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| New pact on armed groups in the Kivus hailed | |
IRIN - November 14, 2007 | |
 | Analysts have welcomed the latest in a series of agreements between the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aimed at resolving the perennial threat to regional stability posed by the armed groups in eastern DRC. |
| Ex-militiaman jailed for life for murder of UN observers | |
IRIN - November 14, 2007 | |
 | A court in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has found a former militiaman guilty of the 2003 murder of two UN military observers and sentenced him to life in prison. |
| Ban Ki-moon calls for greater protection of civilians affected by conflict | |
UN News - November 13, 2007 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that the protection of civilians in armed conflict must remain an absolute priority, noting that even though the number of hostilities around the world has decreased, millions of men, women and children continue to bear the brunt of war. |
| Renewed Fighting in Congo Displaces 25,000 | |
VOA News - November 13, 2007 | |
 | An estimated 25,000 people on Tuesday fled camps for the displaced in Congo's restive North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between forces loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. For VOA, Noel King has more in this report from Goma. |
| Thousands flee as fighting erupts around camps in eastern Congo | |
UNHCR - November 13, 2007 | |
 | Tens of thousands of previously uprooted Congolese in five major displacement camps were forced to flee again Tuesday following the latest confrontation between government forces and suspected renegade troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
| Tens of thousands of IDPs on the move again in North Kivu | |
IRIN - November 13, 2007 | |
 | Up to 40,000 people poured out of two camps for displaced civilians near the main town in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province after fierce fighting broke out nearby, according to the UN. |
| Congo Militia Leader Faces First ICC Trial In March | |
VOA News - November 12, 2007 | |
 | The International Criminal Court has set a March trial date for Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, the first person to face trial at the world court. The court says Lubanga's trial will start on March 31 of next year. The court also told prosecutors to make available to defense lawyers all the evidence they plan to use against Lubanga by December 14. |
| Congo arrests after toxic dumping | |
AngolaPress - November 10, 2007 | |
 | Six people have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo for allegedly dumping highly radioactive minerals into a river, officials say. The authorities had ordered the nearly 20 metric tons of toxic material to be disposed of at an old uranium mine. |
| Likasi residents told to avoid radioactive river | |
IRIN - November 9, 2007 | |
 | The DRC government has ordered residents of Likasi, a large town in the mineral-rich Katanga province, to stay away from their local river, the Mura, because a large consignment of radioactive material has been illegally dumped in it. |
| Army abuse compounds IDPs' lot in Ituri | |
IRIN - November 9, 2007 | |
| The threat of violence from rebel remnants is preventing thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeastern DRC returning home, while harassment by regular troops is adding to their woes, according to the UN. |
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