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CONGO: Vitamin A campaign targ...
CONGO: Vitamin A campaign targets deficient children
Sunday, April 6, 2008
At least 8,000 children between the ages of six months and five years have received vitamin A supplements in a health campaign aimed at eradicating...
CONGO: Arrest over abduction o...
CONGO: Arrest over abduction of indigenous family's child
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The High Court in southwestern Congo has indicted a member of an influential family on charges that he was responsible for the forced disappearance...
CONGO: Government lifts ban on...
CONGO: Government lifts ban on foreign adoption of children
IRIN
Friday, March 7, 2008
Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...
AFRICA: First ladies fight for...
AFRICA: First ladies fight for peace
IRIN
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their...
Republic of the Congo: ICRC he...
Republic of the Congo: ICRC helps fight cassava mosaic virus disease
International Committee of the Red Cross
Monday, December 24, 2007
Cassava is the staple food for many people in the Republic of the Congo. Cassava mosaic virus disease is threatening their food supply and their...
GTZ fosters tropical forest co...
GTZ fosters tropical forest conservation in the Congo Basin
GTZ
Sunday, December 23, 2007
For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...
CONGO: State urged to improve ...
CONGO: State urged to improve “disastrous” healthcare system
IRIN
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo’s healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has...
CONGO: Disease rife amid capit...
CONGO: Disease rife amid capital’s rubbish chaos
IRIN
Sunday, December 2, 2007
The lack of municipal waste disposal services in the Republic of Congo’s capital has led to a proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose a serious...
CONGO: Human rights groups urg...
CONGO: Human rights groups urge legal protection for indigenous communities
IRIN
Thursday, November 29, 2007
NGOs in the Republic of Congo have urged the country's president to adopt a draft law aimed at protecting indigenous people, who, they say, are...
AFRICA: Human rights watchdogs...
AFRICA: Human rights watchdogs urge action against enforced disappearance
IRIN
Friday, November 23, 2007
Human rights activists who gathered in Brazzaville have called on African states to do more to prevent the enforced disappearance of citizens and...
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