The U.N. humanitarian chief appealed to world donors to help raise at least $680 million in aid and provide more peacekeepers to stabilize Congo before a special conference Monday. Jan Egeland, who will co-chair a U.N.-
European Union conference on the central African nation said Sunday that the international community had to act now to help boost peace efforts following Congo’s 1998-2002 war, which drew in the armies of half a dozen African nations. Full Story
