Too much has already been lost in a senseless war that has economically enriched others and impoverished the Congolese. |
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English classes are held three times a week for a group of nationalities that includes Somalians, Congolese, Turks and Iraqis. |
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Even if there was greater public awareness of the possible danger of eating such meat, it doesn't mean that the Congolese would renounce it. |
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Violent death, dislocation, and general social breakdown were among the immediate problems faced by the Congolese. |
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Some common ailments affecting the Congolese include malaria, parasites, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, diarrhea, AIDS, and malnutrition. |
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He noted that living standards for both Zambians and Congolese had deteriorated and required quick action in tackling the problems. |
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It is not uncommon for Congolese persons to fluently speak four or more languages. |
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He said last year, the friendly games against the Congolese helped Zambia on the build up to African Cup finals. |
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He made known, in no uncertain terms, what Belgian colonialism meant to the Congolese. |
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The flight of many Congolese to cities and mining towns outside linguistic boundaries has caused new varieties of language to arise. |
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He enslaved the Congolese in their homeland, subjecting them to forced labor, and meting out inhuman treatment on those who dared defy him. |
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There had been massacres in the countryside, ethnically motivated massacres by Congolese militias, despite Uganda's presence. |
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When the Congolese are prisoners, they generally are shown in striped shirts, as in the Colonie Belge paintings. |
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He said the Congolese were especially in need of foodstuffs such as maize meal, maize, goats and chickens. |
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The latter examples suggest that any Congolese male could be pressed into service, as indeed was the case throughout the colonial era. |
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There is another kind of Congolese language though, and that is the language of the talking drum. |
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It explains and questions such disparate subjects as Congolese dinosaurs, Kabbalah and macrobiotics. |
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Ostensibly, they were in the town to provide security for the Belgian settlers who felt under threat from the native Congolese. |
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There is no such coverage and hence no such understanding of the plight of, for example, Afghans or Congolese. |
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Congolese women intend to take advantage of the winds of change to occupy their rightful political place and to make their demands heard. |
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For example, one Congolese woman with a mentally disabled daughter explained: I have a child with mental problems. |
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More than 150 Congolese nurses now staff UK termination clinics. |
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Burundi is accusing Congolese troops of involvement in the massacre. |
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Zambians living on the long border with DRC have frequently been attacked by suspected Congolese rebels who usually cross the border in search of food. |
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Everyone pleaded with the rebels and refugees camped in the warehouse, but they refused to leave, exasperating the Ugandan and Congolese authorities here. |
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At a meeting in South Africa tomorrow, campaigners trying to protect the gorillas will make a last-ditch attempt to persuade Congolese government ministers to intervene. |
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She tries by making regular trips to the meat market, and with the help of Congolese officials, she confiscates chained bonobos about to be sold alongside other exotic meats. |
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Since European and American customers have stopped visiting their own country, Congolese art vendors bring their wares to Butare and Kigali, Rwanda. |
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Determined to stop the attacks, Rwanda and Uganda launched Congo's war in 1998, backing Congolese rebels in a bid to topple the Kinshasa-based government. |
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Morocco attacked from the start only to discover that the Congolese had no intention of being cannon fodder and the North Africans resorted to long-range shots. |
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The fourth Panel did not bring any public charges and, although the international community is now more aware, the Congolese are not confident that the abuses really will end. |
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Because she is native Congolese, she was safe from the soldiers. |
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So clearly, they have to leave the country, so that to permit the Congolese to be able to work together to form their own transitional government. |
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Fumbwa, another typical Congolese dish, is mainly prepared with a popular variety of eatable leafy vegetable that grows wild in the forest over there. |
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Many Congolese think that locomotives are panting spirits, and panting spirits are never obsolesce. |
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A fragile ceasefire which rebels announced last week has collapsed as rebels and Congolese troops have taken up arms again. |
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Before discussing possible solutions, it is important to situate this issue in the Congolese context. |
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Many prominent Congolese human-rights activists consider minerals to be at the heart of the perpetration of atrocities. |
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In this regard, a documentary film was produced with the technical assistance of Congolese Television. |
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In 1964, Kabila had been a Simba leader, and Mobutu had commanded the Congolese army. |
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Eleven days after the Congolese declaration of independence, the Katangese declared their own secession from the Congo, and their independence endured for 3 years. |
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Just to mention an example, Nigel, a young semi-professional soccer player, stayed with a Congolese family. |
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Tanzania and Zambia, for example, will be anxious to see the Congolese go home as soon as possible. |
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The Rwandan genocide of 1994 begot the Congolese civil war, which in turn sparked instability elsewhere. |
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Rumba night at UNESCO certainly disproved the cliché that Congolese music events unroll in a state of disorganised shambles. |
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While the Congolese authorities are, quite legitimately, foreseeing the departure of MONUC, they at no time presented any ultimatums or demands. |
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Skrtel and Sakho attempted to readdress the power balance by separately cracking into tackles on the Congolese early on. |
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The Congolese authorities affirmed that the dissidence was instigated and backed by Rwanda. |
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Caritas Dungu-Doruma is pleading for peace and urging the Congolese government to provide security to the population from these attacks. |
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Rather, it is a challenge that Congolese Mennonite women theologians must take up at this critical moment of our history. |
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French phrase book created by students at the Recovery School for Congolese Refugees. |
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Today, the pastors of the revivalist churches are key personages in Congolese social life. |
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In the Congo for example, there are some women with scars on their faces and a Rwandan might say this is Congolese fetishism. |
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Under their influence, the omnipresence of prayer has become a reality in the Congolese political life. |
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Each of them rejoice in the cutting up of the Congolese national treasure with no one in the world daring to raise its little finger! |
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I'm not a real slammer, I've always said that, I use slam like I use jazz or song, or like I'm using Congolese rumba rock at the moment. |
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Company employees were requisitioned by Congolese authorities to transport military personnel by aircraft and truck to retake the city. |
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The frequency of escapes from Congolese prisons seriously undermines efforts to fight impunity. |
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Congolese politicians are trailed by moneymen as they travel through villages and towns, handing out 500-franc notes from duffle bags. |
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Music at that time came from elsewhere, French variety being the most popular genre, closely followed by Ghanaian high life and Congolese rumba. |
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Armed attackers torched 7 of 15 shelters and killed more than 160 Congolese refugees, including children and women. |
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He recognised from the very beginning the special vibes of the Congolese musicians. |
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Consequently, the Congolese people will have no choice but to pardon the majority of these war criminals. |
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As they prepare for presidential elections in November, Congolese fear their country will become the next Ivory Coast. |
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Drohan notes that King Leopold has probably never been equaled for the savagery he inflicted on the Congolese people in his pursuit of profit. |
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As useful as it may be, the CVR will be far from sufficient to quench the Congolese people's thirst for justice. |
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Afterall, it was as recent as 1999 that Congolese and Rwandan rebels killed eight foreigners. |
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Essentially it concerns politicians, xenophobes or those ignorant of Congolese or Rwandan culture. |
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Rwanda promised to withdraw its troops from eastern Congo if the Congolese government disarms or expels the Hutu militias hiding in Congo. |
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The law tries to shame big buyers, such as Apple and Motorola, who use Congolese coltan, into dealing only with bona fide suppliers. |
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Mabanckou pairs the porcupine with a Congolese boy, who attacks and kills neighbors and strangers with little provocation. |
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The Congolese people responded with calm and resolve to all the sceptics and defeatists. |
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The two Congolese were taken off the plane and Andre was held in police custody for ten hours and interrogated by the frontier police. |
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Congolese society is a dominated society, immobilised by all kinds of contradictions and paradoxes. |
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A young woman directs us to one of the last Mohicans in the flourishing sector of Congolese rumba, Sonima Music, in Paris's 10th arrondissement. |
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As Tabou Combo's main composer, I've always loved Congolese tunes, and Lingala, which I would have loved to learn! |
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Several men from these churches also served with Pax in areas where there are now Congolese Mennonite churches. |
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Hodi is currently active in two Zambian refugee camps hosting approximately 40,000 Congolese refugees. |
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The EU needs to work hard in the weeks up to the second round to convince the Congolese of its neutrality. |
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This Act is applied to any Congolese citizen responsible for the pregnancy of a female student abroad. |
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The Chief of Staff of the Congolese army himself participated in the activity. |
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I heard the Congolese pastors share the challenges of surviving the cancer of 'screaming poverty. |
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Canada condemns this violence and calls on all responsible Congolese leaders to respect and advance the peaceful democratic processes. |
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In 2007, the London Club signed an agreement with the Congolese Government, cancelling 80 per cent of its outstanding external commercial debt. |
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Though resident expatriates and tourists often sample the more bizarre items on her menu, it is the Congolese for whom the bushmeat is most popular. |
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Simultaneously, a brigade of mercenaries and Congolese soldiers would seal off the city and expel the guerrillas. |
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Many prominent Congolese groups support the congressional law and further conflict-minerals reforms. |
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The first volume concentrated on eight West African countries, but this second selection is an entirely Congolese mixture of rumba roots and early soukous. |
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He was accused in a report of plundering the Democratic Republic of the Congo's mineral resources, while the Ugandan army was involved in the five-year Congolese war. |
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In the first week of July, the army mutinied against the remaining white officers that lead the Congolese army and numerous attacks took place against Europeans in general. |
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The Congolese in 2002 were dying not from the bullet or machete wounds, but from malaria and malnutrition, because of the disrupted food production and distribution mechanisms or the lack of basic healthcare. |
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Congolese singer Lokua Kanza has abandoned neither love nor levity on his latest album, even if the title, Nkolo, strikes a sadder note as it refers to immigrants who dream of returning home. |
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Besides, the Ugandan army and the MLC are still pushing westwards towards the strategic city of Mbandaka, garrisoned by Angolans. And what of the Congolese people in all this? |
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Both tracts were similar to those that circulated before the massacre at Gatumba in August 2004, which called for the extermination of the Congolese Banyamulenge refugees in Burundi. |
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The Committee notes with concern the information received about the de facto segregation in Kinshasa, where Luba Congolese and Swahili-speakers are discriminated against and have difficulty finding housing. |
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Daniel is a representative for Oyo, a member of the ruling Parti congolais du travail or Congolese Party of Labour. |
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Strongly condemns the massacre of Congolese refugees of the Banyamulenge community, which occurred in Gatumba, Burundi, on the night of 13 August 2004, and expresses its condolences to all the bereaved families. |
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After 12 years in existence and costing a billion dollars, the ICC has, because of bureaucracy and delays, secured just a single conviction, that of Congolese warlord Germain Katanga. |
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The Congolese did attempt to blame poor flight connections for their tardy arrival in Dakar but had their excuses rejected by FIFA, who handed Senegal a walkover into the next phase. |
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Under this agreement, both parties pledged to cooperate in the process of mixing of the troops and hunting down FDLR, as well as organizing the return of Congolese Tutsi refugees and the resettlement of displaced populations. |
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This mission focuses on promoting the political integration of the various regional groups and supporting the restructuring and reform of the Congolese army. |
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If peaceful coexistence wins the day and alternative methods of conflict resolution take precedence over conflict, it is possible that the Congolese will see the light at the end of the tunnel in the years to come. |
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As Congolese society is deeply religious, these authorities play a very important role and strongly influence public opinion through the messages they deliver. |
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The Congolese people are even less willing to put up with this situation in that their country served for three decades as a rampart in the defence of the interests of the free world. |
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Many Congolese fear that Mr. Kabila is trying to wiggle out of term limits like several of his presidential cohorts across Africa and hold onto power indefinitely. |
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Drum beats are very complex and include both native rhythm and imported ones, especially the Congolese cavacha rhythm. |
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In general, these initiatives revealed a significant degree of laxism on the part of the companies in their relationship with Congolese political and military authorities. |
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There is also some emerging aspect of Lingala borrowed from Congolese musicians. |
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In addition to insect larvae and fish, we discovered, in the Congolese pleuston, a great variety of ostracods, among which there are probably several unknown species. |
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During strategy coaching of the Congolese organisation, the team brainstormed on the meaning of the concept of partnership and revisited its current partners. |
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Many Congolese were killed by Leopold's agents for failing to meet production quotas for ivory and rubber. |
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The society defends the right to health and reunites Congolese of diverse ethnic and geographic origins around a common goal in a region where inter-ethnic tensions are among the most potent. |
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It became clear during recent Congolese operations in the Katanga region that the population still has reason to doubt the ability of the authorities to protect them from the militias. |
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He met lots of exiled Congolese in Kampala, including Faustin Katanga. |
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But unfortunately for Idrissa, it was pirated across the continent and plagiarised by the Congolese performer Zao, who ended up scoring a massive hit with it. |
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The most popular indigenous musical style today is a blend of Cuban merengue, Congolese rumba, and West African highlife sounds, reflecting the many influences that meet in Congo. |
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Enjoying the same stature as the star of the genre, the Ghanaian E. T. Mensah, he played highlife mixed with twist, rock 'n' roll and Congolese rumba, which was completely new in Accra at the time. |
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How many tens of thousands of Congolese will perish under this barbaric aggression, which continues thanks to the demoralisation organised by these leaflets? |
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During the period between 1885 and 1908, as many as eight million Congolese died of exploitation and disease while the birth rate dropped. |
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Thousands of the killers who had committed genocide in Rwanda in 1994 subsequently fled into Congo, where the then Congolese government armed and succoured them. |
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Also, the government limited the possibility of Congolese settling inside Belgium. |
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Congolese soldiers of the Force Publique were involved in fighting with Italian forces during the East African Campaign. |
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Two Canadian teams were among the first to arrive at Leopoldville, followed by an anaesthetist and a medical director for the Congolese Blood Transfusion Service. |
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In such a context, affiliations are simplistically reduced to ethnic belonging: the popular perception is that some ethnic groups profit illegally and to the detriment of the Congolese people. |
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Other prominent groups include Congolese, Russians, Armenians, Vietnamese, Liberians, Ghanaians and Greeks. |
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The Congolese legal system is monistic and, by the above-mentioned article, affirms the primacy of international treaties and agreements over domestic law. |
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The progress made in preparations for the elections have convinced the Congolese political stakeholders about the fact that there is no going back on holding the elections during the current year. |
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The aircraft was then requisitioned by FARDC from 10 to 23 February 2009 without the required documents of the Congolese Civil Aviation Authority, including the certificate of airworthiness and registration certificate. |
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The Congolese consider Rwandan anyone who betrays, behaves aggressively or swindles relationships and community interests because for the Congolese, the Rwandans are harbingers of doom and troublemakers. |
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The independence in 1960 was a bad move for the Congolese. |
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Therefore, the mere fact that a Congolese court has ruled on the unlawfulness of the search and seizure conducted by the national authorities cannot be considered binding on the Court. |
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When Congolese asked relatives in Europe for money, sometimes the relatives instead shipped over valuable objects that they had around the house — which might include a castoff violin or clarinet. |
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The spoliation is facilitated by the Congolese elite which makes do with the crumbs that the capitalist mining companies offer it while the Congolese nation wallows in poverty. |
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These events led to very high tension in the region, particularly between the Congolese Government on the one hand, and the Burundian and Rwandan Governments, as well as the DRC on the other hand. |
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This argument is not farfetched, but neither can it discharge the international community and the Congolese from the obligation of laying the groundwork for such trials. |
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There are two ESDP missions supporting reform of the Congolese police and army, whose unpreparedness and lack of efficiency were, as we have seen in this case, only too tragic. |
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Public hospitals are in disrepair, without medication, and sometimes without qualified personnel, while private hospitals provide consultations and treatment that are beyond the ability of most Congolese to pay. |
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The audience assembled in UNESCO's underground 'bunker' were spirited off for a whistle-stop tour of Kinshasa, enjoying rumba and other wild Congolese rhythms from the comfort of their velvet-covered seats. |
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For example, this case which occurred in August 1999 when Major Tshimanga received the order to go on a mission to Mbuji Mayi to provide the troops of the Congolese Armed Forces in the battlefront. |
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According to the Congolese Press, leaders of several militias of irregulars are preparing to resume the war in East Congo, in view of the coming elections. |
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This piece uses all the elements of the congolese sukus but with modifications: it is not the standard Congolese way of playing lead guitar, bass or snare. |
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When they want to let off steam or whisper about the Banyamulenge or Tutsi from South-Kivu, the Congolese use this word to identify those who can't close their mouths. |
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But the price eight Guatemalan soldiers killed by the rebels may dampen the UN's new zeal. Elsewhere, in copper-rich Katanga, a separate war is raging between Congolese government soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. |
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Fonti Musicali » produces a subtle mixture of innovations, like Mamady Keita, and of anthologies of Congolese music, a collection impossible to circumvent that too many circumvents. |
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At that time, only 16 Congolese were known to have college degrees. |
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Over the years, the Congolese executive branch has had recourse to special judicial and quasi-judicial entities as a means of sidestepping the minimal due process requirements of regular courts. |
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The Congolese used to blame their leaders for their horrific problems, but many now blame juvenile necromancy instead. With broods of ten commonplace, there are plenty of children to accuse. |
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Thus when Kagame showed up to make a speech in Montreal, he was greeted by hundreds of Congolese and Rwandans bearing very descriptive placards. |
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The FAB nonetheless continued their campaign against the Burundian rebel groups operating from Congolese territory by allying themselves with the Rwandan army and the RCD-Goma. |
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On a regular basis, he meets with senior representatives of DRC AF operations and reports to the MONUC Headquarters staff, a function essential to the mission in its support role with the Congolese forces. |
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Interestingly enough, the term was invented by Congolese street kids known as chegues and referred to a new dance which mimicked the walk of the country's assassinated president Laurent-Désiré Kabila. |
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The Mai-Mai claim to be an authentic Congolese resistance movement and generally supported the central Kinshasa government during the last conflict. |
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News from Adiac, the Congolese news agency. |
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A hip-hop dance competition and concert by Congolese rapper Lexxus Legal drew more than 3,000 young people, and a concert by Reggae legend Natty Dread closed out the program. |
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But it is said to have links to elements in the Congolese security forces, which help to sustain it. The UN does have some form in stamping out murderous militias. |
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Soon the invaders were laying siege to the Congolese diamond mines at Mbuji-Mayi. |
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The document, bearing the letterhead of the Congolese Ministère de L'Intérieur and Police Nationale Congolaise instructs police and other security personnel to track down and arrest government opponents. |
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Many Congolese think this is self-serving baloney. |
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The thirtieth of June is the day on which the Congolese people, as one man and led by Patrice Emery Lumumba, made the solemn promise to Africa and to the whole world to build a Congo that was free, united and prosperous. |
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Congolese law stipulates that any person hired by a company for more than 22 days a month automatically becomes a permanent employee under the charge of that company. |
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Subject to the agreement of the Congolese authorities, they could assist during the transformation into an autonomous port and take part in the management. |
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For years engineers have looked longingly at the Congo river where it plunges down the Inga falls, between Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, and the Atlantic ocean. |
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But the transport sector rapidly suffered from the lack of skilled Congolese managers prepared to take over the administration left by the Belgians, combined with a lack of spare parts. |
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Congolese couples had never stopped dancing to his languorous rumbas. |
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The government called a press conference to warn journalists against printing the names of any Congolese figures that might appear in the documents. |
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Hence Congolese thumb pianos spice up Horchata, violins sweeten the skanky Diplomat's Son, and poignant I Think Ur A Contra nods lyrically to The Clash. |
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At the center of these debates in the Kivus was the Congolese Rwandophone community, which had long been viewed with suspicion by other eastern Congolese ethnicities. |
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The Congolese government has said it plans to target foreign rebels operating in its eastern region after the defeat of the M23 rebel group late last year. |
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Congolese soldiers also served in the Middle East and Burma. |
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Rwanda and Uganda have twice fought each other for control of Kisangani, the diamond-rich and chief city of Oriental province, leaving 3,000 Congolese dead. |
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One of his aunts decided to teach him a Congolese song in Lingala. |
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To address the association between Orientalism and Congolese URMs resettled in the Global North, this paper will consist of three distinct sections. |
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