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Congo-Kinshasa : 'Hostile' Prosecution Witness To Testify Afresh (AllAfrica.com)

A former prosecution witness who testified briefly in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial last June and told court that he had lied to prosecutors is expected to give fresh testimony next week.

Congo-Kinshasa : Prosecution: Defence Witness 16 is lying (AllAfrica.com)

The prosecution´s questioning casts serious doubts on the credibility of the eighth defence witness. Witness 16, who testified that he lied to the ICC investigators, has been backed into a corner.

Congo hopes new museum can heal nation's scars (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)

KINSHASA (Reuters) - In a macabre echo of the punishments Belgian colonials once meted out to their Congolese labourers, a faded bronze statue of the explorer who carved out the country is missing two of his limbs.

DR Congo government backs UN force's exit (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday it backed plans to start winding up the UN mission in the war-torn country later this year and hoped the pullout would be completed in 2011.

Congo calls for full U.N. troop pull-out in 2011 (The Star)

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo called on Thursday for all U.N. troops to pull out in 2011, a move which human rights groups say would spell disaster for civilians caught up in conflict there.

Congo hopes new museum can heal nation's scars (Reuters)

KINSHASA (Reuters) - In a macabre echo of the punishments Belgian colonials once meted out to their Congolese laborers, a faded bronze statue of the explorer who carved out the country is missing two of his limbs.

DR Congo government backs UN force's exit (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)

KINSHASA (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo government said Thursday it backs plans to start winding up the UN mission in the war-torn country later this year and hoped the pullout would be completed in 2011.

DR Congo govt backs UN force's exit (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Democratic Republic of Congo government said Thursday it backs plans to start winding up the UN mission in the war-torn country later this year and hopes the pullout will be completed in 2011.

DR Congo govt backs UN force's exit (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)

KINSHASA (AFP) - The Democratic Republic of Congo government said Thursday it backs plans to start winding up the UN mission in the war-torn country later this year and hopes the pullout will be completed in 2011.

Congo-Kinshasa : ICC Prosecutors Tell Lubanga Witness He?s Just A Liar (AllAfrica.com)

Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court (ICC) today dismissed a defense witness as a liar and a self-seeker whose testimony could not be believed.

To ease the struggles of their daily lives, the sapeurs of Congo look at their labels (Washington Post)

KINSHASA, CONGO -- This vast central African nation is known for many things: the massive corruption of the late leopard-hat-wearing dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, grinding poverty, a devastating conflict in the east. But it is worth noting that Congo is also home to a formidable cult of high fashion...

UN Says Congo Rights Situation Remains ‘Problematic’ (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The human-rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains “extremely problematic,” said Navi Pillay, the United Nations’ human-rights commissioner.

CTC Suspends Congo Operation on Contract Non-Payment (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S.-registered consulting firm hired to modernize the Democratic Republic of Congo’s customs agency has suspended operations over a payment dispute with the government.

Congo Government Offers $50 for Guns in Restive East (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said it began a new weapons-exchange program in the war-torn eastern province of North Kivu, offering residents $50 per weapon handed in.

UN says 90 Rwandan Hutu rebels killed in military operation in eastern Congo (Sun-Sentinel)

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A United Nations official says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern Congo.