Cabinda is physically separated from the rest of the country by a strip of the DR Congo and has a northern border with the Republic of Congo.
Alain Dioko of TP Mazembe, Mohamed Gedo and Ahmed Hassan both of Al-Ahly of Egypt are nominated for best African-based Player, while Tunisian side CS Sfaxien, FUS Rabat of Morocco and TP Mazembe of DR Congo will be aiming to win best club side of 2010.
Goalkeeper Lousseni Issa made several superb saves as AS FAN added Motema Pembe of the DR Congo to their list of victims with a goalless Kinshasa draw taking them through 1-0 on aggregate.
The brigadier general also utterly rejects the allegation that his forces have been making a "business" out of the LRA hunt in DR Congo by exaggerating the scale of the problem in order both to win US funding and exploit DR Congo's minerals.
"This is great news for the people of the DR Congo who had to suffer from the crimes of an ICC fugitive for too long, " it added.
But even at the peak of the market DR Congo supplied perhaps 8% of the global market.
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In the group's other game, Santos FC of Angola beat AS Vita Club of DR Congo 1-0.
The people of DR Congo are among the poorest in Africa, even though the country is rich in resources.
The guest entrants and former African champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo.
On Friday, representatives of the civilian opposition groups in DR Congo are to meet President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa "as part of the ongoing dialogue to find peace, " according to South Africa's ambassador to DR Congo.
Maurice Munda-Kampambwe, the administrative and financial director of the DR Congo's football association, told the BBC Sport website that they are still looking for a new coach.
The Nigerian side are only the second team ever to retain African club football's top prize after TP Mazembe of the DR Congo won the title in 1967 and 1968.
There are also accusations that Rwanda has committed a series of errors in DR Congo.
They will parade their star striker Mputu Mabi, who was the player of the tournament when DR Congo won the African Nations Championship (CHAN) earlier this year.
The report - seen by Reuters news agency on Tuesday - says army units from Rwanda and Uganda have helped M23 expand its control of territory in eastern DR Congo.
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Those who have fled are mainly from Bangui, as well as the cities of Bangassou, Rifai and Zemio in the south-eastern part of the country bordering DR Congo, the UN refugee agency said in a statement.
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And speaking of great wars, Jason Stearns' Dancing in the Glory of Monsters wins my vote for the best title, as well as being an excellent account of the horrors and complexities of the conflicts in DR Congo.
Nothing better illustrates the enduring lawlessness and impunity here in eastern DR Congo than the case of Ntabo Ntaberi Cheka, a militia leader wanted for allegedly organising mass rapes, who is openly campaigning for election as a local MP.
As the numbers grow - the park is hoping for almost 4, 000 visitors this year - it is tempting to see the steady rise in tourism as another sign of increasing stability in DR Congo, where the economy is likely to grow by 6.5% this year.
In London on Thursday, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame agreed to fully support the implementation of the peace process in DR Congo.
The DR Congo striker damaged the joint of his left foot after celebrating an equaliser in the 1-1 draw against Arsenal on April 12 with a somersault.
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Thousands of other foreign troops remain in DR Congo - motivated primarily by Congo's vast mineral deposits.
The DR Congo government has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the M23.
On 25 November, the BBC World Service is broadcasting a special one-hour debate in front of a Kinshasa audience: Is DR Congo a failed state?
Eastern DR Congo has suffered from two decades of violence linked to ethnic rivalries and competition for the control of the area's rich mineral resources.
The World Bank aid package is to support a peace deal signed in February between DR Congo and its neighbours, some of whom are accused of backing the rebels.
In June last year they rescued two people, including a 13-year old girl kidnapped by the LRA from the village of Kidi, about 12km from the town of Yambio, close to the DR Congo border.
This year the 23-year-old took the player of the tournament award as he led DR Congo to victory at the African Nations Championship.
There is a ferocious desire for change, and peace, in DR Congo - coupled with a deep sense of humiliation that such a rich country has been brought so low for so long.
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