longer included due to the divestment of the fields as per 1 January 2012.

"Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition have ended talks on backing a proposed 130bn euros EU rescue plan without agreement.

Loncor Resources Inc. is pleased to announce initial bottle roll metallurgical testwork results at the Company's Makapela prospect, Ngayu Gold Project, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .

A US trade adviser appointed by Barack Obama orchestrated a deal to buy gold worth millions of dollars from a wanted Congolese warlord, according to a UN report.

Banro Corporation is pleased to announce completion of an updated Economic Assessment for its Namoya Project, located on the Twangiza - Namoya gold belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Kari Egge, 45, of Stillwater, Minnesota, died from cancer on Saturday, according to the St.

A woman forced to flee her home village rests outside a shelter in North Kivu province.

It owns and manages its resources in Tunisia, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Norway, Greenland, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

His great-grandfather was a slave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and his grandfather was also a slave.

The belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army - a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states - underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged against it, say analysts.

Coe College students will conduct events every day during the week of Feb. 13 to support V-Day, a global activist movement aimed at ending violence against women and girls.A Each day will feature a different activity or educational event to raise awareness and promote collective action against this overwhelming social problem.

Posted: 03 February 2012 Deadline: 16 February 2012 Job type: Temporary Salary: $40.000 - $50.000 Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo Organisation: Merlin - UK Benefits: Insurance cover, accommodation, annual leave entitlement of 24 days per annum rising to 30 days at the completion of 12 months of continuous employment with Merlin.

A Congolese woman washes clothes at a hillside camp for the internally displaced in North Kivu's Masisi District.

POYRY PLC Press release 3 February 2012 Poyry's Water & Environment business group has been awarded a project by MPD Congo, a subsidiary of Xstrata, to help prepare the Social & Environmental Impact Assessment for the Zanaga Iron Ore Mining Project in the Republic of Congo .

Good afternoon, Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Payne, honorable Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the United States' policy toward the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC, in light of what Secretary Clinton has described as "seriously flawed" presidential and parliamentary elections held last November 28.

President Joseph Kabila's party has lost 45% of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results announced by Congo's electoral commission.

Violence, potential humanitarian crisis and the post-2011 election aftermath in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were the topics at a congressional hearing Thursday held before the House panel that oversees international human rights and African issues that is chaired by Congressman Chris Smith .

In 1980, before widespread global use of measles vaccine, an estimated 2.6 million measles deaths occurred worldwide .

That boy who stripped naked outside Luthuli House -- it was a show of exasperation to say: 'When you raped me before, you took off my clothes; now I'm taking off my clothes, so come on, keep raping me,'" said Gisumbu Mavu.

Egypt mourns after 74 killed in football tragedy * Riot marks one of the deadliest incidents in football history * Government sacks Port Said security chief CAIRO: Egypt began three days of mourning on Thursday after 74 people were killed in an eruption of violence at a football match that sparked new anger against the military... Islamists ... (more)