What does DR stand for?

Democratic Republic

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The (15) members of the Security Council strongly condemned the continued and recently increasing attacks carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic and Sudan," it said.

UN condemns rebel LRA attacks in Africa

ANKARA, Oct 7, 2009 (TUR) -- Turkish State Minister Selma Aliye Kavaf said that Turkey's trade volume with Democratic Republic of Congo increased tenfold to 10 million USD between the years of 2003 and 2008.

(ECO) TURKEY'S TRADE VOLUME WITH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO RISES ...

6/16/2009 1:22:38 AM A leading political figure from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been formally charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ex-DRC leader on war crimes charges

In November, conservation groups and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) established a new reserve to protect the bonobo, a great ape found only in the DRC's vast tropical forests.

New African reserve protects bonobos, stores carbon

Yet it is clearly one of high stakes that could set the Democratic Republic of Congo, potentially Africa's richest country, on a path to peace and prosperity for its 55 million people, who have attempted little more than survival for decades.

Peace, caution prevail for now But pockets of fighting continue

The victims were sucked out of the plane, which was carrying about 200 policemen and their families from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

129 die in jet tragedy

On 14 May, the head of a Security Council delegation lust back from the Democratic Republic of the Congosaid the establishment of a transitional government in Kinshasa, disarming of rebel groups and withdrawal of foreign troops were the essential next steps to advance the peace process in the country.

Progress in inter-Congolese dialogue. (Peace Watch)

Meredith reports criticisms of Mugabe's military support of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, without saying that this support is invited -- unlike the Ugandan and Rwandan rebel players.

Mugabe: Power and Plunder in Zimbabwe. (Books)