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| Precarious humanitarian situation in North Kivu | |
Monuc - December 13, 2006 | |
 | At the weekly MONUC press conference this Wednesday December 13 2006, MONUC stated that the humanitarian situation in North Kivu remains 'precarious', as there are over 500,000 people internally displaced people (IDP's), representing half of the total number of IDP's in the DRC. |
| Trial begins for Congolese military and Anvil Mining ex employees accused of crimes related to the October 2004 Kilwa massacre | |
RAID - December 13, 2006 | |
 | The trial of former Colonel Ademar Ilunga and eight of his subordinates for breaches of the Geneva Convention and its Additional Protocols will open on Tuesday, 12 December in Lubumbashi, DR Congo before the Military Court of Katanga (Case Number R.P 010/06). |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba to run for Kinshasa senate seat | |
Congo Planet - December 12, 2006 | |
 | Jean-Pierre Bemba has submitted papers in a bid to run for a senate seat for the city of Kinshasa. |
| DRC elections raise peace hopes for region | |
IRIN - December 11, 2006 | |
 | An international conference aimed at enhancing peace, security and development in Africa's Great Lakes Region is under way in Nairobi, with delegates expressing optimism that the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo heralded an era of stability in the volatile region. |
| After four-year process, region is closer to peace | |
IRIN - December 11, 2006 | |
 | When preparations for the international conference on peace, security, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region began in 2003, United Nations and African Union (AU) officials were at pains to explain that this was a process, not just a meeting, that would take years to achieve. Four years later, the last of two state summits in this process is scheduled for 14-15 December in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. |
| U.S. Congress passes Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006 | |
U.S. Congress - December 9, 2006 | |
 | A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Annan, Security Council Urge Congolese to Work Together And Welcome New President | |
UN News - December 7, 2006 | |
 | United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the need for all Congolese to work together as he congratulated Joseph Kabila on his inauguration as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the recent elections, the first democratic polls in the strife-torn country in more than 40 years. |
| Video: Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006 | |
Monuc - December 7, 2006 | |
 | Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006. |
| Thousands return to eastern town of Sake | |
IRIN - December 6, 2006 | |
 | At least 15,000 people who had fled fighting in Sake, in the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are returning home but without assistance, according to the local displacement returns committee. |
| Kabila Sworn In as DRC's Elected President | |
VOA News - December 6, 2006 | |
 | Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war president in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wearing a dark suit and raising his right hand, Mr. Kabila said he would only be guided by general interest and act as a faithful servant of the people. The ceremony was held under tight security in Kinshasa. |
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