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China exploit 40,000 child workers in cobalt mines of Congo
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): China was found exploiting 40,000 child workers in cobalt mines of Congo and witnesses testified about the child labour at a congressional hearing on human rights violations, entitled "Child Labour and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Demo
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Congolese woman raped, forced to cook and eat human flesh: Rights activist
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 30 (ANI): A Congolese woman was kidnapped by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the UN Security Council (UNSC).
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Indian Army troops, part of UN peacekeepers defend armed attack on Congole
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DRC], May 26 (ANI): The Indian army and troops of other nationalities under the UN flag fended off an unprovoked attack by an armed group on the FARDC (Congolese Army) and the MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) positions in Congo on May 22.
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Amid terrorist attack, India at UNSC calls for protection of civilians in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI): Concerned over the spread of terrorism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern provinces, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti highlighted major challenges in front of DRC authorities of providing security to civilians a
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IMF approves extended credit release of USD 212mn to Congo: Executive Boar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Executive Board has approved the immediate release of more than $212 million to back up the international reserves of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, the fund announced in a press rele
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Fraud, bribery linked to China-Congo 'deal of the century': Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 1 (ANI): A massive deal between Chinese state-owned engineering firms and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to trade mineral wealth to fund urgently needed infrastructure projects concealed a multimillion-dollar embezzlement and bribery operation, according
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Militant attack in Eastern DRC kills 19: Officials
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Militants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) radical group are suspected of killing 19 people in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's province of North Kivu, the head of the province's Buliki area said on Saturday.
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Two Chinese face prosecution in Congo over 'humiliating' treatment of ille
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kinshasa [Congo], July 26 (ANI): Two Chinese men in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be facing military prosecution for ordering two Congolese soldiers to inflict "degrading and humiliating treatment" on illegal miners on Saturday, the army said.
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Merck Foundation brings together 13 African First Ladies and 27 Ministers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck foundation "More than a Mother" Ambassadors, African First Ladies of Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Malawi,
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Congo seeks cobalt mine deals review, jeopardises China's aim of leading g
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 25 (ANI): President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi said that he wants to review a number of deals struck with foreign mining companies in a move that could have an impact on China's ambitions to become the world's leading manufacturer of elec
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Indian Army rushes to aid Congo town hit by volcano eruption
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): After Mount Nyaragongo, an active volcano overlooking Congo's Goma town erupted, Indian Army on Saturday rushed to assist in evacuation of locals and other UN personnel in the affected region.
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Ram Karan Verma appointed as next Ambassador of India to Central African R
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Ram Karan Verma has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Central African Republic, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday.
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