Sentences with phrase «of a democratic republic»

Before it delves into the alarming issues plaguing Virunga National Park, a UNESO World Heritage Site in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Orlando von Einsiedel's stirring documentary «Virguna» gets personal: Hordes of mourners encircle the grave site for a fallen park ranger, the result of ongoing tensions between the forces tasked with protecting the park under mounting pressure in recent years.

Raised in Lubumbashi, Baloji was sensitized to the colonial history and the postcolonial decline of the once - prosperous mining region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which Chinese companies exploit today.

A JUNIOR Canadian - listed company, Banro Resources Corporation, has had its 13 million ounce gold mine in the southern Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seized, its field equipment looted and four of its staff jailed for treason in Ki

The committee's 96 members voted on the works selected to bring into the collection, including «I'll Bend But I Will Not Break» (1998) by Betye Saar, Julie Mehretu's «Epigraph, Damascus» (2016); «Forest Spirit Figure,» a monumental 19th century sculptural figure from Nigeria; and a collection of 29 ceremonial barkcloth paintings made in the 20th century by the Mbuti people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The plane went down at N'sele, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the source said.

In an effort to help replenish the population of gorillas in a reserve in the east part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers from the MONUC mission will airlift nine orphaned gorillas into the region.

Eighteen militiamen are on trial in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of raping 46 children.

Again, as citizens of a democratic republic, I believe that Christians blessed to live in the United States have the power, and I believe the moral responsibility, to demand better of our elected representatives.

LAST September, deep in the swamp forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nahoko Tokuyama of Kyoto University in Japan heard a scream.

Dr. Luwesi was previously an Evaluation Officer in Ministry of Energy, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kahemba is a territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Kwango Province.

The challenge to «horizontal enchantment» from people like Taylor and MacIntyre, if I may audaciously attempt to boil it down to one paragraph, is this: At the root of horizontal culture (the modern world of democratic republics and entrepreneurial economies) is the claim that people can and should Reform the world.

The plot follows the period from 1950, when Lumumba was the first elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and traces his deposition in a coup shortly afterwards, and subsequent assassination.

Founded by Kahindo Mateene, a native of Democratic Republic of Congo and now based out of Chicago, Modahnik's dresses are made in Kenya.

THE cobalt - rich mineral resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being exploited to the detriment of the country's environment and to the financial benefit of African leaders of state.

UNITA, in southern Angola, produced US$ 150 million worth of diamonds, Sierre Leone's output could be as high as US$ 120 million per annum and production from the rebel - held Kisangani area of the Democratic Republic of Congo was estimated at US$ 35 million.

Mujica was motivated by his deep commitment to the egalitarian principles of a democratic republic.

But populism, to say nothing of our democratic republic, depends upon healthy institutions that provide the framework for our shared political projects.

unfortunately you are hugely correct... Islam and Islamic birthing are the enemey of a democratic republic..

It was a longstanding principle of the civic republican tradition that power follows wealth; and for that reason a rough equality of property was assumed to be one of the prerequisites of a democratic republic.

FIFA council member Constant Omari has been arrested on corruption charges related to his role as president of the football federation of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Deteriorating security, rampant poverty and illiteracy, logistical difficulties and allegations of rigging are among the concerns raised by analysts and activists ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for 28 November.

Ghanaian democrats, no matter their party affiliation, should stand shoulder to shoulder to defend and promote the aims of our democratic Republic that also include standing up against the bully.

Truly, knowing who Jammeh is and reading many political science theories about the manipulative nature of dictators that ranges from Pol Pot of Cambodian (politician and revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge) and Nuon Chea (chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge), Idi Amine of Uganda and Mobutu of Democratic Republic of Congo, I am disturbed by the same mechanism being explored by Jammeh.

Here's what I got away with in my application to the Woodrow Wilson School: Not having a degree in economics, political science, or international relations Writing my first ever policy memo Deciding to write that memo to the president, provincial governors, minister of mines, and chairman of the state mining company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (I mean, Why not?)

As we follow Félicité from city to coast and urban clutter to gated luxury, the film feels like a walking tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This Is Congo marks the feature debut of McCabe and its release date is timed to the 60th anniversary of The Democratic Republic of... Read

The production is buoyed by strong performances by Penn and Javier Bardem as paid assassins in the humanitarian catastrophe of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92).

that «It can not be doubted that in the United States the education of the people powerfully contributes to the maintenance of the democratic republic.»

Focusing mainly on painting, sculpture and photography made since 1926, a recent summer exhibition in Paris surveys the enduring creative spirit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Wicker baskets brimming with shards of glass surround a model 19th - century cargo ship in Vessel; a wooden door, gold - leafed by the artist, bears an inordinately massive, medieval - looking lock in Fourth Ward; Congo suggests an ashen version of the Democratic Republic's flag: five - point stars strewn irregularly across a blackened tarp, before which hangs a trio of disembodied wooden limbs.

The Central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo has endured nearly two decades of political instability, rampant corruption and an ongoing civil war.

The law is clearly aimed at minerals coming out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is rich in minerals used in electronics, such as tantalum and coltan.

The slick, ultra-modern Apple stores and Tesla dealerships that appear in major cities across North America are a far cry from the cramped cobalt mine shafts, crowded marketplaces, and sludge - filled rivers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and yet, the presence of the former is entirely reliant on the existence of the latter.

New website will promote transparency in the extraction of the Democratic Republic of Congo's gold, diamond, and coltan industries.

However, due to global spotlights on the contributing role of artisanally - mined minerals with the financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's on - going armed conflict, these minerals have become symbolic of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the nine adjoining states.

Agenda for Reform in the Natural Resources Sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo is available here.

The recently - elected parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the new government, should make wide - ranging changes to how mineral, oil and forest resources are managed, said Global Witness in a new briefing published today.

The membership of the Democratic Republic of Congo is under way.

Reviewed and revised curriculum to ensure statement of work requirements were being met, as well as the customer's needs in an effort to professionalize and legitimize the military ground forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Over the past two decades, the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have experienced fighting that has killed more than five million people.

The Mangbetu people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo wore it as a talisman in battle, hoping for invincibility.

The virus would then have worked its way from town to town until it reached Leopoldville, now Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The enormity of Ebola's impact became clear in January, when researchers found that up to two - thirds of the gorillas in the Lossi sanctuary in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo — 600 to 800 animals — had likely fallen to the virus since November.

We are making our reflections public in the hope that they will help all Americans cut through the static of the sound bites and discuss the linked questions of abortion, human dignity, and American freedom with the moral seriousness demanded of citizens of a democratic republic.