News Archives

March 31, 2009
Tullow Oil Says It May Allow Additional Partner in Congo Deal
By Franz Wild
Bloomberg
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March 31, 2009
DJ Lundin Says First Copper Produced At Tenke Fungurume
MarketWatch
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March 31, 2009
RPT-UPDATE 2-IMF cuts DR Congo's 2009 growth forecast to 2.7 pct
By Joe Bavier
Reuters
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March 30, 2009
Experts Discuss Source of Congo Rape
By Matthew Tamul
Emorywheel.com
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March 30, 2009
'Tribal' Battlefield Congo?
Johnny Van Hove
Indymedia
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March 28, 2009
France seals African uranium deals
Al Jazeera
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March 28, 2009
Bashir's Defense Against War Crimes Charges
By Milton Allimadi
Black Star News
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March 27, 2009
EU fails to reistate UN rights expert on Congo
Reuters
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March 27, 2009
Tullow discovers more oil in Uganda, negotiates with Congo
Eric Watkins
Oil & Gas Journal
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March 27, 2009
Slowdown blights DR Congo economy
By Andrew Harding
BBC
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March 26, 2009
Congo Completes Mining Review, Plans No ‘Significant’ Changes
By Franz Wild
Bloomberg
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March 26, 2009
Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan
BBC
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March 26, 2009
UPDATE 1-CAMEC restarts cobalt mining in Congo
Bloomberg
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March 26, 2009
DR Congo's curious peace deal with ex-Nkunda rebels
Daily Nation
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March 26, 2009
MTN May Buy ZTE’s 51% Stake in Congo Phone Venture (Update1)
By Franz Wild, Mark Lee and Cathy Chan
Bloomberg
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March 26, 2009
War still rages on in corners of eastern Congo
By Michael J. Kavanagh
World Focus
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March 25, 2009
Sarkozy to Push for French Investment in Congo During Visit
By Franz Wild and Helene Fouquet
Bloomberg
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March 23, 2009
Congo to push forward with $9 bln Chinese contract
By Joe Bavier
Reuters
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March 23, 2009
Hutu rebels in Congo strike back against joint offensive
By Matthew Clark
Christian Science Monitor
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March 20, 2009
There Is No Congo
By Jeffrey Herbst, Greg Mills
Foreign Policy
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March 19, 2009
Congolese bishops describe complex conflicts in northern Congo
By Catholic News Service
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March 19, 2009
Foreign troops in Congo stir fury
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
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March 18, 2009
Bearing Witness to the Chaos of War
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
New York Times
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March 17, 2009
UPDATE 1-Anvil Mining posts Q4 loss; seeks additional funding
Reuters
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March 15, 2009
Ugandan army begins Congo pullout
AFP
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March 15, 2009
'Merchant of Death' denies arming terror
Nick Paton Walsh
Guardian
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March 15, 2009
Diamond firm teeters on brink
Allan Seccombe
Fin24.com
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March 14, 2009
Women in Congo Speak out About Rape Despite Taboo Survivors of rape speak out to stop brutal sexual violence in eastern Congo
By MICHELLE FAUL
AP
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March 13, 2009
IMF Gives Congo $195.5 Million Loan to Ease Crisis
By Nasreen Seria
Bloomberg
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March 13, 2009
Can this cell phone be greened?
Laura Silver
Valley News
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March 12, 2009
High Point SGA running campaign for the Congo
By Jonah Schuman
Gazette.net
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March 12, 2009
Huge crowds welcome DR Congo team
By Patrice Citera
BBC Sport
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March 11, 2009
Congo: Delays in Rebel Leader’s Case
By JOSH KRON
NY Times
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March 11, 2009
The holocaust in DR Congo: War for the sake of war itself
by Ann Garrison
San Francisco Bayview
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March 11, 2009
Rwandan Court to Decide Fate of Congolese Rebel Leader
By Peter Clottey
Voice of America
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March 10, 2009
Bashir's New Best Friends
Black Star News Editorial
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March 10, 2009
Africo signs MoU on power supply to DRC project
By Liezel Hill
Mining Weekly
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March 10, 2009
Primatologist Goodall: China plundering Africa resources
By Jane Goodall
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March 9, 2009
Congo miners suffer as boom turns to bust
By Barney Jopson
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March 9, 2009
War and Peace Keepers
Al Jazeera
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March 6, 2009
Congo rebel's wife seeks his release in Rwanda: lawyer
AFP
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March 5, 2009
Bishops give thumbs down to technology for Lent Some Catholics urge doing without texting during the season to honor 'concrete' relationships.
By Alana Semuels
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March 5, 2009
A jungle alliance that may just endure
The Economist
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March 3, 2009
From Congo to Kathmandu, how mobiles have transformed the world
By Chris McGreal
The Guardian
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March 1, 2009
DR Congo outsources its military
By Mark Doyle
BBC
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March 1, 2009
Rwanda: Joint efforts with Congo to continue
By JOHN HEILPRIN
AP
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March 1, 2009
Rebels 'retake Congo positions'
BBC
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March 1, 2009
Congo parliament leaders quit as Rwanda row spreads
Joe Bavier
Reuters
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