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- COMMENTARY: Why the War in Iraq? 13 May 2008 10:51 GMT
... Qaeda. A pro-West government was installed and elections were held. Troops remain in Afghanistan to ... Libya, Chad, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria, Djibouti, Indonesia, ...
- UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... to pursue its greater prize in resource-rich Congo (DRC). It didn't matter that hundreds of thousands ... a turnout of around 62% of eligible voters or a figure exceeding that in most US elections. The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) ...
- Congo-Kinshasa: Meeting of Alan Doss With the President 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, received on 2 May 2008, the ... Government's Reconstruction Program, air safety and local elections. The Special Representative noted the progress achieved ...
- Do American economic interests threaten democracy in the Congo? 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... have given rise to many questions in Congolese political circles. In response to Cei’s rejection of ... Progess (UDPS), Etienne Tshisekedi’s party, to reopen voter registration centres, Roger Meece supported the position ... clear. Mining contracts that the government in Kinshasa has just signed with a number of ...
- Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 3/31/2008 13 May 2008 04:36 GMT
... a harrowing 453-day adventure in a remote Congolese forest Quammen shared with explorer J. Michael ... Geographic and Smithsonian , including a solid selection of his post-1985 work. In his introduction ...
- Casting ballots 13 May 2008 04:36 GMT
... in mind when they cast their own ballots. Here’s a slogan you won’t hear from ... their participation in the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections. Even as they were imprisoned for crimes ... war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The young woman of the title was gang-raped ...
- Mbeki's grip loosens 13 May 2008 04:35 GMT
... were arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo on suspicion of coup plotting. This comes barely ... is due to hold its first multiparty elections since independence in 1960, an exercise largely ...
- Uganda: Museveni on the Ropes, Instability Ahead 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... Museveni in the February 28, 2006 presidential elections. The International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) issued ... Uganda's dispute with the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) over the former's occupation of the D.R.C.'s ... the reparations question. The D.R.C. government in Kinshasa had demanded US$6 billion to US$10 billion ...
- Elections Approach in Democratic Republic of Congo 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... that was held in Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) on December 18, 2005 was accepted by ... the central African country. Background to the Elections The acceptance of the draft constitution comes ... in Rome in March 2005 with the Kinshasa government and the Sant'Egidio community, the F.D.L.R. ...
- Chad's Cycle of Instability Gains Momentum 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... a period of relative stability, including multi-party elections in 1996 and 2001, the latter of ... -- Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon -- issued a statement ...
- Instability on the March in Sudan, Chad and Central African Republic 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... considerable irregularities were noted in the 2001 elections. As he approached his constitutional term limit, ... notably Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, might also require U.N. resources. While these factors ...
- The Increasing Importance of African Oil 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... partner" after Western states criticized its recent election irregularities and its continuing border dispute with ... oil from Africa, mostly from Sudan, Angola, Congo, and Nigeria. In each of these countries, a ...
- Uganda's Upcoming Presidential Elections 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
... Sudan, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda has managed to sustain some of the ... year leading up to the 2006 general elections. The Movement and Museveni Uganda's turbulent political ... for switching to a multiparty system, potential voter boycotts could weaken the legitimacy of any ...
- Tuesday, May 20 13 May 2008 00:57 GMT
... Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 141st day of 2008. ... state. 1990 - Romania holds free, democratic elections for the first time in 45 years. ... civil war. 1995 - The government in Kinshasa lifts the quarantine on the region affected ...
- Cultural Coolies "Rocking the Casbah:" Review of Newsweek Feature (Dec. 20, 2004) 13 May 2008 00:18 GMT
... not permit women to vote in national election until 1971. British women were granted the ... Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) from 1965 to 1997. On September 14, 1960, ...
- Reversing Africa's Decline 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... European mercenaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) came into play forcing ... occupy office for three years after which elections should be held. The chosen governors of ...
- Africa Tired of Re-Cycled Rulers 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... even re-cycled armies. Take Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, to mention but a few. ... stay in power through masquerade known as elections they rig and organise. Wherever they proved ... remedy in lieu of going to the voters whose votes is always abused and stolen ...
- Why is Resource Rich Africa Poor? 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... partake in signing “confidential deals” too. If elections do not favour them, the global market ... democracy and people empowerment. Civil wars in Congo, Sudan and The curse of the continent therefore ...
- A Letter to a Simple African Woman 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... am going to the farm!” It is election time, and I thought I should tell ... lives. We did, through Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Congo, Uganda and finally Western Kenya, that is why ... with their feet, now we have secret ballot! . Naruddin Farah, an author of novels ...
- Strengthening India- Africa Ties 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast. After ... two-thirds of African states have conducted multi-party elections in recent years, 24 countries have signed ...
- Kibaki and Odinga Hold Kenya's Future 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... democracy is comes during and shortly after election. The cardinal rule in a democracy is ... countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Congo have felt the impact of the violence. These ...
- Rethinking African Higher Learning 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
... and inclusive democratic systems of government. Multi-party elections have become a regular feature of our ... and democratic society. The Democratic Republic of Congo is trying to break away from various forms ...
- Rageh Omaar's 13 May 2008 00:15 GMT
... as violence swept Kenya after the disputed elections, most of the British press expressed the ... have seen in Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan and Congo, it can be used to shockingly violent effect. ...
- How Kenya lost its way 13 May 2008 00:15 GMT
... was the African success story, yet the election has exposed bitter divisions. Now the country ... Kenya isn't supposed to be like this. Congo and Côte d'Ivoire certainly, or Rwanda at one ... Since the 2002 polls, three million new voters have been added to the country's electoral ...
- The bitter value of silence 13 May 2008 00:02 GMT
... shot him Bad news came from eastern Congo on 13 June. A journalist for Radio Okapi, ... to the civil war and the first elections in almost 50 years has done nothing ...
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