MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

DR Congo army fights off rebel attack in east
AFP - ‎12 hours ago‎
BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) — Ten people were killed when troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday fought off an attack by a joint force of Mai-Mai ...
Kenya optimistic about ceasefire deal in E DR Congo Xinhua
From rebel-held Congo to beer can BBC News
RE-IGNITED FIGHTING IN DR CONGO THREATENS FRAGILE PROGRESS, BY ... MaximsNews Network
UN News Centre - منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش - حقوق الانسان
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FM: Russia to strengthen ties with DR Congo
Xinhua - ‎Apr 7, 2009‎
MOSCOW, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia favors strengthened relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...
DR Congo food route is supreme test for WFP truckers
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎12 hours ago‎
MONUC – the UN integrated mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo – is working on the road to improve its worst sections. But for now, it remains a thin ...
Cell phones help filmmakers reveal unseen Africa
CNN International - ‎Apr 8, 2009‎
Siku is one of a number of filmmakers in DR Congo who say using a mobile phone allows them to film in ways that were previously impossible. ...
DR Congo: Alan Doss to address the UN Security Council
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎Apr 8, 2009‎
... including 16 during March and five in April, which gives an average of 11 cases per month, and the first victims are always Congolese employees. ...
DR Congo: WHO - "We work hand in hand with MONUC"
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎Apr 8, 2009‎
On "World Health Day," we spoke to Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, the WHO representative in the DRC, who explained the current health situation in the DRC and the work ...
UNICEF Chief of HIV and AIDS sees treatment and prevention in DR Congo
ReliefWeb (press release) - ‎21 hours ago‎
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 April 2009 – DR Congo is where the first known cases of AIDS were identified, and today up to half a million ...

Voice of America

DR-CONGO: Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott "Blood Minerals"
IPS - ‎Apr 1, 2009‎
"There is widespread looting, burning of villages and an unacceptable peak of sexual violence," Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam's country director in DR Congo, ...
Rights group wants Congo 'conflict mineral' tracing www.worldbulletin.net
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Daily Nation

Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister
Daily Nation - ‎Mar 25, 2009‎
African oil giant Angola is illegally pumping out hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil every day from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...
France's Areva signs uranium deal with DR Congo AFP
Sarkozy begins DR Congo visit Le Mali en ligne
Sarkozy kicks off African tour in DR Congo France24
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AFP

DRCongo could redraw border with Angola
AFP - ‎Mar 31, 2009‎
BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) — A minister in the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday suggested his country's border with Angola might be redrawn in ...
Tullow wins back Congo oil rights Irish Independent