02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99593]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest. Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders [ID 98674]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"ROC: Security and humanitarian conditions improve in Pool region"

Pool region: According to humanitarian officials, security and humanitarian conditions improved significantly; improvement prevalent despite political deadlock [ID 98205]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"DDR gets under way for 30,000 ex-combatants"

Kinkala: National Programme of Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (NPDDR), process of reintegrating into civilian life some 30,000 combatants who took part in the Republic of Congo's civil war has begun [ID 98231]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

28.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2008"

Annual Report 2008 (covering 2007) [ID 97357]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 97792]

14.05.2008 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Treatment of political opponents by the authorities following the August 2007 elections [COG102815.FE]"

Query response on the treatment of political opponents by the authorities following the August 2007 elections [ID 99136]

08.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Obstacles to easing plight of Baka people"

Baka people are still facing poverty, endemic famine, lack of education and basic medical care, social isolation and exclusion from political decision-making process [ID 96447]

05.2008 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child Soldiers Global Report 2008"

Report on recruitment and use of child soldiers (events between April 2004 and October 2007) [ID 97013]

07.04.2008 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

"Rapports présentés par les états parties en vertu de l’article 9 de la convention; Neuvième rapports périodiques devant être présentés en 2005; Additif; Congo [CERD/C/COG/9]"

State report on implementation of the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention) [ID 98528]

04.2008 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees

"NGOs and UN Agencies Assisting Persons with Disabilities; A non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for persons with disabilities world-wide"

Non-exhaustive reference list of organisations working with and for persons with disabilities world-wide [ID 96835]

11.03.2008 - Source:Minority Rights Group International 

"State of the World's Minorities 2008"

Annual report on current situation of minorities [ID 93460]

11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93205]

15.01.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Menaces à l'encontre des membres de l'OCDH [COG 001 / 0108 / OBS 006]"

Members of human rights group Observatoire Congolais des Droits de l'Homme (OCDH) were threatened by police for publishing press release which denounced lack of transparency in local elections [ID 89954]

13.12.2007 - Source:Médecins Sans Frontières 

"International Activity Report 2006/7"

Annual activity report of Médecins Sans Frontières (covering mid-2006 to mid-2007) [ID 90024]

12.2007 - Source:Directory of Development Organizations 

"Directory of Development Organizations; Edition 2008; Volume I.A; Africa; Congo"

Guide to international organisations, government institutions, private sector development agencies, civil society organisations, universities, grant-makers, banks, microfinance institutions and development consulting firms [ID 89277]

30.11.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Disease rife amid capital's rubbish chaos"

Brazzaville: Lack of municipal waste disposal services has led to proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose serious public health risk [ID 87198]

28.11.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Human rights groups urge legal protection for indigenous communities"

NGOs have urged the country's president to adopt a draft law aimed at protecting indigenous people, who, they say, are often discriminated against and whose rights are violated [ID 87054]

12.11.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Conflict leaves legacy of widespread addiction"

Illicit narcotics given to young fighters during armed conflicts to eliminate fear and scruple; now, many young people addicted to drugs; recovery and development complicated [ID 85807]

11.11.2007 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Congo agrees with Rwanda to disarm Hutu rebels" , Author: Reuters Foundation

Congo has reached a deal with Rwanda to forcibly disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels on its soil in an effort to reduce tensions [ID 86667]

29.10.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Government to provide free malaria care for under fives"

Congo's president has pledged free malaria treatment for young children up to the age of 5 and their mothers; according to the UN Children's Fund, malaria causes the death of between 20,000 and 30,000 children in Congo every year [ID 84939]

15.10.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Government launches measles vaccination campaign"

The Congolese government has launched a five-day nationwide measles vaccination campaign and distributes insecticide-treated bed nets to reduce malaria; measles continues to be a leading cause of infant morbidity; malaria is also a major public health problem affecting all age groups (particularly children under 5 and pregnant women) [ID 84170]

05.10.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Ntoumi "problem" is solved, says President"

President Nguesso has called on former rebel leader Bintsangou to return to Brazzaville to take up his general delegate post "without conditions"; Bintsangou was expected to take up his post on 10 September, but the ceremony failed after a breakdown in negotiations [ID 83518]

26.09.2007 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Nearly half the provinces affected by sleeping sickness"

Because of the civil wars over the past few years, monitoring of trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, was a low priority; resurgence in prevalence rates, affecting 5 of the country's 11 districts; in 2006, about 300 sick people were sent abroad for treatment, against 101 in the first 6 months of 2007 [ID 82805]