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| Surrenders of Rwandan rebels in eastern DR Congo ramp up, UN says | |
UN News - April 27, 2009 | |
 | The number of Rwandans laying down their arms and leaving militias that terrorize civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has multiplied four-fold on a monthly basis compared to last year, the United Nations reported today. |
| Return of Hutu Militias Sparks 100,000 New Displacements in Eastern Congo | |
VOA News - April 27, 2009 | |
 | A resumption of fighting in lands in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo previously claimed by rebel Hutu militias has added more than 100,000 newly displaced people to Congo's swollen itinerant rolls in the past two months. |
| North-Kivu: over 100,000 uprooted in latest wave of rebel attacks, says UN | |
UN News - April 22, 2009 | |
 | Rebel attacks in recent weeks have forced more than 100,000 people from their homes in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| Ban calls for greater efforts to protect children in armed conflict in latest report | |
UN News - April 22, 2009 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Security Council and judicial systems to step up action in the fight to end abuse of children in conflict zones around the world. In his latest report on the issue, the Secretary-General encourages national and international justice systems to take strong action ending impunity for crimes against children committed within their jurisdictions. |
| Celebrities Promote Humanitarian Causes | |
VOA News - April 20, 2009 | |
 | Movie stars, models and musicians can often command the media's attention when they promote charitable or environmental causes. Angelina Jolie, Bono, Leonardo Di Caprio are just some of the A-list celebrities lending their famous faces to humanitarian issues, third world debt and climate change. |
| Evariste Boshab Elected National Assembly President | |
Congo News Agency - April 18, 2009 | |
 | There were no surprises at the Palais du Peuple on Saturday morning as elections results revealed that Evariste Boshab, from President Joseph Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD), had come ahead as the new speaker of the lower house of Parliament in polls held on Friday to replace its former officers. |
| DR Congo, Rwanda and UNHCR discuss returns | |
UNHCR - April 17, 2009 | |
 | UNHCR is encouraged by the strong desire of the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to have their nationals who are now refugees in their respective countries return home. Officials of the two countries met in Goma in eastern DRC to discuss the first steps in the return of their nationals, estimated at more than 150,000. The two-day tripartite gathering, which ended yesterday, was facilitated by UNHCR. |
| Russia to strengthen ties with DR Congo | |
Xinhua - April 8, 2009 | |
 | Russia favors strengthened relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday when meeting his Congolese counterpart Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. |
| UN complains of Congo troop delay | |
BBC News - April 8, 2009 | |
 | The UN force chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained there is still no sign of 3,000 peacekeepers approved by the UN five months ago. Alan Doss told the BBC his force was overstretched and unable to respond effectively to outbreaks of violence. |
| Banning DRC conflict minerals would be mistake, says new report | |
VOA News - April 7, 2009 | |
 | A new report says it would be a mistake to ban the mining of so-called conflict minerals in the eastern DRC. The report contradicts what many humanitarian agencies have been calling for. It says the mining provides a livelihood for many poor people. The study was conducted by Resource Consulting Services of London and funded by the British Department for International Development, the London School of Economics and others. |
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