152 results found for: refugees
| Security Council tells UN Mission in DR Congo to step up protection of civilians | |
UN News - December 22, 2008 | |
 | The Security Council today told United Nations peacekeepers in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to prioritize the protection of civilians, including humanitarian personnel, as the number of attacks on aid workers, some of them deadly, passed 100 since the start of 2008. |
| Displaced people must not be forced back to their villages, UN tells DR Congo rebels | |
UN News - December 19, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations refugee agency has called on mainly Tutsi rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure the rights of 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) amid reports that they are being pressured to go back to their villages. |
| UNHCR urges DR Congo rebels to respect humanitarian principles | |
XINHUA - December 19, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations refugee agency on Friday called on rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop forcing the displaced people back to their villages. |
| Actor Ben Affleck and Rolling Stone Mick Jagger join forces to help Refugees in DR Congo | |
UN News - December 17, 2008 | |
 | Actor-director Ben Affleck and Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger today released a short film to help raise $23 million for United Nations efforts to pay for clean water and emergency aid kits for 250,000 people driven from their homes by renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
| Laurent Nkunda's rebels reportedly pressuring displaced Congolese to return home - UN | |
UN News - December 16, 2008 | |
| The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today said it is very concerned about reports that rebels are putting pressure on those displaced by the deadly fighting in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return to their villages. |
| UN Report Excerpt: Support to Laurent Nkunda's CNDP by the Government of Rwanda | |
UN Security Council - December 14, 2008 | |
 | Rwandan authorities have been complicit in the recruitment of soldiers, including children, have facilitated the supply of military equipment, and have sent officers and units from the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in support of CNDP. |
| Two Young Girls Shot at Kibati Camp | |
VOA News - December 12, 2008 | |
| It's still unknown why the shooting erupted in Kibati, but one person has been arrested. Armed men are frequent intruders at the camp and Nthengwe says it's very difficult to keep them out. He says, "The main problem is that Kibati camp is in the middle of the front line between the FRDC (national army) and the CNDP rebel group… What we have done in many cases is to speak to…MONUC (UN peacekeeping force) to try and send a message to the CNDP and to send a message to FRDC authorities that they should keep their armed people off the civilian site." |
| UN envoy to launch dialogue between Government and rebels | |
UN News - December 5, 2008 | |
 | Set to kick off on Monday, the talks will be facilitated by Olusegun Obasanjo, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Great Lakes Region and former Nigerian president, and Benjamin Mkapa, representing the African Union (AU) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR), who is also the former president of Tanzania. |
| More children drafted by armed groups in eastern DR Congo, UNICEF finds | |
UN News - December 2, 2008 | |
 | The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said at least five youngsters were recently drafted in the town of Kitshanga in North Kivu province, where fighting has recently flared between the Government army, the Congress in Defence of the People (CNDP) led by rebel general Laurent Nkunda, and the Mayi Mayi militia. |
| Human Rights Council adopts resolution on human rights in eastern Congo | |
Human Rights Council - December 1, 2008 | |
 | The Human Rights Council today concluded its eighth special session on the situation of human rights in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adopted a resolution in which it condemned the acts of violence, human rights violations and abuses committed in Kivu. |
