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News | CNDP
| US Assistant Secretary to Meet DRC President Kabila Over Rebel Insurgency | |
VOA News - October 30, 2008 | |
 | The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs is expected to meet President Joseph Kabila and other Congolese officials Thursday to address ongoing clashes between the government and the rebels in the restive North Kivu Province. |
| War Crimes in the Congo by Laurent Nkunda and Paul Kagame | |
Congo News Agency - October 30, 2008 | |
 | Laurent Nkunda is a war criminal. The Congolese government issued an international arrest warrant against him for war crimes in 2005. Human Rights Watch has been calling for his arrest for war crimes since February of 2006. He is on a UN Sanctions List for breaches of the UN arms embargo in the DRC. On October 31, 2006 U.S. President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13413 freezing his assets for contributing to the conflict in the Congo. |
| Opinion: DR Congo, the Biggest Moral Failure of the Bush Administration | |
Sylvestre Ngoma - October 28, 2008 | |
 | Paul Kagame and Museveni need to learn to live in peace with the Congo . They are unwilling to work with the opposition in their own countries but force the Congo government to dialogue with their proxy, Nkunda Mihigo. The sitting president with the most blood in his hands, Paul Kagame, needs to be warned against crimes he is committing rather than praised for destroying human lives. And the rebel leader Nkunda Mihigo needs to be handled like Charles Taylor. |
| Force not the solution in violence-ridden eastern DR Congo, top UN envoy says | |
UN News - October 28, 2008 | |
 | MONUC is intervening to thwart the CNDP’s attempt to attack the province’s capital Goma and other population centres, according to Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative. |
| Security Council alarmed at resurgent violence in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News - October 21, 2008 | |
 | The Council strongly condemns the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups as well as the continued prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence… It urges all parties to comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law. |
| Government calls for urgent UN security council meeting | |
MISNA - October 9, 2008 | |
 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the delicate security situation in the east of the country, theatre in the past weeks to fighting, and accusing Rwanda of an imminent attack on Goma, provincial capital of North Kivu. |
| U.S. opposes statements made by Nkunda, and those who seek instability | |
U.S. Department of State - October 6, 2008 | |
 | The United States condemns and rejects the statements made by General Nkunda, leader of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), claiming the CNDP intends to overthrow the elected and universally recognized Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). The U.S. calls on the international community to support the GDRC as it works to consolidate its democracy and capacity to govern justly its entire territory. The U.S. opposes all those who seek to foment instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
| UN envoy calls for 'surge' of peacekeepers in DR Congo in face of new violence | |
UN News - October 3, 2008 | |
 | The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into "horrendous" conflict. |
| For an effective and credible MONUC | |
EurAc - September 28, 2008 | |
 | Since 28 August Laurent Nkunda's CNDP has launched several offensives against positions held by the army, the FARDC, thus violating the "Acte d'engagement à la paix" he signed in January 2008. These attacks have aggravated the humanitarian situation in North Kivu, causing the displacement of a further 100.000 people. |
| United States condemns renewed fighting, calls for cessation of hostilities | |
U.S. Department of State - September 23, 2008 | |
| The United States condemns the renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calls on all parties to cease hostilities immediately, accept the disengagement plan put forth by the U.N. Mission in the Congo, and recommit themselves to full participation in the Amani process. In addition, the U.S. calls on all parties to the Nairobi Communiqué and the Goma Agreement to move quickly to fulfill those commitments. |
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