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Reuters 02/10/2012 By Sanjeev Miglani [Printer Friendly Version] For many in the West, Afghanistan and Iraq have much in common.

The first means wholesale or mass destruction of any kind. The second, "Holocaust" - with a capital H - describes the one that occurred between 1933 and 1945 by the Nazis.

Lonrho Hotels, a division of London-listed property group Lonrho Plc, has entered into a 10-year management agreement for the 450-room Grand Hotel in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

At 42 Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one of Paris's most expensive streets, looms a five-storey private mansion complete with disco, spa room, hair salon, gold- and jewel-encrusted taps, a lift, pastel-pink dining room and a breathtaking balcony view of the Arc de Triomphe.

The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has a less than glowing image in the DRC, but there is no sign in sight of the mission's end.

Actress and activist Mia Farrow is preparing to embark on a 10-day tour of Central Africa to highlight the risk of polio.

Incongruous is just one word that comes to mind when attempting to describe eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On Jan. 31, Congress heard testimony about the government's Annual Threat Assessment Report.

A Congolese car guard, who is also a qualified maths teacher, has been given an assistant teacher's post at the Sunward Park High School in Boksburg, according to a report on Thursday.

The institutions of the Democratic Republic of Congo are likely to be faced with a crisis of legitimacy as a result of disputes concerning both the presidential and the legislative elections.

The top United Nations peacekeeping official today stressed the need to boost the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to facilitate the next phase of elections in the vast, impoverished country and protect civilians in areas where national authorities are not present.

Seated near the fireplace in a historical home in Tournai, a medieval town 70 miles from Brussels and a stone's throw from the French border, while snow fell outside, Solange Lusiku Nsimire was enjoying not only the company of friends, but the chance to live for a few days without fearing suspicious noises in the garden or ominous knocks on the ... (more)

Posted: 08 February 2012 Deadline: 17 March 2012 Job type: Contract Salary: $40.000 - $50.000 Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo Organisation: War Child - Netherlands War Child Holland is an international NGO aiming at providing psychosocial relief to children in war and/or conflict zones.

Congolese protesters opposed to the DRC's Joseph Kabila are picketing on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, calling on investors to steer clear of the country's mineral resources.

Trial judges have granted an application by prosecutors to hear the evidence of one of their two outstanding witnesses in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial via video link from the Democratic Republic of Congo .

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.