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| DRC Army Officials: At Least 23 Killed in Skirmishes With Rebel Militias | |
VOA News - February 22, 2007 | |
 | Army officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say several days of skirmishes with rebel militias have killed at least 23 fighters, mostly among the militias. |
| Army and police continue to violate civilians' human rights, says UN mission | |
UN News Centre - February 21, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported that the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate, as the army and police perpetrate acts of violence against civilians and the number of reported rapes surges. |
| Ex-militiamen get life for murdering UN soldiers | |
IRIN - February 21, 2007 | |
 | A military tribunal in Ituri District, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has sentenced five former militiamen to life imprisonment for killing two United Nations military observers in 2003. |
| UN welcomes life terms imposed on murderers of two peacekeepers | |
UN News Centre - February 21, 2007 | |
 | The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed the life sentences handed down by a Congolese court on four men convicted of murdering two UN military observers in 2003 as well as life terms given 13 others accused of massacring civilians last year. |
| Child soldier recruitment continues | |
IRIN - February 19, 2007 | |
 | The recruitment of child soldiers has continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite the government's efforts to integrate former militia into the army, a local human rights official has said."Armed groups have even forcibly enlisted demobilised former child soldiers,"Murhabazi Namegabe, head of a local non-governmental organisation, the Bureau pour le Volontariat au service de l'Enfance et de la Sante, said in the capital, Kinshasa. |
| Congo's President Meets New Government | |
VOA News - February 17, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo's new government has presented itself to President Joseph Kabila, over two months after he was sworn into office. |
| UN Security Council extends MONUC's mandate until April 15 | |
UN News Service - February 16, 2007 | |
 | In a unanimously adopted resolution on Thursday February 15 2007, the UN Security Council extended MONUC's mandate until April 15 2007, highlighting that the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to pose "a threat to international peace and security in the region." |
| Mixing process underway in North Kivu | |
MONUC - February 15, 2007 | |
 | The mixing process of two of dissident General Laurent Nkunda's loyalist brigades with three FARDC brigades has been ongoing now since the start of 2007, in a bid to address the serious security problems posed by Nkunda's forces in the troubled Kivu provinces since 2004. |
| UN mission reports early success in demobilization efforts in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News Centre - February 12, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported early successes in the disarmament campaign it is carrying out around the town of Beni, close to the country's eastern border with Uganda. |
| UN mission steps up probe in wake of recent deadly violence | |
UN News Centre - February 8, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is stepping up its investigation of the situation in the country's far west, where violent clashes last week led to the deaths of more than 130 people. |
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