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“Concerned governments and U.N. officials cannot sit by while the LRA goes on a criminal rampage, committing heinous abuses against children and other people.”

International action is needed to stop abductions and sexual violence by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda and Sudan, Human Rights Watch said. via Political Gateway

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“What we have heard and seen is shocking”

Arms from China's 'ship of shame' reach Mugabe Cargo arrives as Mugabe's militias intensify crackdown on political opponents THE ZIMBABWEAN government said yesterday that weapons carried by China's so-called ... via Sunday Herald

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Just spent 3 days in Rome to check out FotoGrafia , the 7th edition of international festival of photography which runs until May 25th in several venues throughout the city. via WorldChanging

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Improved political dialogue in the Central African Republic , a peace conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , as well as the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and CAR are ... via AllAfrica.com

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“Amnesty International believes that many of the detainees in this group are detained for no other reason than that they originate from Equateur province”

S USPECTED rebels were reportedly tortured in prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International has said, urging the government to investigate several deaths blamed on maltreatment. via Guardian Newspapers

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The United Nations refugee agency has expanded its repatriation operation to the town of Moba in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by launching road returns this week from Zambia. via AllAfrica.com

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“The West is conspiring to unseat that valiant warrior, President Mugabe”

THERE comes a time when the truth, no matter how unsavoury, just cannot be repressed. via AllAfrica.com

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The risk of renewed violence in Ituri is limited today by the presence of the UN Mission in the Congo , the dismantling of the majority of armed groups and the local population's war weariness after years of ... via AllAfrica.com

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“Their continuing presence in the region represents a threat to stability and reconciliation”

The United States announced on Monday it had revived a program offering rewards of up to $5 million a head for information leading to the arrest of 13 suspects in Rwanda's genocide. via Reuters UK

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Categories Archives Aphorisms Know Your Primate: Pan paniscus Category: Know Your Primate Primatology Posted on: May 11, 2008 9:00 PM, by afarensis, FCD Know Your Primate grew out of posts I wrote specifically ... via Afarensis

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