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Demobilise Child Soldiers, Free Minors Held By Military Courts, Says Monuc
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
ONUC, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has called on the army to demobilise all child soldiers in its ranks and hand over any minors held by military tribunals to civilian ... more
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HRW Response to Erroneous Allegations Before the ICC
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
Letter to Principal Defense Counsel for Germain ... more
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Tension Mounts Along DR Congo Boarder
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
ESIDENTS of Kanyashande and Kihembe in Kanyantoro Sub county, and Kyabugwa in Butogota Sub County in Kanungu are living in fear of attacks. "They fear that the Interahamwe from DRC who have been sited in the area recently could attack," the 2 nd Division army publicist Lt Tabaaro Kiconco has... more
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US backs DRCongo crackdown on rebels
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We call on all parties to respect United Nations prohibitions against providing them military or other support." The United States praised the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday for cracking down on forces linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide which are accused of destabilizing the east of... more
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Punish FDLR Allies, County's Kabila Told
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
Brussels-based rights group has asked the Congolese government to punish members of its army collaborating with Rwanda Genocide elements, grouped in what is now known as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ... more
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Making Sense of the DRC
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
The difficult road to democratize the DRC, General Nkunda's rebellion, the democratic process, war of aggression, transition period, democratic elections, president Joseph Kabila's reconstruction programmes and General Nkunda's myopic ... more
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Hardliners Block Peace, Says Report
allAfrica.com - Friday, November 02, 2007
ogue elements in the DR Congo government and among rebel ranks have forced President Joseph Kabila and General Laurent Nkunda to abandon moves to a political settlement of the conflict there, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has ... more
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Rape Being Used As Weapon In War-Torn Congo
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Then they took a sword to my belly and I lost consciousness." When the rebel soldiers arrived in Fatouma's village in the hills near Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, she did not have time to run away. via Sky News... more
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Congo: Bringing Peace to North Kivu
Topix - Friday, November 02, 2007
p> Nairobi/Brussels, 31 October 2007: Unless the government of Congo pursues a comprehensive political approach to settle the crisis in North Kivu, the violence could again escalate and destabilise central Africa. via AlertNet ... more
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Ituri, DRC: Ongoing Sexual Violence And Brutality
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"At the Bon MarchA© Hospital where we work, the number of consultations as a result of rape remains high" Despite an overall decrease in the intensity and recurrence of conflicts in the district of Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , civilian populations there are... more
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11 Journalists Beaten, Detained
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 01, 2007
leven journalists working for various media outlets in Kinshasa were briefly detained and beaten, on 30 October 2007, in Kinshasa/Kasa-Vubu, by the police while covering an "unauthorised" demonstration of the ... more
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Hardliners Blocking Peace Deal - Crisis Group
allAfrica.com - Thursday, November 01, 2007
ogue elements in the DR Congo government and among rebel ranks have forced President Joseph Kabila and General Laurent Nkunda to abandon moves to a political settlement of the conflict there, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has ... more
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U.N. secretary-general sends aide to Congo
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"In carrying out his mission, Menkerios will coordinate closely with the Secretary-General's Special Representative for the DRC and with international partners currently engaged in initiatives to help resolve the crisis." The U.N. secretary-general announced he is sending his senior aide to the Democratic Republic of the... more
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Kabila new head of CEEAC
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p> President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken the helm of the Economic Community of Central African States during a summit in Brazzaville, officials said. via News24 ... more
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DRC army battles rebels
Topix - Thursday, November 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There was fighting near Rugari this morning (on Wednesday), but the situation has calmed down." The Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Wednesday exchanged artillery fire with renegade troops led by dissident sacked general Laurent Nkunda, the military and the UN observer mission said. via... more
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More Flee to Uganda
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
IGHTING in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has lead as many as 13,000 Congolese refugees to flee to the Ugandan border town of Kisoro in search of safe refugee at the transit camp Nyakabanda, some 15 kilometers from the border at ... more
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DRC-CONGO: Torrential rains overwhelm two capitals
Topix - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"When it rains all the filth collects around the houses - you can imagine the dangers this poses." KINSHASA, 31 October 2007 - Flash floods that followed the heaviest rains in 50 years have claimed the lives of at least 32 people in Kinshasa, the capital... more
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FDLR Rebels Suspected of Killing Gorilla Ranger
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
uspected Rwandan rebels have killed a park ranger patrolling in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Virunga national park, the latest in a series of such attacks, AFP has ... more
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Ban Ki-moon Dispatches Senior Aide to Troubled Eastern Region
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
oicing concern about the ongoing crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where tens of thousands of people have been displaced by recent fighting, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that his senior aide will travel to the country for talks with top... more
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Monuc Denounces the Presence of Children in Fardc's Ranks
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 31, 2007
t its weekly press conference this Wednesday on 31October, 2007, MONUC declared that around 200 children are enrolled in the FARDC, particularly among brigades deployed to North Kivu. MONUC also indicated that the expulsions of Congolese citizens from Angola to Kasai Occidental ... more
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