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| White House welcomes signing of eastern Congo peace agreement | |
Office of the Press Secretary - January 23, 2008 | |
 | The United States welcomes the signing of a peace agreement with the goal of helping bring lasting stability to eastern Congo and addressing the underlying causes of the conflict. The agreement calls for an immediate cease-fire, demobilization or reintegration of all armed groups, and the return of all Congolese refugees and internally displaced persons. |
| Eastern Congo peace deal signed | |
BBC News - January 23, 2008 | |
 | A peace pact has been signed in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the government and armed groups. Dissident rebel Gen Laurent Nkunda and pro-government Mai Mai militia finally agreed to sign after long negotiations. |
| IRC Study Shows Congo's Neglected Crisis Leaves 5.4 Million Dead | |
IRC - January 22, 2008 | |
 | “The conflict and its aftermath, in terms of fatalities, surpass any other since World War II,” says the aid group’s president, George Rupp. “Congo’s loss is equivalent to the entire population of Denmark or the state of Colorado perishing within a decade. Although Congo’s war formally ended five years ago, ongoing strife and poverty continue to take a staggering toll. We hope this week’s peace agreement in North Kivu will mean an end to the hostilities and a restart of reconciliation and recovery efforts.” |
| East DR Congo peace deal 'close' | |
BBC - January 21, 2008 | |
 | Talks on the future of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are coming to an end, with a peace agreement expected to be signed on Tuesday. Mediators at the talks say there is a general agreement between the government and the key rebel leader. |
| Nkunda's rebel group spells out demands | |
IRIN - January 16, 2008 | |
 | The insurgency led by dissident general Laurent Nkunda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has spelt out its demands at a peace conference to end the conflict in the troubled North and South Kivu provinces in the east, where, according to the UN, insecurity and human rights abuses have displaced at least half a million people in the past 12 months. |
| Government says 30 percent of FDLR are Congolese, calls on them to disarm | |
IRIN - January 15, 2008 | |
 | A senior government official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed that about 30 percent of members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which has been active in eastern DRC for more than a decade, were actually Congolese citizens, and called on them to hand over their weapons before a forcible disarmament operation in mid-March. |
| DRC President Kabila Arrives at Goma Peace Conference | |
VOA News - January 15, 2008 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has arrived in the eastern town of Goma to attend a peace conference on the conflict in the Kivu provinces. |
| Organizers Say DRC Goma Peace Conference on Course | |
VOA News - January 15, 2008 | |
 | The conference is being attended by members of both the National Assembly of Congo and the provincial assembly of North and South Kivu, and other leaders and civil society. |
| New UN envoy meets with DR Congo President, officials | |
UN News - January 15, 2008 | |
 | Alan Doss, the new United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has met with the country's President and other officials on issues of peace, security and development in the strife-torn nation. |
| DRC National Assembly adopts decentralisation law | |
MONUC - January 14, 2008 | |
 | On 11 January 2007, the DRC National Assembly adopted the decentralization law, which defines the functioning of the new DRC territorial entities, or provinces. Of the 348 deputies present, the law was adopted by a very large majority of 341. |
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