Wednesday 25 August 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 25 August 2010, - BBC
A plane has crashed in the west of the Democratic Republic
of Congo, killing 20 people, officials say.
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Friday 6 August 2010
By Thomas on Friday 6 August 2010, - IRIN
A survey conducted by American scientists among the population
of eastern Congo challenges the traditional image of sexual violence as
perpetrated by men against women – but NGOs assisting rape survivors urge
caution in interpreting the study’s gender findings.
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Saturday 24 July 2010
By Thomas on Saturday 24 July 2010, - RFI
The visiting heads of UNHCR and World Food Programme pledged to help
displaced families who go back home as tentative peace returns to some areas of
North Kivu. But many challenges surround those returns.
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Thursday 22 July 2010
By Thomas on Thursday 22 July 2010, - RFI
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres visited Dongo in the west
of the Democratic Republic of Congo and called for additional international aid
for the country, especially for western areas where long-term development
projects are needed.
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Friday 16 July 2010
By Thomas on Friday 16 July 2010, - IRIN
Tens of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) have fled their homes amid an army offensive against Ugandan
rebels, presenting fresh impetus to humanitarian agencies’ efforts to adapt
their response mechanisms to sudden displacement.
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By Thomas on Friday 16 July 2010, - RFI
Tens of thousands of people driven away from their homes, dead bodies lying
on the roads ands and burnt-out villages: the North Kivu province of the
Democratic Republic of Congo is once again the scene of fighting between the
army and militias.
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Wednesday 14 July 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 14 July 2010, - Worldcoalition.org
World Coalition member organisation Murder Victims’
Families for Human Rights held public events and meetings with victims and
leaders during a recent tour of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
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Friday 9 July 2010
By Thomas on Friday 9 July 2010, - Worldcoalition.org
Legal action by local activists and pressure from
international organizations have succeeded in stopping plans by Nigeria’s
authorities to execute hundreds of death row inmates.
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Saturday 3 July 2010
By Thomas on Saturday 3 July 2010, - Marchés Tropicaux
Expulsé des deux blocs pétroliers du Lac Albert obtenus
auprès du gouvernement de République démocratique du Congo en 2006, Tullow Oil
n’exclut pas de porter l’affaire en justice.
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Wednesday 30 June 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 30 June 2010, - Autre/Other
The Democratic Republic of Congo is marking the 50th
Anniversary of its independence today. But instead of celebrating a
half-century's worth of achievements, the country is mired in violence, poverty
and bad governance. And some say it all began with the death of one man.
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By Thomas on Wednesday 30 June 2010, - RFI
The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated a half-century
of independence from Belgium on Wednesday with a military parade joined by UN
peacekeepers, attended by dozens of foreign dignitaries, including the king of
Belgium.
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Tuesday 15 June 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 15 June 2010, - IRIN
Armed groups have caused severe suffering in eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the years. Here are some of the most
active in the Kivu region and elsewhere.
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Monday 7 June 2010
By Thomas on Monday 7 June 2010, - Reuters
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park, once known as
a haunt for militias and a vicious Ugandan rebel group, is open for tourism,
the park's main Western donor said.
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By Thomas on Monday 7 June 2010, - Worldcoalition.org
As the legal action taken by local activists to block the use of the death
penalty failed, abolitionists across Asia have been calling for an end to the
death penalty in their region.
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Thursday 3 June 2010
By Thomas on Thursday 3 June 2010, - RFI
The president of Congolese non-governmental organization,
La Voix des Sans-voix or VSV (Voice for the Voiceless) was found dead
on the road going out of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, according to
police. Floribert Chebeya, 47, was found dead in his car, and his
chauffeur, who had been driving at the time, has not been found.
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Tuesday 25 May 2010
By Thomas on Tuesday 25 May 2010, - Aftenposten
Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, the two Norwegians
previously sentenced to death for murder and espionage, are being re-tried from
May 25. This time, the authorities sent magistrates from the capital Kinshasa
to rule on the case.
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Saturday 15 May 2010
By Thomas on Saturday 15 May 2010, - Reuters
The United Nations insisted on Saturday any pull-out of peacekeepers from
Democratic Republic of Congo would depend on security conditions, while the
central African state stuck to an end-2011 deadline.
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Friday 14 May 2010
By Thomas on Friday 14 May 2010, - Reuters
A United Nations' Security Council delegation arrived in Kinshasa on Friday
to persuade Congo that a gradual withdrawal of 20,500 peacekeepers would be
better than the swift exit the government wants.
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Thursday 13 May 2010
By Thomas on Thursday 13 May 2010, - Reuters
Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate the terms of its Lake Albert
oil deals to avoid the "oil curse" that has fed corruption and poverty in other
energy producing nations, an advocacy group said on Thursday.
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Wednesday 12 May 2010
By Thomas on Wednesday 12 May 2010, - Aftenposten
Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, the two Norwegians due to get a new trial
in Kisangani after their death sentence for murder and espionage was overturned
last month, will probably have to wait until May 25. The magistrates due to
open the trial on May 10 did not show up.
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More problems have emerged amid preparations for the new trial:
- The French cultural centre, which was used for previous hearings, has banned
further court proceedings from its premises: original
Norwegian |
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- The car in which the murder was committed has been sold and can no longer be
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Thomas Hubert est un journaliste pigiste bilingue basé à Kinshasa, RD Congo depuis le premier trimestre 2009 et auparavant à Paris. Ce blog présente une sélection de ses articles publiés par divers médias et des notes sur la vie quotidienne à Kinshasa.