| IRC assists victims of D.R. Congo massacre | |
IRC - May 31, 2007 | |
![]() | The International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to assist thousands of people displaced by an attack late last week in the country's troubled South Kivu Province. |
| Secretary-General strongly condemns attacks on villagers in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
UN News - May 30, 2007 | |
![]() | The Secretary-General condemns these attacks in the strongest possible terms. This latest atrocity underscores once again the need to resolve the problem of armed Congolese and foreign militia operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for the Government and the international community to work together in creating professional security forces capable of defending the security and human rights of the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Report Says UK Retailers Not Doing Enough to Combat Blood Diamonds | |
VOA News - May 29, 2007 | |
![]() | A new survey says that most British diamond retailers are not doing enough to combat trade in diamonds smuggled from war zones. |
| Seventeen Killed in Suspected Rwandan Rebel Attack in DRC | |
VOA News - May 28, 2007 | |
![]() | At least 17 people have been clubbed or hacked to death by suspected Rwandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of South Kivu. Congo's United Nations peacekeeping mission said the violence appears to be a reprisal for recent army operations in the area. |
| Suspected Rwandan Rebels Slay DRC Villagers | |
VOA News - May 28, 2007 | |
![]() | In the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern territory, local officials say suspected Rwandan rebels have brutally attacked and killed villagers. |
| Probe into MONUC gold, arms trafficking allegations "well advanced" | |
IRIN - May 25, 2007 | |
![]() | A special United Nations body has opened an investigation into allegations of gold and arms trafficking by personnel in the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) in Ituri region, a spokesman said. |
| Thousands more flee ongoing clashes in Kivu | |
IRIN - May 24, 2007 | |
![]() | At least 40 children are among thousands of newly displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fleeing ongoing clashes between Congolese armed forces and Rwandan rebels, officials said. |
| Reports: UN Peacekeepers in Congo Traded Gold, Weapons with Militias | |
IRIN - May 23, 2007 | |
![]() | British media reports say U.N. peacekeeping troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo traded gold and weapons with militias they were supposed to help disarm. |
| UN says allegations of trafficking by peacekeepers are under investigation | |
UN News - May 23, 2007 | |
![]() | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today announced that allegations that a number of its peacekeepers based in the Ituri District have engaged in gold and weapons trafficking are under investigation. |
| Training workshop for DRC National Assembly deputies | |
MONUC - May 22, 2007 | |
![]() | A four day training workshop is underway for DRC National Assembly deputies from May 21 to May 25 2007, at the Palais de Peuple in Kinshasa. The project, which is organized by the UNDP in conjunction with national and international partners, aims to further parliamentary knowledge of deputies in order to enhance the operational capacity of the National Assembly. |
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