Alongside this rapid reaction force, said a UN official, a broad political plan to bring stability to the region is set to be signed on the side-lines of the AU summit in Addis Ababa by the leaders of the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Angola, the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Tanzania and South Africa.

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The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of Cabinda.

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The province is separated from the rest of Angola by part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.

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Africa also boasts many huge, rapidly growing cities, but it's hard to identify many of these places--like Lagos, Nigeria, Luanda, Angola or Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo--as bright prospects.

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The exporters have been asked to make sure no diamonds have been sourced from Angola, Sierra Leone or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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These visits will aim at establishing contact and getting an understanding of the archive practices, preservation of content, accessibility and re-use of content, plans to digitize or existing digitization projects and other relevant issues in the different broadcasters in 13 African countries, including Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The fighting ultimately drew in six countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

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Several countries have introduced or amended laws to strengthen community land rights - including Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan and Tanzania.

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The countries belonging to the Great Lakes region are the following: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

This triggered a war that drew in six more countries (Burundi, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia and the Central African Republic) and led to the deaths of about 4m people, mostly from disease and ill-health.

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