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U.S. Issues Updated 'Increased Caution' Travel Warning July 16
The United States regularly keeps citizens abreast of any concerns regarding travel to foreign countries. This week, the Department of State issued a number of travel warnings for Americans. On ...
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Northern Corridor states pressure Kenya, Uganda to expedite railway
The Northern Corridor states have endorsed the annual plan along with a $4.5 million budget aimed at accelerating railway-related projects across the region. The countries which mainly use the Port of ...
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Rwanda: Counting Fighters Won't Erase 31 Years of FDLR Terror
On July 15, 1994, an unprecedented 250,000 Rwandan refugees crossed from Gisenyi (now Rubavu) into Goma, in what was then Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo--DRC).
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'International Demand for Coltan Is Linked to Violence in the DR Congo'
CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).On 27 June, the ...