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17.12.2011

Kabila declared winner in DR Congo

DRC Supreme Court confirms election results

Incumbent Joseph Kabila was declared President-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo by the country`s top court yesterday (Friday 16 December 2011)...

18.11.2011

Vulture funds close in on Congo

Financial speculators sue for debt repayment

ED Morel, investigating claims that King Leopold of Belgium was systematically exploiting the resources of the Congo in 1900, discovered that what the King billed as a commercial venture was, in Morel`s words, `legalised robbery enforced by violence`...

27.10.2011

The curious incident

of the watchdog that did not bark

When Sherlock Holmes draws his attention to the curious incident of the dog in the night time, Inspector Gregory points out that the dog had done nothing in the night time...

30.09.2011

Wangari Maathai to get Kenyan State funeral

Environmental leader mourned across globe

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Africa`s Green Belt Movement, who died on 25 September, is to be given a State funeral in her native Kenya...