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| The international community is interested in transitional justice in the DRC | |
MONUC - September 28, 2007 | |
 | Roberto Garreton, consultant for the International Centre for Transitional Justice and former official of the United Nations, is in Kinshasa to evaluate the possibility of establishing a truth and reconciliation commission in the DRC, after years of war. This commission should shine a light on people responsible for war atrocities. |
| ICC to determine Lubanga trial date on 1 October | |
MONUC - September 28, 2007 | |
 | The International Criminal Court (ICC) fixed an agenda for a hearing on Monday 1 October 2007 for the Thomas Lubanga case, when the earliest start date for the trial and other important issues relating to the case will be decided. Mr. Lubanga is charged by the ICC with war crimes including the enlisting and conscription of children under the age of 15. |
| UN support needed to deal with armed groups in DR Congo, Kabila tells General Assembly | |
UN News - September 27, 2007 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is determined to stabilize the country's troubled North Kivu region, its President said today, seeking United Nations support in this effort. |
| Military Court Trials Worry Rights Activists | |
IWPR - September 27, 2007 | |
 | At the Kisangani military court in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the day's work begins long before any lawyers or accused arrive. The courtroom - where judges hear cases both mundane and involving the most serious war crimes - is devoid of furniture. The judge's assistants must carry in a desk to serve as the bench and pews from the nearby Catholic church to seat spectators. |
| Rare Gorilla Found Dead in Congo Sting | |
VOA News - September 26, 2007 | |
 | A female mountain gorilla has been found dead in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, bringing the death toll of the rare animals to 10 so far this year, wildlife groups said Wednesday. |
| Former child soldiers return to their families | |
ICRC - September 26, 2007 | |
 | The ongoing peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is allowing some fighters to lay down their weapons and begin a peaceful life. The ICRC is helping to demobilize child soldiers so that they can return to their families. Journalist Isabel Coello reports. |
| Tensions Flare in Eastern Congo Amid Ongoing Clashes | |
VOA News - September 25, 2007 | |
 | Tensions are growing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, amid ongoing clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. But a United Nations military spokesman said Tuesday that a ceasefire in the region was still effective. |
| More displaced in North Kivu as fighting resumes | |
IRIN - September 25, 2007 | |
 | Military dissidents loyal to renegade army general Laurent Nkunda have resumed fighting in the eastern province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two weeks after a ceasefire was negotiated by the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC). |
| Plan to flush LRA out of DRC "Recipe for Impunity" | |
IWPR - September 25, 2007 | |
Human rights organisations have criticised the recent deal between the Ugandan and Congolese presidents to flush out Lord's Residence Army, LRA, rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| Displaced DRC Citizens Relocate Amid Lull in Fighting | |
VOA News - September 24, 2007 | |
 | Thousands of displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have in recent days fled camps in search of safer and better places to live. Many are arriving in a refugee site called Bulengo, afraid to return home, despite a recent lull in fighting between government and rebel troops. |
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