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A Map Of Emerging Global Risks From The Past Two Weeks
The past two weeks have largely focused on investor concerns over Eurozone contagion and the post-election protests in Russia. But the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC's) incumbent president...
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Dikembe Mutombo And A Texas Energy Exec Tried To Buy $10 Million Worth Of...
In 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association, Congo-born Dikembe Mutombo was a relentless defender, an 8-time all-star who accumulated the second-most blocked shots in the league's history and...
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New Species Of Monkey With Giant Blue Backsides Found In The African Forest
A shy, brightly colored monkey species has been found living in the lush rainforests at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a find that utterly surprised the researchers who came upon...
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A New Ebola Outbreak In Africa Could Start Spreading Rapidly If It Is Not...
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at risk of spreading to major towns if the epidemic is not reined in, warned the The World Health Organization (WHO).Eugene...
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A Potentially Destabilizing Conflict Has Broken Out In Central Africa
As the world watches the in Gaza and Israel, a destabilizing conflict has broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with far reaching consequences but only a fraction of the viewership.Rebels...
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What's Happening Right Now In Congo Exposes The Folly Of Western Aid
Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labeled dark, lost, hopeless. But generalizations about Africa are dangerous. The only certainty is its size: it could contain the United...
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Expert: Obama Should Deploy 5,000 'Peacekeeping' Troops Into Africa
Just because the war in Afghanistan is winding down doesn't necessarily mean that the armed forces can expect a break.A recent memorandum to President Obama from Michael O'Hanlon, a member of the...
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21 Stunning Portraits Of Humans Around The World
Brandon Stanton is the photographer behind Humans of New York, the wildly popular photography blog that currently has more likes on Facebook than the entire population of New York City itself. Stanton...
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A New, Probably Unrelated Ebola Outbreak Is Happening In Central Africa
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed the lives of at least 1,427 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.Now, what appears to be a different strain of the hemorrhagic fever has been...
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The 12 most corrupt countries in the world
The recent FIFA scandal shone a spotlight on the prevalence of global corruption.A recent report from Verisk Maplecroft, a risk analysis and forecasting company, now identifies where similar...
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The 23 poorest countries in the world
Out of the 23 poorest countries in the world, 19 are located in Africa, according to an analysis by the Global Finance Magazine. Based on data from the IMF, the magazine ranked the world's countries...
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UN stills pays million to Russian aviation company responsible for sex attack...
The United Nations has spent half a billion dollars on contracts with a Russian aviation company since discovering one of its helicopter crews in the Democratic Republic of Congo drugged and raped a...
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Bill Clinton looked into giving paid speeches linked to brutal governments...
Former President Bill Clinton once sought information from Hillary Clinton's State Department about speaking invitations "related to two of the most repressive countries in the world,"ABC News reported...
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Here's a way forward for one of the most troubled countries in Africa
Long before the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) captivated global attention this past September and granted emerging countries the opportunity to highlight their commitment to development...
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How one author unlocked the secrets of one of Africa's most oppressive...
The 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which a tottering government spurred members of the Hutu ethnic group to slaughter as many as 800,000 of their Tutsi neighbors, has been the subject of numerous books,...
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Giant robocops are being deployed to solve the Congo's traffic problem
For over two decades, cities around the world have used red light and speed cameras to help enforce traffic laws.Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is betting that giant robots...
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Trump to meet with Republic of Congo president on Tuesday to discuss African...
(Reuters) - Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou plans to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing political turmoil crisis in Libya and other African issues,...
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Congo election commission president says 2017 presidential vote probably not...
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The president of Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission said on Sunday that a vote to replace President Joseph Kabila will probably not be possible this year,...
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The Catholic Church in the DR Congo has emerged as the leading force trying...
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila has refused to relinquish power for more than a year, and the Catholic Church has emerged as the leader in the fight against him.Since December,...
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A Map Of Emerging Global Risks From The Past Two Weeks
The past two weeks have largely focused on investor concerns over Eurozone contagion and the post-election protests in Russia. But the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC's) incumbent president...
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