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| Should Lubanga Face Trial in DRC? | |
IWPR - October 16, 2007 | |
 | His trial hasn't yet begun, but it is already possible that the International Criminal Court's sole detainee will return to the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, for at least part of the proceedings. |
| Ituri: DDR phase III process officially ends | |
MONUC - October 16, 2007 | |
 | The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) phase III pilot project which began in Ituri district on 4 August 2007, officially ended on Monday 15 October 2007 in Bunia. The DRC Minister for Social Affairs who chaired the ceremony gave an additional 72 hours deadline extension for combatants still in the bush to disarm, and launched the community reconstruction project for Ituri. |
| More displaced as insecurity persists in North Kivu | |
IRIN - October 9, 2007 | |
 | A new wave of displaced civilians is on the move in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as dissident general Laurent Nkunda announced a ceasefire with government troops was broken. |
| UNDP launches new electoral support project for the DRC | |
MONUC - October 5, 2007 | |
 | The new United Nations Development Programme's PACE project, which will support and assist the DRC electoral cycle from 2007 to 2011, was launched in Kinshasa on 4 October 2007. Initially the US$151 million project aims to assist and support the organisation and holding of the DRC local elections, envisaged for 2008. |
| Transport Minister Fired in DRC After Deadly Plane Crash | |
VOA News - October 5, 2007 | |
A Congolese government spokesman announced Friday that the country's transport minister has been fired for incompetence, after a deadly plane crash Thursday left at least 37 people dead. | |
| Thousands of refugees return home - UNHCR | |
IRIN - October 4, 2007 | |
 | At least 43,000 refugees returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January and October, with another 310,000 still in neighbouring countries, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| At Least 19 Dead in Congo Plane Crash | |
VOA News - October 4, 2007 | |
A cargo plane has crashed into a residential area near Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Officials say at least 19 people were killed, but it is unclear how many of the casualties were passengers and crew and how many were people on the ground. | |
| UN says No Evidence Army, Rebel Groups Ally in Eastern Congo | |
VOA News - October 3, 2007 | |
 | Conflicting reports are emerging from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo regarding an alleged alliance between Congo's army and outlaw Hutu and Mayi Mayi militias, aimed at purging a rebellion by dissident general Laurent Nkunda. |
| Monitoring of Ebola "must continue" | |
IRIN - October 3, 2007 | |
 | Health specialists agree that surveillance and monitoring of an Ebola epidemic have to be maintained, despite falls in the numbers of people affected in the province of Kasai Occidental in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Ebola in DRC: Nearing control of the outbreak, but vigilance still required | |
MSF - October 1, 2007 | |
 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has seen a decrease in the number of admissions in its isolation unit in Kampungu, a village of 9,000 inhabitants which is the epicentre of the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
