UN report says Rwandan army committed genocide in DR Congo | |
BBC News - August 26, 2010 | |
The BBC has seen a draft UN report that says crimes by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo could be classified as genocide. The report details how they targeted Rwandan Hutu refugees and Congolese Hutus in DR Congo, from 1993-2003. It lists human rights violations committed by security forces from all countries involved in what has been called an "African world war". | |
UN Security Council calls for urgent action over mass DR Congo rape | |
BBC News - August 26, 2010 | |
The UN has said everything possible must be done to prevent atrocities like the recent rape of more than 150 women and children in the DR Congo. In an emergency session of the Security Council, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Congolese authorities had to fully investigate what had happened. The Council also said peacekeepers in the area should have done more to protect local people from rebels. | |
UN Defends Inaction on Mass Rapes in Eastern Congo, Government Missing in Action | |
Congo News Agency - August 26, 2010 | |
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is on the defensive since the NGO International Medical Corps revealed early this week that rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and members of a local Mai Mai militia, raped at least 154 women in North Kivu, a few kilometers from a MONUSCO base. | |
FDLR Rebels Continue Campaign of Terror in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - August 23, 2010 | |
Rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been reported in the North Kivu region of Walikale, where they are, once again, conducting a terror campaign against the local population. From Saturday night to Sunday, FDLR rebels made an incursion into the village of Butua, some 12 km from the center of Walikale, and looted and kidnapped civilians, local sources said. | |
Two Suspects Arrested in Attack on MONUSCO Base | |
Radio Okapi - August 20, 2010 | |
Two people suspected of involvement in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kirumba, North Kivu, on Wednesday were arrested in Lubero on Thursday by the Congolese army. | |
Global Witness takes UK government to court over Congo conflict minerals | |
Global Witness - July 26, 2010 | |
The British government is acting unlawfully in refusing to put forward eligible UK companies and individuals trading in Congolese 'conflict minerals' for targeted UN sanctions, said campaign group Global Witness today in an application to the High Court for a judicial review. | |
54 FDLR Rebels Relocated from North Kivu to Katanga | |
Radio Okapi - May 4, 2010 | |
On Sunday, the Ecumenical Program for Peace, Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation (PAREC) convinced 54 rebels of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and fifty of their dependents to disarm. | |
Behind Human Rights Watch Report on LRA, a Plea for MONUC to Remain in the Congo | |
Congo News Agency - March 29, 2010 | |
The release of this report just as the Security Council is set to respond to a request by Congolese authorities for the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping force in the DRC by June 2011 is no coincidence. In reading the report, one quickly realizes that behind the reported facts lies a plea for MONUC to remain in the DRC. | |
Ex-rebels take over mineral trade extortion racket | |
Global Witness - March 11, 2010 | |
Former rebels from the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) have established mafia-style extortion rackets covering some of the most lucrative tin and tantalum mining areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Global Witness reported today following four weeks of research in the region. | |
UN: 90 Rwandan Rebels Killed in Eastern DRC | |
VOA News - March 10, 2010 | |
A United Nations official says Democratic Republic of Congo army troops have killed 90 Rwandan Hutu rebels. Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the U.N. mission in Congo, said Wednesday that the rebels were killed during recent army operations in Congo's North and South Kivu provinces. |