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| Congo Military Tribunal Acquits Woman of Inciting Supreme Court Arson | |
VOA News - April 30, 2007 | |
 | A military tribunal in Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted a woman accused of inciting the arson of the Supreme Court. The trial against opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba's lawyer, has been a test case for human rights in Congo, as Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa. |
| ICRC takes action following March clashes | |
ICRC - April 27, 2007 | |
 | On 22 and 23 March 2007, violent clashes in the capital Kinshasa between government troops and bodyguards of former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba killed hundreds of people including a high number of civilians. In the wake of the fighting, many families were left searching for loved ones. The ICRC swung into action to help both the civilian and military victims. |
| Civilians fleeing fighting in east forced into makeshift camps | |
IRIN - April 25, 2007 | |
 | Civilians fleeing fighting between Congolese government troops and rebel militias in North Kivu Province have been forced to shelter in makeshift camps 100km from Goma town, aid workers said. |
| Deputy SG: 'All parties agree that there cannot be any alternative to dialogue and reconciliation' | |
MONUC - April 24, 2007 | |
 | After her meeting with the National Assembly deputies and its president Vital Kamerhe on 23 April 2007, Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro said that it gave her a 'great feeling of joy and victory.' |
| UN Deputy SG: 'President Kabila wishes to see the cooperation grow between the DRC and the UN' | |
MONUC - April 23, 2007 | |
 | UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro met with DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga in Kinshasa this Monday 23 April 2007, as well as National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe, as part of her three day visit to the country. |
| Army, UN to monitor rebel move to assembly point | |
IRIN - April 23, 2007 | |
 | Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and the United Nations will verify that Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have assembled near the DRC-Sudan border as agreed. |
| Opportunity for the new Congolese government to fundamentally reform the natural resource sector | |
Global Witness - April 22, 2007 | |
 | Global Witness today urged President Joseph Kabila and the new Congolese government to seize the momentum of the post-election period to implement fundamental reforms in the mining and forest sectors. |
| DRC Park Ranger Escapes Rebel Abduction | |
VOA News - April 21, 2007 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a park ranger is home safe after escaping from a rebel group that held him captive for two years. |
| UN Deputy Secretary General to visit DRC | |
MONUC - April 20, 2007 | |
 | UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro will arrive in the DRC on 22 April 2007, for a three day visit to the country, where she will meet with President Kabila and Prime Minister Gizenga, as well as other political personalities. |
| Study: Child Soldiers Suffer from Emotional Stress for Years | |
VOA News - April 20, 2007 | |
 | An international human rights group says child soldiers as young as 13 are serving in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Rights Watch is urging the Congolese government to release the estimated 300 to 500 youngsters, whom they inherited when they absorbed the armies of former rebel warlords under terms of a peace plan. |
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