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| Former VP Bemba Expected to Leave DRC | |
VOA News - March 29, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Jean Pierre Bemba has talked about leaving the country, and recent reports say he could soon be flown to Portugal for health care. Bemba is in the South African Embassy in the capital Kinshasa, where he sought refuge when fighting broke out between his militia and Congolese army forces last week. |
| Opposition militias join army in Equateur province | |
IRIN - March 29, 2007 | |
 | Militias loyal to opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba have been integrated into the national army in Equateur province, in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations officials said. |
| Extraordinary SADC Summit on Zimbabwe, Congo, Opens in Tanzania | |
VOA News - March 28, 2007 | |
 | Southern African Development Community heads of state gathered Wednesday in the Tanzanian capital of Dar-es-Salaam for an extraordinary summit at which Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis was to be discussed along with the recent political bloodshed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Replace war spirit with reconciliation, urges EU | |
IRIN - March 28, 2007 | |
 | The recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was irresponsible and should be replaced with a spirit of reconciliation and inclusiveness to ensure stability in the fragile country, said European Union envoys. |
| Government, opposition in DR Congo must shoulder their democratic duty - UN | |
UN News - March 27, 2007 | |
 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on both the Government and opposition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to shoulder their responsibilities to democracy to ensure a full transition to peace after last year's historic elections intended to set the seal on decades of civil war and factional fighting. |
| EU heads express 'indignation' over Kinshasa violence | |
MONUC - March 27, 2007 | |
 | At a press conference in Kinshasa this Tuesday March 27 2007, the representatives of the European Union countries to the DRC expressed their 'indignation' at the recourse to the violent armed Kinshasa conflict of March 22 to 25 2007, 'when all routes to dialogue were not yet exhausted.' German ambassador Karl Albrecht Wokalek said the death toll 'could reach 600.' |
| European Union Condemns Congo Bloodshed | |
VOA News - March 27, 2007 | |
 | European Union ambassadors have expressed their indignation at two days of machine-gun and mortar battles between the army and loyalists of former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital. |
| Human Rights Groups Say DRC Needs Dialogue, Not Violence | |
VOA News - March 27, 2007 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, human-rights organizations say they are not reassured by President Joseph Kabila's statement that the military action that left dozens dead last week was necessary to maintain peace. They say the way to national reconciliation is open dialogue and space for a strong opposition. |
| Congo's President Vows to Deal with Deadly Clashes | |
VOA News - March 26, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila says he will track down all people responsible for the two-day clashes in the capital, Kinshasa, that killed 120 people. |
| Cautious Calm Returns to Democratic Republic of Congo | |
VOA News - March 25, 2007 | |
 | Residents of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are relieved but bitter, as calm has returned after two days of brutal fighting between government forces and the guard of opposition leader and former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba. Dozens are reported dead, and the death toll is expected to rise as more information becomes available. |
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