http://www.congoplanet.com/topic/joseph_kabila Congo Planet - News fr Copyright CongoPlanet.com Sun, 19 May 2013 18:11:01 -0700 10 http://congoplanet.com http://congoplanet.com/pictures/congo_planet_kinshasa.jpg 64 12 Your source for Congo news http://www.congoplanet.com/2013/02/24/news/2024/icglr-sadc-leaders-sign-peace-deal-to-end-violence-in-eastern-congo.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2013/02/24/news/2024/icglr-sadc-leaders-sign-peace-deal-to-end-violence-in-eastern-congo.jsp Eleven African countries have signed a peace deal aimed at ending decades of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 11 signing countries are from the Great Lakes region and Southern Africa. The Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region will likely lead to deploying an intervention brigade in the DRC. Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/28/news/2014/m23-rebels-in-dr-congo-say-they-want-to-overthrow-joseph-kabila-nonsense.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/28/news/2014/m23-rebels-in-dr-congo-say-they-want-to-overthrow-joseph-kabila-nonsense.jsp The M23 rebels say they want to “liberate” DR Congo. They say they will take their fight thousands of miles westward to the capital Kinshasa if necessary. The M23 want to overthrow Kabila? Nonsense. It could be argued that Rwanda and Uganda have never had, and will likely never have, a better friend in power in Kinshasa than Mr. Kabila. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/22/news/2012/protests-against-m23-rebels-government-united-nations-monusco-spread-to-bukavu-south-kivu-province.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/22/news/2012/protests-against-m23-rebels-government-united-nations-monusco-spread-to-bukavu-south-kivu-province.jsp Protests against the M23 spread to South Kivu province on Wednesday as thousands of residents took to the streets in Bukavu to vent their fury after the fall of Goma to the rebels on Tuesday. The protests in Bukavu mirror those that took place on Tuesday in Kisangani and Bunia in which the M23, the PPRD and MONUSCO were the targets. Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/21/news/2011/thousands-protest-m23-capture-of-goma-turn-against-government-un-mission-monusco.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/21/news/2011/thousands-protest-m23-capture-of-goma-turn-against-government-un-mission-monusco.jsp Thousands of students protested on Tuesday after M23 rebels seized the eastern Congo city of Goma. They were mostly expressing their furor at the M23 rebels, but also targeted the government and the United Nations mission in DR Congo, whose soldiers and peacekeepers were unable to stop the rebels from taking the city. Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/19/news/2009/dr-congo-army-still-controls-eastern-congo-city-of-goma-officials-say.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/11/19/news/2009/dr-congo-army-still-controls-eastern-congo-city-of-goma-officials-say.jsp North Kivu province Governor Julien Paluku has reassured residents of the eastern Congo city of Goma that it remains under the control of the Congolese army. He dismissed rumors that top government and military officials have fled towards Bukavu, in South Kivu province. Military officials in Goma vowed to defend the city against an attack by M23 rebels. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/09/27/news/1998/ban-ki-moon-urges-political-solution-to-crisis-in-eastern-dr-congo.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/2012/09/27/news/1998/ban-ki-moon-urges-political-solution-to-crisis-in-eastern-dr-congo.jsp Stressing the need to end the suffering caused by the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has uprooted over 300,000 civilians since earlier this year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an urgent and peaceful resolution based on dialogue. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1986/united-states-cuts-military-aid-to-rwanda-over-support-to-rebels-in-dr-congo.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1986/united-states-cuts-military-aid-to-rwanda-over-support-to-rebels-in-dr-congo.jsp The United States has cut its military aid to Rwanda, citing concerns that the government in Kigali is supporting rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. State Department said it had evidence that Rwanda is helping Congolese rebel groups, including M23. Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1985/dr-congo-joseph-kabila-rwanda-paul-kagame-sign-pact-to-fight-rebels-in-eastern-congo.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1985/dr-congo-joseph-kabila-rwanda-paul-kagame-sign-pact-to-fight-rebels-in-eastern-congo.jsp DR Congo’s President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame have endorsed a pact seeking the creation of a new military force comprised of soldiers from “neutral” countries to fight and “eradicate” the armed groups operating in eastern Congo, including the M23 rebels led by warlord Bosco Ntaganda and the Rwandan rebels of the FDLR. Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1971/dr-congo-police-investigate-former-prime-minister-adolphe-muzito-corruption.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1971/dr-congo-police-investigate-former-prime-minister-adolphe-muzito-corruption.jsp Police said they are investigating allegations that former prime minister Adolphe Muzito enriched himself from public funds. An inspector-general of Congo’s judicial police, Christophe Ndongo Nzita, said the investigation of Muzito has been going on for several weeks and a report is expected in the near future. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1968/joseph-kabila-names-ministers-matata-dr-congo-government.jsp http://www.congoplanet.com/news/1968/joseph-kabila-names-ministers-matata-dr-congo-government.jsp President Joseph Kabila named the members of the new government led by Prime Minister Matata Ponyo on Saturday. The new cabinet will have thirty six members, including two deputy prime ministers, twenty five ministers, one minister-delegate and eight deputy ministers. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700