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| DR Congo Will Not Negotiate With M23 Rebels, Government Says | |
Congo News Agency - November 19, 2012 | |
 | M23 rebels claimed on Monday they were retreating from the outskirts of the eastern Congo city of Goma to give negotiations a chance after issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the government. The government did not waste any time to respond. The Congolese government said on Monday it will not negotiate with the M23 rebels. |
| DR Congo Officials Vow to Defend Goma Against M23 Rebels | |
Congo News Agency - November 19, 2012 | |
 | North Kivu province Governor Julien Paluku has reassured residents of the eastern Congo city of Goma that it remains under the control of the Congolese army. He dismissed rumors that top government and military officials have fled towards Bukavu, in South Kivu province. Military officials in Goma vowed to defend the city against an attack by M23 rebels. |
| U.S. Treasury Department Sanctions M23 Rebel Leader | |
U.S. Department of the Treasury - November 13, 2012 | |
 | "Sultani Makenga is responsible for extensive atrocities against the population in the DRC, including the recruitment of child soldiers, and campaigns of violence against civilians," said Adam J. Szubin, the Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. |
| In Eastern DRC, Ex-Fighters Make a New Life With Coffee | |
VOA News - November 5, 2012 | |
 | A cooperative in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is giving Congolese coffee exports a fresh start. The co-op is trying to do the same for former rebels and soldiers. They are being encouraged to make a better and safer living from coffee. |
| Gunmen attack anti-rape doctor Denis Mukwege | |
BBC News - October 26, 2012 | |
 | Unknown gunmen have tried to kill a Congolese doctor widely praised for his work helping rape victims, he has told the BBC. When asked whether he had been targeted because of his work, Denis Mukwege noted that the attackers had not asked for any money. |
| Widespread abuse of logging permits opens up Congo's forests to more destruction | |
Global Witness - October 25, 2012 | |
 | Industrial logging companies and officials are systematically abusing community logging permits in order to bypass the Democratic Republic of Congo’s freeze on new logging concessions, says a new report by Global Witness. |
| DR Congo coach Claude LeRoy to draw on Ghana experience | |
BBC Sport - October 25, 2012 | |
 | DR Congo coach Claude LeRoy will use his experience as a former coach of Ghana to gain an edge when the sides meet in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The teams were placed together in Group B, along with Niger and Mali, for the tournament in South Africa. And LeRoy, who led Ghana from 2006-2008, believes his knowledge of the Black Stars might have them worried. |
| Mazembe's Comeback Season Ends in Semis | |
Congo News Agency - October 20, 2012 | |
 | TP Mazembe's quest for a fifth Champions League title will have to wait for another season. The Crows conceded a narrow 1-0 loss to holders Esperance of Tunis on Saturday, but that was all the home team needed to advance after a scoreless draw in the first leg in Lubumbashi. |
| UN Security Council condemns 'any and all outside support' to M23 rebels | |
UN News Centre - October 19, 2012 | |
 | “The Security Council calls upon all countries in the region to condemn the M23, as well as other armed groups, and to cooperate actively with the Congolese authorities in disarming and demobilizing the M23 as well as other armed groups and dismantling the M23 parallel administration,” said in a presidential statement. |
| DR Congo Qualify for 2013 Africa Cup of Nations | |
Congo News Agency - October 14, 2012 | |
 | DR Congo's national football team have qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations despite losing 2-1 to Equatorial Guinea's Nzalang Nacional in Malabo on Sunday. Coach Claude LeRoy's men had secured a 4-0 win during the first leg in Kinshasa. They advance 5-2 on aggregate. |
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