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| Rights Groups Protest Eviction of Street Children From Congo's Capital | |
VOA News - November 26, 2006 | |
 | Human rights groups are protesting what they say is the eviction of street youths from Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Hundreds of children and young adults have been rounded up recently, and the adults sent to the province of Katanga a thousand kilometers away. Franz Wild recently visited Kinshasa, and files this report for VOA. |
| UN says it will support Congolese troops enforcing Kinshasa ultimatum if needed | |
UN News - November 25, 2006 | |
 | United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will support the Congolese army if needed in enforcing a 48-hour security ultimatum in the capital to remove forces loyal to the losing candidate in last month's presidential elections, the top UN envoy to the strife-torn country has said. |
| Dissident militias attack army | |
MISNA - November 25, 2006 | |
 | At least three government soldiers were killed in an attack by dissident militiamen of former general Laurent Nkunda a Sake, 20 km. from Goma said the Armed Forces of the dem. Rep. of Congo (FARDC). There was also an unspecified number of wounded. |
| Three mass graves discovered in Ituri | |
IRIN - November 24, 2006 | |
 | Investigations have begun into three mass graves containing 30 corpses in a military camp in the northeastern Congolese district of Ituri, UN spokesman Kemal Saiki said Friday. |
| W.Swing: The transfer of Bemba's troops has already started | |
Monuc - November 24, 2006 | |
 | At the farewell ceremony on November 23 2006 for the Uruguayan contingent that are now finishing their nine month tour in the DRC, William Swing, the UN Special Representative in the DRC, spoke on the current political situation in the DRC. |
| Tension rises after Bemba told to remove guards | |
IRIN - November 24, 2006 | |
 | Residents of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, have largely remained indoors and fearful after President Joseph Kabila requested that his rival Jean-Pierre Bemba withdraw some of his personal guards from the city by Friday. |
| Ultimatum against militants of defeated candidate | |
MISNA - November 23, 2006 | |
 | The "uncontrolled" elements of the militia of the defeated presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former rebel leader, must be "neutralized": as stated by Interior Minister Denis Kalume, while President Joseph Kabila - confirmed provisionally after victory in the runoff - gave his rival 48 hours to move his personal guards out of Kinshasa. |
| Supreme Court to be relocated after fire | |
IRIN - November 22, 2006 | |
 | The offices of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo, partly damaged by fire, will be relocated to different parts of the capital, Kinshasa, or elsewhere in the country, Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa said on Wednesday after inspecting the facility. |
| Video: violence at the Supreme Court on 11.21.2006 | |
Monuc - November 22, 2006 | |
 | Bemba supporters clash with police at the supreme court on 11.21.2006 |
| Kinshasa's Supreme Court up in flames | |
Monuc - November 21, 2006 | |
 | The DRC Supreme Court was engulfed in flames today November 21, 2006 following a protest as the Court began a public hearing into the election contestations of defeated presidential candidate Jean Pierre Bemba. |
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