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| LRA: UNHCR relocates 1,500 refugees from CAR to the DRC | |
UNHCR - August 24, 2010 | |
 | The UNHCR has begun with the transfer of about 1,500 refugees from the Central African Republic to a newly constructed refugee camp in Kpala-Kpala, close to the town of Bondo in the remote district of Bas-Uélé. The Lord's Resistance Army attacks in CAR, north of the Mbomu river, which forms the natural border to the DRC, have provoked a massive displacement of about 15,000 persons within the CAR between March and May 2010. |
| FDLR Rebels Continue Campaign of Terror in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - August 23, 2010 | |
 | Rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been reported in the North Kivu region of Walikale, where they are, once again, conducting a terror campaign against the local population. From Saturday night to Sunday, FDLR rebels made an incursion into the village of Butua, some 12 km from the center of Walikale, and looted and kidnapped civilians, local sources said. |
| Two Suspects Arrested in Attack on MONUSCO Base | |
Radio Okapi - August 20, 2010 | |
 | Two people suspected of involvement in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kirumba, North Kivu, on Wednesday were arrested in Lubero on Thursday by the Congolese army. |
| Etienne Tshisekedi to Run for President in 2011 | |
ACP - August 19, 2010 | |
 | Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, national president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, announced on Wednesday his candidacy for president in next year’s elections. "Now that I am healthy again, I want to reorganize my party and put it into battle mode. So that, tomorrow, it may be able to run the country,” he said during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium. |
| UN: Risks Increasing For Humanitarian Aid Workers | |
VOA News - August 19, 2010 | |
 | In observing this year's World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations aims to raise public awareness of the risks run by the men and women who provide aid to victims of conflict and natural disasters around the world. The day also honors humanitarian workers who have lost their lives or been injured while on the job. |
| Ban Ki-moon deplores deadly attack against blue helmets in North Kivu | |
UN News - August 18, 2010 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the overnight ambush of a United Nations peacekeeping base in the troubled far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has claimed the lives of three Indian blue helmets. |
| SADC Summit to Discuss Zimbabwe's Political Progress | |
VOA News - August 16, 2010 | |
 | The Southern African Development Community is expected to discuss the political progress in Zimbabwe during its annual two-day summit beginning Monday. Regional heads of states are taking part in the meeting in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. |
| African Champs League wins for TP Mazembe and Dynamos | |
BBC Sport - August 15, 2010 | |
 | Zimbabwe's Dynamos have earned their first win of the group phase of the African Champions League whilst holders TP Mazembe have gone top of Group A. Dynamos beat Entente Setif 1-0 in Harare whilst Mazembe came from behind to beat Esperance in DR Congo. |
| IEC: Elections to Cost $712 million | |
Congo News Agency - August 14, 2010 | |
 | The Independent Electoral Commission says $712 million will be needed to organize presidential, parliamentary, and local elections until 2013. IEC chair Apolinaire Malu Malu says that the government will fund 60% of the cost. |
| Malu Malu Challenges Opponents of Elections Timetable | |
Congo News Agency - August 12, 2010 | |
 | Reacting to the mounting opposition against the timetable released by the Independent Electoral Commission on Monday, the head of the IEC said on Wednesday that all those opposed to the timetable can seek recourse before the Supreme Court. “Every citizen is free to petition the Supreme Court if they think that the law has been violated. The IEC will comply with the decision of the Court if it decides otherwise,” Malu Malu said. |
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