Tutti i temi: Africa Centrale

30.10.2007 Three French journalists have been charged in Chad with kidnapping minors and fraud for covering the alleged attempt by Arche de Zoé (Zoé’s Ark) to evacuate 103 African children to France.

29.10.2007 Taistelut Iturin alueella Kongon demokraattisen tasavallan koillisosassa ovat pääsääntöisesti rauhoittuneet, mutta siviiliväestö kärsii yhä raskaasta väkivallasta.

29.10.2007 Spain and France have sent diplomats to Chad where 16 of their nationals are still under arrest accused of child trafficking after being caught on Thursday trying to fly 103 young children out of the country to France.
From: EuroNews

27.10.2007 President Kabila's ruling party has been charged with carrying out torture and murder of political opponents in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

27.10.2007 The UN Children's Fund has criticised an attempt to separate more than 100 young Chadian children from their parents and take them to France for adoption as “illegal and totally irresponsible".

25.10.2007 Parliamentarians from 11 East African countries have formed a peace team that "intend[s] to meet all warring parties in the region," beginning with those in Darfur.
From: New Times (Kigali)

25.10.2007 Despite an overall decrease in conflicts in the Ituri district of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilian populations there are still subjected to high levels of violence, says a leading medical charity.

24.10.2007 Civilian casualties, sexual abuse, and the use of child soldiers are common among all sides in the Democratic Republic of Congo's ongoing conflict, reports a humanitarian organization asking for more thorough engagement by international peacekeepers.
From: Human Rights Watch

23.10.2007 The UN agency in charge of refugees is transferring hundreds of internally displaced people from makeshift camps to organized sites equipped with essential basic facilities in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

11.10.2007 Prominent Angolan journalist Graca Campos, the owner and director of the country’s leading independent newspaper Semanario Angolense, has been sentenced to eight months in jail. He was charged with defamation and crimen injuria and fined the equivalent of US$25 000