| Heartland, Mazembe on course to reach African Champions League final | |
BBC News - October 4, 2009 | |
![]() | DR Congo's TP Mazembe and Heartland of Nigeria look well on course to contest this year's African Champions League final after their respective thrashings of Al Hilal of Sudan and Nigeria's Kano Pillars in the semi-final first legs. |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Contributes State of the Art Medical Equipment to Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital | |
William L. Collier/Dmf.org - October 1, 2009 | |
![]() | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., operator of the Tenke Fungurume mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced today it is funding approximately $1 million for the purchase of state-of-the-art medical imaging equipment for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa, DRC. |
| Madagascar says to withdraw from SADC | |
Xinhua - September 30, 2009 | |
![]() | Madagascan Prime Minister Monja Roindefo said at a meeting in Antananarivo on Tuesday that his government would take a firm decision against the SADC member countries, following their action to ban High Transitional Authority (HTA) President Andry Rajoelina from delivering a speech at the United Nations. |
| Africa must have full Security Council representation - DR Congo tells UN Assembly | |
UN News - September 28, 2009 | |
![]() | “The present UN system does not correspond in its current concept to the hopes of its founders and to the letter of the Charter that its creation was able to inspire,” DRC Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Nwamba said as the Assembly entered the fifth day of its annual General Debate. |
| Surrenders and repatriations of FDLR combatants increase as MONUC steps up DDRRR efforts | |
MONUC - September 28, 2009 | |
![]() | Concerted efforts by MONUC's DDRRR personnel and peacekeepers have contributed to a significant rise in surrenders and voluntary repatriation of FDLR combatants and dependents. UNHCR has also registered a steady rise in Rwandan refugees seeking to return home. |
| Madagascar President Prevented from Taking Floor at UN General Assembly | |
VOA News - September 25, 2009 | |
![]() | In a rare intervention in the Assembly hall, the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Alexis Mwamba, representing SADC, protested allowing Mr. Rajoelina to speak. "SADC would like to express its protest against the decision to invite Mr. Andry Rajoelina to take the floor at the general debate of our august assembly," he said. |
| ICC: Germain Katanga's appeal dismissed | |
ICC - September 25, 2009 | |
![]() | The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) dismissed the appeal of Germain Katanga against Trial Chamber II’s decision of 12 June which declared his case admissible before the ICC. |
| Clinton Pushes UN Resolution to Curb Violence Against Girls | |
VOA News - September 25, 2009 | |
![]() | Clinton says preventing the exploitation and marginalization of girls is no longer an afterthought but a core foreign policy objective of the United States, which is co-sponsoring a Security Council resolution on the issue next week. |
| Rebel Group LRA Seeks New Peace Talks With Ugandan Government | |
VOA News - September 24, 2009 | |
![]() | Elusive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has renewed contact with the Ugandan government, seeking an immediate ceasefire and resumption of peace talks. Kony's militants are terrorizing the local populations across a number of central African nations. |
| DR Congo deports genocide suspect | |
BBC News - September 20, 2009 | |
![]() | Congolese Communication Minister Lambert Mende used the example of Mr Ndahimana to renew calls that Rwanda send Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to Kinshasa to face trial. |
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