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DRC: Displacement and discrimination ? the lot of the Bambuti Pygmies
GOMA Wednesday, September 01, 2010 (IRIN) - Conditions in Mugunga camp for displaced people on the outskirts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma are tough, but tougher still are those endured by hundreds of people from the Bambuti Pygmy community living just outside the camp.
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In Brief: Floods ravage DRC's Equateur area
KINSHASA Wednesday, August 18, 2010 (IRIN) - About 3,000 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo?s Equateur province are still suffering the effects of a flood caused by torrential rains which began in late July.
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DRC: Timeline on Lubanga?s ICC trial
KINSHASA Monday, August 16, 2010 (IRIN) - The trial of Thomas Lubanga on war crimes charges that include the conscription of children, the first ever to be heard by the International Criminal Court, has been viewed as an important test of the international court?s credibility and effectiveness. Although the trial began in January 2009, Lubanga has been in ICC detention since March 2006. Beset by procedural hiccups, some observers fear the trial has gone on for too long. Others see the setbacks as a sign that justice is in fact being carried out in a court grappling with its first case.
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DRC: International justice denied?
GOMA Thursday, August 12, 2010 (IRIN) - On a typically busy morning in North Kivu?s capital city Goma, nobody at the bank paid much attention to Bosco Ntaganda and his bodyguards. It had been a hectic few days for the rebel commander-turned-army general, who had also attended meetings with the provincial governor and the Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila.
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AFRICA: Adaptation strategy hit parade
JOHANNESBURG Monday, August 09, 2010 (IRIN) - Crops that mature faster and are tolerant of more frequent and intense droughts top the list of how most countries adapt their food production to climate change, says a new paper.
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