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ICC
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It is good news to see that the International Criminal Court began its first ever trial on 26 January. Thomas Lubanga is accused of war crimes, using children under 15 to fight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is go...
Congo Crisis
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Following the Prime Minister's meeting with UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon on Thursday, Mark Malloch-Brown flies to the DRC today, arriving in the capital Kinshasa on Monday (then to Goma and Kigali). Britain remains fully engaged on the Con...
Congo
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Bernard Kouchner says it was a "good camp". And he has visited 100s. Built on volcanic lava in the last three years, there were puddles not a swamp; the people were there in large numbers: they looked scared, but they had energy even if the...
Kinshasa, Congo Basin and Goma
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Saturday - Kinshasa This is written driving through Kinshasa - on one of about 500 miles of paved roads in a country 3 or is it 5 times the size of France. The football stadium and the parliament we drive by were built by the Chinese in the 1970s...
