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A government official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suspected of ordering up to 17 tonnes of radioactive waste dumped in a river in the south-east of the country has been arrested, authorities said on Friday. Environment Minister Didace Pembe declined to identify the person who was arrested.
At least 29 people were killed over the weekend by Rwandan rebels wielding machetes, sticks and hammers who descended on a village in far eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a United Nations official said. The bodies of 17 villagers killed in their sleep were recovered on Sunday.
Rival ethnic groups renewed battle with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in the streets of an eastern Congo city, as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan struggled to muster a major international force to quell the bloodletting.
The Democratic of Congo's (DRC) president signed a new power-sharing government into being on Monday, joining his government and rebels in an administration meant to lead the central African nation out of nearly 5 years of war.
A government official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suspected of ordering up to 17 tonnes of radioactive waste dumped in a river in the south-east of the country has been arrested, authorities said on Friday. Environment Minister Didace Pembe declined to identify the person who was arrested.
At least 29 people were killed over the weekend by Rwandan rebels wielding machetes, sticks and hammers who descended on a village in far eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a United Nations official said. The bodies of 17 villagers killed in their sleep were recovered on Sunday.
Rival ethnic groups renewed battle with rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in the streets of an eastern Congo city, as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan struggled to muster a major international force to quell the bloodletting.
The Democratic of Congo's (DRC) president signed a new power-sharing government into being on Monday, joining his government and rebels in an administration meant to lead the central African nation out of nearly 5 years of war.
