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| Medics Struggle to Limit DRC Ebola Outbreak | |
VOA News - September 21, 2007 | |
 | A suspected Ebola death has been reported in another province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that the virus may be spreading. But the World Health Organization says that with new mobile laboratories in the country and an effective awareness campaign taking place, isolating Ebola cases should now become easier. |
| DR Congo president urges rebels to rejoin army | |
Xinhua - September 20, 2007 | |
 | President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabila has urged the Nkunda rebel fighters in the eastern region to disarm unconditionally and rejoin the government army, a UN radio stationed here reported Thursday. |
| Launch of UN action plan to empower women in the DRC | |
MONUC - September 20, 2007 | |
 | Wednesday September 19 2007 marked the official launch in Kinshasa's Grand Hotel of UN resolution 1325 in the DRC, entitled "Women, Peace and Security." The resolution envisages an action plan aimed at empowering women in order to have gender equality and a durable peace, where there is no impunity for sexual violence and other human rights violations against women. |
| Refugees on the move as DR Congo fighting escalates | |
IWPR - September 19, 2007 | |
 | Refugees continue to flee the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as allegations emerge of Rwandan government support for ethnic Tutsi rebels. The fighting in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, is between government troops and the forces of dissident general Laurent Nkunda. |
| China to Lend DRC $5 Billion to Develop Infrastructure | |
VOA News - September 18, 2007 | |
China has agreed to lend the Democratic Republic of Congo $5 billion to modernize the country's infrastructure and develop its mining industry. | |
| The Congolese government will not negotiate with Laurent Nkunda | |
MONUC - September 17, 2007 | |
 | The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alain Lubamba, reiterated the Congolese government's position on dissident General Laurent Nkunda on Saturday 15 September 2007, when he gave a speech on diplomatic accreditation in the DRC. |
| DR Congo discovers mass graves in area formerly under renegade general | |
Xinhua - September 14, 2007 | |
 | Three mass graves have been discovered in an area where fighters loyal to Laurent Nkunda, a renegade general in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have been engaged in fighting with government forces and rebel groups. |
| Ebola outbreak "contained" - Kabila | |
IRIN - September 14, 2007 | |
 | Measures have been taken to prevent the spread of Ebola following the deaths of at least 160 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern province of Kasai Occidental during the past two months, President Joseph Kabila said. |
| Analyst: Violence in Eastern Congo Likely to Deteriorate | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
The tense situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to deteriorate despite a declaration by renegade general Laurent Nkunda on Friday that he intends to integrate his forces into Congo's army, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group has said. | |
| Military Escalation Likely in DRC Say Analysts | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
The United Nations says Congolese president Joseph Kabila's latest comments on getting rebel forces to join the army marked a positive step towards bringing peace to the volatile North Kivu region, which has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks. Mr. Kabila called on the rebel fighters to rejoin the national army and said he would hold talks to solve the conflict in Kivu. | |
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