Sentences with phrase «of the democratic republic of»

Kamoto, one of Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest...

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.

Kamoto, one of Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) biggest copper and cobalt mines, is 75 percent controlled by Katanga Mining, in which Glencore has an 86 percent stake.

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.

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.

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.

The deal would be a breakthrough for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country that has not seen a peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960.

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.

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

From April to September 2007, the largest outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever since 2003 unfolded in the Kasaï Occidental province 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.

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

According to a paper published this week in the biogeography journal Diversity and Distributions, the areas that underwent the greatest habitat loss were found in the centre and east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Equatorial Africa and the upper Guinean forest in Liberia.

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?)

The UNs refugee agency UNHCR says it is alarmed by an escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.

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.

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).

With flourishing development being made in its growth strategy, Rotana is further strengthening its presence in Turkey and Bahrain, while 2016 will also see the opening of the group's first property in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo marking Rotana's increasing footprint in Africa.

He has painted the gas chamber, Hitler and his sidekicks, the rotten history of Belgium's colonial past and its relationship with Africa — in particular Belgium's role in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first post-independence prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1961.

The works of two of the Democratic Republic of Congo's most contemporary artists represented here — Kiripi Katembo and Monsengo Shula — reaffirm the unique peculiarity of the Congolese modern art scene.

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.

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.

Raised in Lubumbashi, Baloji was sensitised to the colonial history and the postcolonial decline of the once - prosperous mining region of Democratic Republic of Congo.

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.

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.

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.

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

UN Security Council Resolution 1857, passed on 22 December, extends targeted sanctions to «individuals or entities supporting the illegal armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo through illicit trade of natural resources».

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.

That's more than all the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined, and it's based only on voluntary markets.

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.

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

Global Witness today appealed to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to release human rights activist Golden Misabiko without delay ahead of a court hearing due to take place on Wednesday.

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

In an effort to deal with rampant corruption and rising deforestation, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reviewed and canceled some 60 % of logging contracts in the country.

And, according to the Ecosystem Climate Alliance, when it comes to aspects of the REDD forest protection scheme the European Union is actively blocking protecting intact forests from being converted to plantations: The ECA says the blocking by the EU — with the support of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo — of language to prevent forest - to - plantation conversions essentially means that «industrial - scale logging and replacement of tropical forests with pulp or palm oil plantations could be funded by money intended to help developing countries reduce the 25 % of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, forest degradation and peatland destruction.»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

April 23 - Shares in Glencore - owned Katanga Mining Ltd lost half of their value on Monday and cobalt markets were on alert after the company said the Democratic Republic of Congo's state - owned mining company had taken steps to dissolve its local copper and cobalt unit.

Today, most children adopted internationally come from China, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ukraine.

Both of my parents are American, but we lived in France, Democratic Republic of Congo and then Kenya until I graduated high school.

Pyongyang (/ ˈpjɒŋˈjæŋ /; pyong - yang) The capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea).»

«But the U.S. brought the threat of war to the Korean peninsula with large - scale new sanctions on the DPRK ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony,» the state news agency said, using the initials of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

It reads: «The holder of this passport is under the protection of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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.

According to the Ivanplats prospectus, released back in September, most of the funds raised will be put toward several projects throughout the continent, including its US$ 2 - billion Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has 9.2 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources and 12.5 million tonnes inferred.

LONDON, April 27 - Glencore's mining subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been served freezing orders for alleged unpaid royalties of nearly $ 3 billion by a company affiliated with Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, Glencore said on Friday.