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  Refugees to return to Equateur Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The agency said the first of a group of 18,000 are due to return to Equateur at the end of April.
The refugees are mostly camped along the 1,000 km-long, Oubangi River, which forms the border between Equateur in the DRC, and the CAR (to the north) and the ROC (to the west).
Equateur, which is more than 13 times larger than the DRC's former colonial ruler Belgium, is one of the DRC's poorest and least developed provinces.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=46506   (925 words)

  
 UNHCR - Refugee returns to Equateur and South Kivu provinces of DRC pass 10,000 mark
UNHCR's voluntary repatriation of Congolese to Equateur Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo passed the 10,000 mark.
Among the Congolese returnees to Equateur on Tuesday were women who, for most of their stay in RoC, trained as tailors.
Equateur Province was the second area in the DRC where UNHCR began facilitating repatriation, after the modest returns from CAR in 2004.
www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/news/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=43ea204d4   (903 words)

  
 UNHCR - Repatriation RoC to DRC Equateur due to start
Equateur is the only province in DRC where UNHCR is currently facilitating refugee return.
The situation in Equateur has remained relatively stable over the past two years and many refugees have expressed their wish to return home.
The funds are needed both for the return to Equateur province as well as to help returnees who have come back on their own to South Kivu.
www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=426e177b4&page=news   (511 words)

  
 Africa, Africa! -- Equateur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It extends beyond the range of your eyes, beyond the haze lying across it in the dry season, beyond the reaches of binoculars during the rains when the air itself is as clear as a lens.
In the Equateur the greatest of these river-serpents is the Congo.
For the Equateur the river is the central fact of life.
www.cunepress.com /cunepress/booksonline/fiction/equateur.htm   (938 words)

  
 Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, ample plots of cleared land were already available.
Above, a Congolese farming village (Baringa, Equateur) is emptied and levelled to make way for a rubber plantation.
European exploration and administration took place from the 1870s until the 1920s — first by Sir Henry Morton Stanley who undertook his explorations mainly under the sponsorship of King Leopold II of Belgium, who desired what was to become the Congo as a colony.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo   (5110 words)

  
 News: Great Lakes, DR Congo: New cases of rape and abuse by police in Equateur
In April, a military court in the provincial capital Mbandaka sentenced seven soldiers to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed in Equateur, including the mass rape of at least 119 women.
According to MONUC, a group of inspectors from its human-rights division went to Equateur Province in April 2004 to conduct investigations against the alleged rape on a massive scale.
The team established that on the night of 21 December 2003, the Congolese army battalion based in Songo Mboyo, which were actually MLC troops, had raped 119 women and girls.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6TEM3A?OpenDocument   (483 words)

  
 drc001 Government offensive in Equateur Province
Congolese forces have captured the town of Imese, which has been held by the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo since before the cease-fire agreement reached by the parties in Kampala in April.
The refugees told a UNHCR team in the area that they were leaving the town of Imese, which was reclaimed by government troops last week, as well as other villages (Nyela, Itula, Mbombe) in the interior of the DRC.
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www.afrol.com /News/drc001_govt_offensive.htm   (590 words)

  
 Equateur Voyages Passion Quito Ecuador
Spécialistes en randonnée, alpinisme, Equateur Voyages Passion vous propose des tours en montagne, Amazonie, des croisières aux Galápagos...
, called "Equateur" in French, offers such a great variety of environment, options are unlimited, from the highlands to the balmy beaches, from the rainforest and its incredible wildlife to Inca ruins and cultural treasures, the human mosaic and related handicrafts, and of course the World famous Galápagos Islands, the choice is yours.
Spécialistes en randonnée - trekking et en alpinisme, Equateur Voyages Passion vous propose des tours en montagne, des ascensions des plus beaux sommets d'Equateur, des circuits VTT, des séjours en Amazonie, des croisières aux Iles Galápagos, et des réservations diverses (transport, hôtels, vols aériens, etc).
www.equateur-voyages.com   (817 words)

  
 Equateur-Flowers
In such cases, Equateur cannot be held responsible for the final quality of delivery.
In such case, Equateur will also be entitled to suspend deliveries and to terminate any pending contracts for products still to be delivered.
It is used exclusively for improving the quality and the personalisation of Equateur’s service.
www.equateur-flowers.com /english/conditione.htm   (1275 words)

  
 New Humanitarian Disaster Looms in Equateur, DR Congo
The resumption of fighting in the past two weeks between Ugandan-backed MLC rebels and Congolese government troops is wreaking havoc in the Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Many families are missing, hundreds of civilians have been killed, and an estimated 40,000 people have taken refuge in neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.
People of the Equateur province caught in the crossfire will have difficulty fleeing.
gbgm-umc.org /africa/drcongo/gbgm072500mzbm.html   (591 words)

  
 Press Releases: Great Lakes, Successful reintegration of refugees in DRC's Equateur province
DONGO, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 27 (UNHCR) – The reintegration of thousands of refugees around Dongo in Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Equateur province is surpassing expectations and could encourage others to return from neighbouring Republic of Congo.
But despite the positive reintegration trends and the high level of returns, the lack of funding for UNHCR's voluntary repatriation programme for Congolese refugees remains a significant problem that could ultimately affect returns planned for the second half of this year.
Some 60,000 Congolese crossed the Oubangi and Congo rivers and sought sanctuary in riverside villages in the Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic (CAR) when civil war flared in their homeland in 1998.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6R6Q6T?OpenDocument   (654 words)

  
 AEGiS-05IAC: Focus of HTLV-1 associated tropical spastic paraparesis in Equateur, Zaire
Only 5 sporadic cases are known in Africans, although Africa has the largest world reservoir of HTLV-I. : Search among chronic paraparesis patients from Lisala, population 50,000, Equateur Province, Zaire, by HC and KK.
RESULTS: 39 cases (11 men, 28 women) of HTLV-1 associated TSP were identified: 21 by direct examination, and 18 in close blood relatives of 10 of the above, as derived from typical history and confirmed in all 4 examined.
Reproduction of this abstract (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through the IAS.
www.aegis.com /conferences/iac/1989/B637.html   (300 words)

  
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DRC: Refugees to return to Equateur Province
IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=46506&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=DRC   (1002 words)

  
 Equateur - Movie Info - Moviefone
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movies.aol.com /movie/equateur/1110187/main   (139 words)

  
 Equateur Landscape Protection
Home :: CARE's Work :: Projects :: Equateur Landscape Protection
Targeted participants: 1.9 million people in the landscape (although not all will be direct participants)
Area: Maringa / Lopori Wamba landscape encompassing 4.2 million hectares of lowland rain and swamp forest in Equateur Province of the DRC
www.care.org /careswork/projects/ZAR024.asp   (86 words)

  
 RoseElite Group, Rose and Fresh Cut Flowers of Ecuador, ROSES EQUATEUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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Another important producing region is North of Quito, below the Cayambe, another magnificent volcano (5 790 m).
members.aol.com /roseelite1/e_ecuad.htm   (64 words)

  
 Province de l' Equateur Travel Guide - Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Home » Travel Guides » Africa » Democratic Republic of Congo » Province de l' Equateur
Plan a Province de l' Equateur vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Province de l' Equateur locals.
Tips and Photos about Province de l' Equateur in General
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo/Province_de_l_Equateur/TravelGuide-Province_de_l_Equateur.html   (144 words)

  
 Provinces of Congo (Kinshasa)
25 Apr 1966 Part of restored Equateur province.
districts of Léopold II [in Equateur] and Lomami [in Katanga]).
part of Lac Léopold II (taken from Equateur) - become the new
www.worldstatesmen.org /Congo-K_Provinces_1960-1966.html   (3721 words)

  
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