Late in autumn 2006 one of the headlines in world media was the first democratic elections in DR Congo. They took place after 30 years of Mobutu Sese Seko's dictatorship and bloody civil wars in the period 1996-2002. These conflicts, which took approximately 4 million human lives, are ...
Years of war in mineral-rich easternDR Congo, involving dozens of competing militias, have displaced about 6mn people and plunged the region into a permanent state of insecurity. Goma, which is just 50km from the Rwandan border, is the capital of North Kivu, an important mining region and ...
The problems in the eastern DRC region can't be solved by force of arms, they require political solutions, said Kagame while speaking to national broadcaster Rwanda Television during an exclusive interview in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. "DR Congo has problems it has to deal with, just like w...
Banana Xanthomonas wilt in the DR Congo: Impact, spread and management Objective: Since 2001 Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) has drastically reduced banana productivity in over 8000 km2 of farmland in Nord Kivu Province of eastern Demo... V Ndungo...
Thomas Turner, “Angola’s Role in the Congo War,” in The African Stakes of the Congo War, ed. John F. Clark (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), 78–103. See pages 81–82. Google Scholar Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga, “The Spread of Political Violence in Congo-Brazzaville,” African ...
Ear Nose and Throat Diseases among HIV Infected Patients at Fepsi Hospital in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Conclusion: Ear Nose and Throat diseases remain a big problem for HIV infected patient in Butembo city, eastern of DR of the Congo. It is important ... FK Sikakulya,JK...
Dr. Arthur W. Galston, whose research led to the creation of Agent Orange, once said, "Nothing that you do in science is guaranteed to result in benefits for mankind. Any discovery, I believe, is morally neutral, and it can be turned either to constructive or destructive ends. That's ...
As for the mountain gorillas, the animals have so far been blessed: the mineral hasn’t yet been found in their habitat. Where it has been found—most notably in the eastern Congolese park, Kayuzi-Biega—the population of eastern lowland gorillas has been decimated by 90% and the park’...
Land Governance in the DR Congo: Ending the Deadlock and the Need for Tenure Reforms Chapter© 2021 The Struggle for Land Restitution and Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa Chapter© 2019 Ethiopia Corruption Institutions Land commercialisation ...
Today, Angola is one of the more stable countries in the region and has played a significant role in promoting peace in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). In recent years, Luanda (Angola’s capital) has become a hub for negotiations between Kinshasa and Ki...