NGO suspends operations amid increased displacement in the east | |
IRIN - June 28, 2007 | |
Violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced non-governmental organisations to limit operations in some areas in North and South Kivu, officials said, even as more people are displaced. | |
IRC assists victims of D.R. Congo massacre | |
IRC - May 31, 2007 | |
The International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to assist thousands of people displaced by an attack late last week in the country's troubled South Kivu Province. | |
Secretary-General strongly condemns attacks on villagers in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
UN News - May 30, 2007 | |
The Secretary-General condemns these attacks in the strongest possible terms. This latest atrocity underscores once again the need to resolve the problem of armed Congolese and foreign militia operating in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for the Government and the international community to work together in creating professional security forces capable of defending the security and human rights of the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
Seventeen Killed in Suspected Rwandan Rebel Attack in DRC | |
VOA News - May 28, 2007 | |
At least 17 people have been clubbed or hacked to death by suspected Rwandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of South Kivu. Congo's United Nations peacekeeping mission said the violence appears to be a reprisal for recent army operations in the area. | |
Suspected Rwandan Rebels Slay DRC Villagers | |
VOA News - May 28, 2007 | |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern territory, local officials say suspected Rwandan rebels have brutally attacked and killed villagers. | |
Thousands more flee ongoing clashes in Kivu | |
IRIN - May 24, 2007 | |
At least 40 children are among thousands of newly displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fleeing ongoing clashes between Congolese armed forces and Rwandan rebels, officials said. | |
Dozens killed in army operation against Rwandan rebels | |
IRIN - May 4, 2007 | |
Dozens of Rwandan rebels have been killed in heavy fighting with government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) eastern North Kivu province since Wednesday, a senior military officer said. | |
MONUC assisting the displaced population in the East | |
MONUC - May 2, 2007 | |
At its weekly press conference on May 2 2007, MONUC declared that it is continuing identification missions of the displacement zones in North and South Kivu following the military operations by the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) against the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). | |
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. | |
Army Should Stop Use of Child Soldiers | |
Human Rights Watch - April 19, 2007 | |
The Congolese government should immediately stop former rebel warlords now commissioned as national army officers from recruiting and using child soldiers in army brigades deployed in North Kivu province, Human Rights Watch said today. |