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In May 2010, President Obama signed into law the Lord's Resistance Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, which reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to support regional partners' efforts to end the atrocities of the LRA in central Africa.

The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today stressed the need for all parties to use legal means and dialogue to settle differences in the aftermath of recent elections so as to advance stability and peace in the country.

UNHCR staff help prepare Angolan refugees for their return home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

What the Democratic Republic of Congo needs is not another national election but a rethinking of how the state might be reorganized.

As the war crimes trial of leading Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo resumed last week, a member of his organisation told judges at the International Criminal Court, ICC, that the defendant alone issued orders to troops that were sent into the Central African Republic to support that country's president.

Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled on Tuesday, including 40 per cent out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, as unions ratcheted up pressure on day two of a strike over labour rights.

University of Southern Mississippi senior Emily Simmons stands in front of the The Hague Parliament Building.

The World Photography Organisation announces the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards.

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.