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TP Mazembe team pose before the first leg final match of the ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:21:46 GMT

(AFP/File) - TP Mazembe team pose before the first leg final match of the Orange CAF Champions League at Dan Anyiam stadium, Owerri in Imo State, on November 1. Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap on Saturday by regaining the African Champions League title.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)

The war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - The war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president and ex-rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba, seen here in 2006, will start on April 27, the International Criminal Court said Thursday.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) shakes hands with ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:46:32 GMT

(AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila in Harare. Zimbabwe's neighbours Monday intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week.(AFP/Jekesai Njikizana)

Soldiers aligned with the government patrol in Nyamilima, in ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - Soldiers aligned with the government patrol in Nyamilima, in Nord-Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2008. The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official announced Monday, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)

A government soldier smokes on a road near Mushake, 35km west ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - A government soldier smokes on a road near Mushake, 35km west of Goma, in 2007. The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official announced Monday, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)

A Congolese army soldier inspects a truck in the rebel zone, ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Congolese army soldier inspects a truck in the rebel zone, near Kibati, in the Nord-Kivu region of DR Congo, in 2008. The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official announced Monday, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)

Map of Nord-Kivu province in the DR Congo. The UN has withdrawn ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:21:09 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Map of Nord-Kivu province in the DR Congo. The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official announced Monday, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians.(AFP/Graphic)

Ugandan soldiers stand on a path in Napopo, north eastern Congo, ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:58:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Ugandan soldiers stand on a path in Napopo, north eastern Congo, in February 2009. A military campaign against Rwandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to "unacceptable" killings, rape and displacement of civilians, a top US official said Monday.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and his Democratic Republic ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:27 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila speak to the media after their meeting at the State House in Harare, November 2, 2009. Kabila is in the country to mediate between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE POLITICS)

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) and his Democratic Republic ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:37:55 GMT

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) meets his Democratic Republic ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:34:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) meets his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila at the State House in Harare, November 2, 2009. Kabila is in the country to mediate between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE POLITICS)

FARDC (the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - FARDC (the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers inspect confiscated weapons in Rutshuru in 2005. The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official has announced, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)

Rwandan women celebrate the return of their soldiers in Gisenyi, ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Rwandan women celebrate the return of their soldiers in Gisenyi, on the Rwanda-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo border, in February 2009. A military campaign against Rwandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to "unacceptable" killings, rape and displacement of civilians, a top US official said Monday.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila and ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:16:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe applaud during a military parade in Lusaka in 2007. Zimbabwe's neighbours intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Congolese leader Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. A prisoner with bound wrists ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:22:58 GMT

(Reuters) - REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. A prisoner with bound wrists pleads while being beaten by government soldiers just outside Goma in eastern Congo, November 23, 2008. Government troops hauled 26 men off a United Nations transport convoy near the front line on Sunday, accusing them of being a mixture of rebels and traditional Mai-Mai fighters, both of whom the Congolese army have fought running battles against during the past month. The army produced weapons they said belonged to the captives and accused the U.N. of collaborating with the rebels. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Severely malnourished Sadiki ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:22:57 GMT

(Reuters) - REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Severely malnourished Sadiki Basilaki, 9, receives a mug of milk at a catholic mission feeding center in Rutshuru, 70kms (50 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 13, 2008. Malnutrition rates in Rutshuru, which has seen weeks of fighting between government soldiers and dissident Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda's rebels, are almost double emergency thresholds and aid workers are battling insecurity to deliver rations. The latest wave of fighting has worsened a humanitarian disaster that began in the 1990s. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

Khaliah Ali, seen here in 2004 and who is a daughter of the ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:39:00 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Khaliah Ali, seen here in 2004 and who is a daughter of the boxer Muhammad Ali, arrived Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a humanitarian visit and to mark her father's 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" with George Foreman.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bowers)

Lucy Adams (R) of Britain receives the Lorenzo Natali Journalism ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:51:32 GMT

(Reuters) - Lucy Adams (R) of Britain receives the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize for Europe from Margot Wallstrom, Vice President of the European Commission, at a ceremony during the European Development days in Stockholm October 22 2009. Adams is awarded for her reports on sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Herald Magazine. REUTERS/Bertil Ericson/Scanpix (SWEDEN MEDIA) SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

A Congolese Army soldier watches a truck near the frontline ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:34:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Congolese Army soldier watches a truck near the frontline in the vicinity of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Kibati in the North Kivu region in 2008. Congolese soldiers killed 50 Rwandan Hutus and abducted and raped around 40 women during an attack on refugee camps in eastern Congo last April, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)