Human Rights Watch Chalks New Allegations Against Congo, Rwanda Troops | |
Congo News Agency - November 3, 2009 | |
Four days after Congo Government spokesman Lambert Mende lambasted Human Rights Watch about what he called “exaggerated” allegations on the situation in eastern Congo and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military operation (Kimia II) against the Rwandan Hutu militia (FDLR), the NGO responded with new allegations against the FARDC and their Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) allies in another operation (Umoja Wetu) against the FDLR earlier this year. | |
DR Congo in better situation but still in aftermath of insecurity | |
Xinhua - November 2, 2009 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entered into a decisive phase in the process of reconstruction and democratization, but the government still has much to do to get rid of insecurity. In a recent press release, Congolese Defense Minister Charles Muando Nsimba announced the operation initiated by the armed forces FARDC and the UN mission MONUC to combat Rwandan rebels and other insurgents were on the right track with positive results. | |
Real prospect of ending fighting in eastern DR Congo, says top UN envoy | |
UN News - October 16, 2009 | |
“There is now a real prospect that the conflicts that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended,” Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for DRC and head of the UN peacekeeping force there, told the Security Council. | |
Aid Group Calls for Urgent Response to DRC Crisis | |
VOA News - October 15, 2009 | |
MSF officials say that the rebel Lord's Resistance Army - led by international fugitive Joseph Kony - has spread their attacks on civilians into previously less affected areas. They say many of their patients have now been forced to flee for the second or third time. | |
Rebel Group LRA Seeks New Peace Talks With Ugandan Government | |
VOA News - September 24, 2009 | |
Elusive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has renewed contact with the Ugandan government, seeking an immediate ceasefire and resumption of peace talks. Kony's militants are terrorizing the local populations across a number of central African nations. | |
Restoration of DRC-Uganda Ties Shows New Regional Cooperation | |
VOA News - August 31, 2009 | |
The reinstatement of full diplomatic ties last week between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo is the latest development signaling a new era in the region's politics, following the DRC's recent willingness to cooperate militarily with its easterly neighbors. Rwanda and the DRC similarly restored full relations in July. | |
UN: LRA Attacks in Eastern Congo Displace Thousands | |
VOA News - August 28, 2009 | |
The UN refugee agency reports at least 125,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to flee from villages attacked by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, in the last three weeks. This brings the number of people displaced in Haute Uele district of Orientale Province by the LRA since September to more than one-half million. | |
UN emergency fund gives $7 million to aid eastern DR Congo's displaced | |
UN News - July 17, 2009 | |
United Nations agencies and their partners will be able to provide urgent humanitarian relief to some 250,000 people in the strife-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thanks to $7 million in emergency funding. | |
More work remains to ensure justice for war crimes victims, says head of ICC | |
UN News - July 17, 2009 | |
The creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its achievements to date are vital to ensuring justice for millions around the world, but much more work remains to be done to advance this noble ideal, according to the head of the landmark institution that was established 11 years ago today. | |
Eastern DR Congo still faces security, humanitarian challenges - Ban Ki-moon | |
UN News - July 8, 2009 | |
The security and humanitarian situation in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to crumble, despite the recent signing of a peace pact between the Government and a key militia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report. |