Sentences with phrase «in a democratic republic»

Promoting economic development in an area of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo «is a risky investment, but if that pays off, I would say it's a little bit like we're willing to go with junk bonds rather than AAA stocks because the payoff is big.»

An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.

In experiments conducted at Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Republic of Congo and Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers presented 23 chimpanzees and 17 bonobos with a choice between two snacks — a handful of nuts and some fruit.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet an international public health emer......

Last week, Glencore said its mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo were served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion by a company affiliated with Gertler.

Spanning nearly 2.2 million acres, about 50 times larger than Washington, D.C., and almost the size of Yellowstone National Park, the Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Central Africa is now home to a new population of the Dryas monkey.

His works explore ideas around identity in an age of globalisation and are informed by the experience of growing up between Algeria and the Parisian suburbs, and later living in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela.

Félicité Description: The new film from Alain Gomis, a French director of Guinea - Bissauan and Senegalese descent, is largely set in the roughest areas of the rough city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

LONDON / DAKAR, May 3 - Miner and commodities trader Glencore is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

Though some feared the Rwandan genocide and decade - long civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had driven it to extinction, the rare Okapi still stalks World Heritage site Virunga National Park, according to the first ever photos of the animal in the wild, released yesterday.

Born in Democratic Republic of Congo of Haitian parents; grew up in New York City.

A criminal complaint filed today by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Global Witness accuses a senior manager of Swiss and German timber manufacturer the Danzer Group of aiding and abetting, through omission, grave human rights violations against members of a forest community in the Democratic Republic in Congo (DRC).

The presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November promise violence, demonstrate international failure and offer no perspective of change

Tiger Resources has taken a further $ 25 million advance payment to help fund construction at tis Kipoi copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under a proposed offtake arrangement with commodity trader Gerald Metals.

As seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo, difficulties providing soldiers with adequate resources may result in deteriorating discipline, corruption, defection, and human rights abuses.

«Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo,» American Journal of Public Health101 (6).

The KRG relied on a decision by Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Democratic Republic of Congo and others v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC [2011] HK CFAR 395 where the Court followed Mighell in the context of the PRC rule of absolute immunity, rather than restrictive immunity which does not operate in respect of commercial transactions.

Patrols at the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo text their GPS locations to a central operator so that if any threats to the reserve arise, they can be mobilized in the quickest and most efficient way to stop the problem.

As a result, foreign money makes up more than 90 percent of deposits and loans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe demonetized its currency in 2015.

Nzuri Copper are broadening their search for a giant copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo by flying a high resolution aeromagnetic survey over their entire project area.

A recent sharp rise in cobalt prices — benefiting Western Australian nickel producers with cobalt credits — has been attrib - uted to lower production in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

However, their conflict mineral policies were deemed to be inadequate given the scale of human rights abuses and the environmental destruction associated with mining conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.

A legal and technical team representing the major mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Kinshasa for talks with the government on its new mining... Read more»

The purpose is to train students for jobs, not educate them to be full, thoughtful citizens in our democratic republic.»

And politicians in democratic republics are too smart to deal with preventing problems, especially when the obvious solutions run counter to traditions or scriptural interpretations.

That the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and subsequently it had outbreaks in the West African region.

Named after the Ebola River Valley in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the first outbreak occurred, this deadly hemorrhagic fever is caused by a group of viruses (shown here) that belong to the genus Ebolavirus.

On clear nights a red glow radiates from the top of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The report, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, identifies an adult male who was hospitalized in late August 1976 at Yambuku Mission Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-- known as Zaire at the time — as the first Ebola patient.

The world's first known case of AIDS has been traced to a sample of blood plasma from a man who died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959

That may be why one 1999 study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which followed 29 people recovering from Ebola and their household contacts (including sex partners) for up to 21 months, found that although four of the five tested convalescents had at least one semen sample with detected Ebola virus inside it none of their sexual partners developed symptoms of Ebola, even if they had unprotected sex during that period.

Kammerer has been working with the organization's legal team since July 2012 to look at court cases from a gender perspective, produce an annual publication that analyzes the work of the ICC, and co-ordinate with its French - speaking partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Steadfast's range of primarily locally designed finds includes American - made minimalist leather handbags by Matine and raw, gem - studded jewelry by Kicheko Goods, which donates a portion of its proceeds to supporting education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

KINSHASA (Reuters)- A person in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who died of a hemorrhagic fever has tested positive for the Ebola virus, signaling the start of a new outbreak, the DRC Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

The U.N. released a report today detailing its findings in its examination of war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the 1990s.

For example, the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative's work to address sexual and gender - based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo involves collaboration with humanitarian actors, national civil society organizations, lawyers, and the government to respond to immediate needs for care and protection of victims while also strengthening justice sector institutions and fostering the long - term development of a culture of legal accountability for these crimes.

Living in a democratic republic such as America is messy.

October 12, 2011 • Park rangers thwart poachers» plans to sell a baby gorilla in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a cluster - randomized non-inferiority trial conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luke C Mullany and colleagues provide evidence of minimal benefit of universal three - day follow - up to children with non-severe unclassified fever.

Drag by Richard Mosse is photograph taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo using a special infrared film called Kodak Aerochrome.

Maheke's lone figure danced to a soundtrack of his father's singing in his native language of Lingala, spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 23 - Shares in Democratic Republic of Congo copper and cobalt miner Katanga Mining Ltd lost nearly a third of their value Monday after it said the central African country's state - owned mining company had taken steps to dissolve one of its units.

One of the most prominent names at this year's event was Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, who worked with director Imraan Ismail to create The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger's Shoes, a look at the rangers guarding elephants from ivory poachers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The statement comes after growing concern that increased demand for cobalt is fuelling exploitation of children and environmental destruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for 60 per cent of world supply.

A pair of conjoined twins, born naturally in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have survived separation following an 870 - mile round trip.

Anna Ridout is a senior emergency communications officer for World Vision U.K. working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.