| Rebel leader presumed responsible for mass rape arrested | |
UN News - October 5, 2010 | |
![]() | United Nations peacekeepers and Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo today seized one of the rebel leaders suspected of being behind the mass rape of more than 300 civilians two months ago in the country’s east. |
| Huge DR Congo gold mine to open, displacing 15,000 | |
BBC News - July 22, 2010 | |
![]() | Mining firm Randgold Resources says it is to begin mining Africa's largest undeveloped gold deposit - in eastern DR Congo. The mine will require the re-location of 15,000 people, but Randgold says the project has the support of the government and the local community. |
| Ex-rebels take over mineral trade extortion racket | |
Global Witness - March 11, 2010 | |
![]() | Former rebels from the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) have established mafia-style extortion rackets covering some of the most lucrative tin and tantalum mining areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Global Witness reported today following four weeks of research in the region. |
| DR Congo says ex-rebel chief Nkunda to be extradited from Rwanda in 2010 | |
Xinhua - January 18, 2010 | |
![]() | The minister of communication and media for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lambert Mende Omalanga, indicated on Sunday that the problem of transferring the ex-rebel chief of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) Laurent Nkunda will be solved in 2010. |
| Final report of the UN Group of Experts on the DRC released | |
UN Security Council - December 7, 2009 | |
![]() | The Group investigated FDLR’s ongoing exploitation of natural resources in the Kivus, notably gold and cassiterite reserves, which the Group calculates continues to deliver millions of dollars in direct financing into the FDLR coffers. The Group also documents that a number of mineral exporting companies, some of which were named in a previous report of the Group in 2008 (S/2008/773), continue to trade with FDLR. |
| Global minerals, arms smuggling networks fuel DR Congo conflict - UN report | |
UN News - December 7, 2009 | |
![]() | FDLR has a far-reaching international diaspora network involved in the day-to-day running of the movement, the coordination of military and arms trafficking activities and the management of financial activities. End buyers for cassiterite include the Malaysia Smelting Corporation and the Thailand Smelting and Refining Company, which is held by United Kingdom-based Amalgamated Metals Corporation. |
| Global Witness urges governments to act on findings of UN experts' report on DRC | |
Global Witness - November 26, 2009 | |
![]() | UN member states should take strong action in response to new information about companies and individuals who trade in minerals from areas of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo controlled by armed groups, Global Witness said today. |
| Government Spokesman Blasts Human Rights Watch, NGOs, on Eastern Congo Reports | |
Congo News Agency - November 1, 2009 | |
![]() | During a press conference on Thursday in Kinshasa, Government spokesman Lambert Mende blasted what he called an “avalanche of corrosive reports being poured lately” by NGOs about the situation in eastern Congo. “Those who are always telling others what to do, as if they know the Democratic Republic of Congo better than the Congolese themselves”, are suffering from “the illusion of immediate knowledge” that usually affects “amateur ethnologists”, he said. |
| Real prospect of ending fighting in eastern DR Congo, says top UN envoy | |
UN News - October 16, 2009 | |
![]() | “There is now a real prospect that the conflicts that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended,” Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for DRC and head of the UN peacekeeping force there, told the Security Council. |
| Human Rights: MONUC releases reports on Kiwanja and Kanyabayonga incidents | |
MONUC - September 9, 2009 | |
![]() | This first report documents the main human rights abuses that were committed and the legal framework that applies to them, as well as the chain of command that was in operation at the time of the perpetration of the abuses. Therein, the UNJHRO formulates several recommendations to the Congolese authorities, the parties to the conflict, and the international community, notably MONUC to improve its capacity to protect civilian populations. |