http://congoplanet.com DR Congo News en Copyright CongoPlanet.com Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:21:49 -0700 10 http://congoplanet.com http://congoplanet.com/pictures/congo_planet_kinshasa.jpg 64 12 Your source for news from the Congo http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261726 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261726 Tunisian giants, Esperance inched closer to the semi finals of the Orange CAF Champions League with a 3-0 win over holders TP Mazembe in their Group A clash on Saturday in Rades. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261725 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261725 The systematic attacks, in particular killings and massacres perpetrated against members of the Hutu ethnic group, are described extensively in section I of the report. These attacks resulted in a very large number of victims, probably tens of thousands of members of the Hutu ethnic group, all nationalities combined. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261723 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261723 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". Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261724 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261724 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. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261722 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261722 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. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261721 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261721 A woman, who has not yet been identified, is the sole survivor of a plane that crashed in the city of Bandundu on Wednesday in early afternoon. She is in critical condition and receiving intensive care at the General Hospital of Bandundu. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261720 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261720 The UNHCR has begun with the transfer of about 1,500 refugees from the Central African Republic to a newly constructed refugee camp in Kpala-Kpala, close to the town of Bondo in the remote district of Bas-Uélé. The Lord's Resistance Army attacks in CAR, north of the Mbomu river, which forms the natural border to the DRC, have provoked a massive displacement of about 15,000 persons within the CAR between March and May 2010. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261719 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261719 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. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261718 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261718 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. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261717 http://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261717 Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, national president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, announced on Wednesday his candidacy for president in next year’s elections. "Now that I am healthy again, I want to reorganize my party and put it into battle mode. So that, tomorrow, it may be able to run the country,” he said during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:49 -0700