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/ 10 August 2007

Congo grapples with malnutrition

Sitting at a small clinic in the Talangai area, north of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, Elise Diamba holds the hands of her malnourished two-year old grandson. "GĂ©rard’s mother stopped breastfeeding him when he was seven months," the 61-year old grandmother says. "He hadn’t even started walking. Since then, his health has not been good."

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/ 18 August 2005

Congo acquits 300 in genocide trial

A Congolese court on Wednesday acquitted all 15 defendants in the trial over the 1999 murder of about 350 refugees in Brazzaville after finding them not guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. However the court ordered the Congolese government to pay 10-million CFA francs to the relatives of 86 of the missing refugees.