|
In Brief: Putting Congo’s Baka minority on the map
17 December 2012
(IRIN
),
A group of Pygmy women singers from Likouala, in the extreme north of the Republic of Congo, has released a music album, which they and their backer hope will help safeguard the rights of the country’s Baka Pygmies.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97065/In-Brief-Putting-Congo-s-Baka-minority-on-the-map
|
|
CONGO: Torrential rains kill 13, displace hundreds
13 December 2012
(IRIN
),
Torrential rains have killed at least 13 people, injured 29 and displaced hundreds in districts south of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, say officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97038/CONGO-Torrential-rains-kill-13-displace-hundreds
|
|
IDPs: African IDP Convention comes into force
6 December 2012
(IRIN
),
The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 2009, also known as the Kampala Convention, came into force on 6 December; it is the world’s first legally binding instrument to cater specifically to people displaced within their own countries.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96984/IDPs-African-IDP-Convention-comes-into-force
|
|
CONGO: Imports, corruption drive up food prices
26 November 2012
(IRIN
),
The Republic of Congo, which imports over US$240 million worth of food a year, has seen sharply rising staple food and fuel prices since the beginning of 2012, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and a local consumer rights body.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96889/CONGO-Imports-corruption-drive-up-food-prices
|
|
In Brief: Towards earlier cancer diagnosis in Congo
14 November 2012
(IRIN
),
An NGO in the Republic of Congo has launched a campaign aimed at reducing the often fatally late diagnosis of cancer, which affects more than 7,000 people in the central African state.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96780/In-Brief-Towards-earlier-cancer-diagnosis-in-Congo
|
|
SECURITY: Accountability - holding armed groups to their word
12 November 2012
(IRIN
),
A new database by the Swiss-based NGO Geneva Call collating current and past armed groups’ attitudes towards international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law (HRL), could be used to hold them accountable.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96759/SECURITY-Accountability-holding-armed-groups-to-their-word
|
|
CONGO: Torture commonplace in prisons - report
6 November 2012
(IRIN
),
Torture has become routine in prisons and police stations in the Republic of Congo, according to a 2 November report by the Congolese Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96726/CONGO-Torture-commonplace-in-prisons-report
|
|
HEALTH: The "unfinished business" of lowering child mortality
13 September 2012
(IRIN
),
In 1990, an estimated 12 million children around the world died under age five; by 2011, that figure had dropped to 6.9 million. The message, from a new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), is that with greater commitment to child survival from governments and their partners, these figures can go lower still.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96300/HEALTH-The-unfinished-business-of-lowering-child-mortality
|
|
CONGO: Pool Region moves on from war
6 July 2012
(IRIN
),
Shaken by sporadic civil war between 1998 and 2003, the Pool Region of southeastern Congo is moving forward thanks, in part, to a US$1 billion state infrastructure development programme.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95813/CONGO-Pool-Region-moves-on-from-war
|
|
AFRICA: Donor fatigue forces WFP to cut refugee rations
19 June 2012
(IRIN
),
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has halved food rations to refugees living in camps in at least four African countries citing a funding shortfall.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95597/AFRICA-Donor-fatigue-forces-WFP-to-cut-refugee-rations
|