152 results found for: refugees
| DRC and Rwanda Sign Declaration of Principles for Peace in Eastern Congo | |
Radio Okapi - April 25, 2025 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a "declaration of principles" on Friday for an agreement aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Great Lakes region, while putting an end to the conflict ravaging eastern DRC. The declaration was signed in Washington by Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and her Rwandan counterpart Olivier Nduhungireye in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. |
| Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Summarily Executed Children in Bukavu, UN Reports | |
Radio Okapi - February 19, 2025 | |
 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that Rwanda-backed M23 rebels committed summary executions of children in Bukavu when they entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city. |
| Political tensions 'running high' in DR Congo ahead of 2016 elections | |
UN News Centre - October 7, 2015 | |
 | The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) told the UN Security Council today that he cannot say with certainty whether the progress attained in the country is sustainable, or whether violence will erupt again and reverse what has been achieved so far. |
| Death toll in Lake Albert boat accident rises to 251 | |
Xinhua - March 27, 2014 | |
 | A total of 251 Congolese refugees returning to their country from a refugee camp in Uganda died on Saturday in a boat accident on Lake Albert, Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende has said. North Kivu governor Julien Paluku said the search will continue to find other bodies. He said 251 bodies have been recovered out of 292 that were onboard the ill-fated boat. |
| Death toll in Lake Albert boat accident rises to 108 people | |
Xinhua - March 24, 2014 | |
| The death toll in the weekend boat accident in western Uganda has risen to 108 from 19 that were reported on Saturday. Most of the passengers on the boat were Democratic Republic of Congo refugees returning home. The total number of the people who were on the boat is not yet known. Fourty five people survived the accident. |
| At high-level meeting, Ban urges political solution to crisis in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News Service - September 27, 2012 | |
 | 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. |
| Kagame Is A Problem for The U.S. and The U.K. | |
Congo News Agency - June 23, 2012 | |
 | Rights groups are increasingly appalled at the support Mr. Kagame has continued to receive from those who claim to be the leading defenders of human rights around the world, while at the same time providing support and cover for a man many consider a dictator involved in war crimes across the border in eastern Congo. |
| Controversy over "conflict minerals" law | |
IRIN - August 2, 2011 | |
 | Major industries are seeking to alter the proposed US reporting rules on “conflict minerals” mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a bid to stem the flow of money from minerals mined in eastern Congo, widely seen as fuelling the ongoing conflicts, the US government included a clause in the financial reform legislation of July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| Actor Ben Affleck Advocates More US Involvement in DRC | |
VOA News - December 3, 2010 | |
 | Hollywood Actor and Director Ben Affleck was in Washington this week, pushing for greater US engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has founded an organization called "The Eastern Congo Initiative." Affleck says the DRC is at a critical juncture in its transition from war to peace. |
| UN Sanctions FDLR Leaders, CNDP Rebel Commander Integrated into Army | |
Congo News Agency - December 2, 2010 | |
 | The United Nations Security Council imposed targeted measures including travel bans and asset freezes on three Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leaders and a former Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) commander integrated in the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC), on Wednesday, at the request of the permanent missions to the United Nations of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. |
