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| Kinshasa: Contact group workshop on reform of DRC army | |
MONUC - July 13, 2007 | |
 | A contact group workshop on the reform of the army in the DRC, organized by the DRC Ministry of Defence and war veterans, was held from 12 to 13 July 2007 in Kinshasa. The aim was to examine the fundamental needs for the reform of the army, in order to format a roadmap of a programme which will be presented in September. |
| Expelled Congolese waiting for aid | |
IRIN - July 11, 2007 | |
 | Tens of thousands of Congolese expelled from Angola since the beginning of July have lost all their goods and have not received any help, according to NGOs. |
| UN envoy deplores murder of politician in volatile east | |
UN News - July 10, 2007 | |
 | The senior United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has condemned yesterday's murder of a local politician in the far east of the country, saying it seems to be part of an emerging pattern of assassinations of political and business leaders in that region of the vast nation. |
| Live up to your promises or lose recent gains, Kabila urged | |
IRIN - July 6, 2007 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could lose recent gains in its democratisation process unless President Joseph Kabila starts to promote dialogue and accountability, and strengthens cooperation with the wider international community, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. |
| Congo: Consolidating the Peace | |
International Crisis Group - July 5, 2007 | |
Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were a milestone in the peace process but much remains to be done to consolidate the gains. A return to full-scale war is unlikely but violence in Bas-Congo and Kinshasa in early 2007 with over 400 people killed and renewed threats of war in the Kivus show the country's fragility. | |
| Civilians bearing brunt of South Kivu violence | |
IRIN - July 4, 2007 | |
 | The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed concern over abuses against civilians, especially women and children, in South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying it frequently receives reports of abductions, executions, rapes and pillage. |
| UN's top rights official concerned at acquittals in military trial | |
UN News - July 4, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today voiced concern at the recent decision by a military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to acquit all defendants of killings, torture and other abuses that occurred during an operation by the country's armed forces. |
| African Americans Celebrate Lumumba's Birthday With Unveiling of Lumumba Sculpture | |
Friends of the Congo - July 4, 2007 | |
 | Patrice Emery Lumumba (July 2, 1925 - January 17, 1961) was the first freely elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Beloved by his people, he was assassinated by western interests for advocating that the Congo's vast mineral wealth be used first and foremost, to benefit the people of the Congo. |
| Congo Court Clears Foreign Miners of War Crimes | |
VOA News - June 28, 2007 | |
 | A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted three former employees of Australian mining company Anvil Mining Limited of complicity in war crimes by government soldiers in 2004. Judges said the charges against the miners and nine Congolese soldiers were unfounded. |
| NGO suspends operations amid increased displacement in the east | |
IRIN - June 28, 2007 | |
 | Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced non-governmental organisations to limit operations in some areas in North and South Kivu, officials said, even as more people are displaced. |
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