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| DR Congo declares European commissioner persona non grata | |
Xinhua - January 9, 2010 | |
 | The foreign minister for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has stopped the granting of a Kinshasa visa to the European commissioner for development, the Belgian Karel De Gucht, in reaction to his recent comments considered by Kinshasa as malicious. |
| Southern African Ministers Prepare Report on Regional Crises | |
VOA News - January 7, 2010 | |
 | Officials said the ministers believe that progress is being made toward easing the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and that reconciliation efforts between the government and various rebel groups were on the right track. |
| Rights Group Demands International Security for DRC Mines | |
VOA News - January 7, 2010 | |
 | Rebel access to mines and minerals in the DRC has fueled decades of war and destabilization in the area, says the Enough Project, and securing the mines will cut off funds to rebel groups and bring a quick end to the conflict. The Enough Project is an international group working to end genocide and crimes against humanity. |
| MONUC outlines cooperation with FARDC in Operation Amani Leo | |
MONUC - January 7, 2010 | |
 | The Operation's principal objectives are to protect civilian populations, clear strategic areas of negative forces, hold territory liberated from FDLR control, and assist in restoring State authority in these zones. The Special Representative also informed the Council that Operation Amani Leo would include preventive interventions aimed at stopping the FDLR from regrouping and attacking civilian populations and re-occupying major mining areas. |
| UNEP, PUMA in joint strategic deal to support biodiversity worldwide | |
Xinhua - January 7, 2010 | |
 | The "Play for Life" campaign focuses on Africa, a continent that hosts exceptional biodiversity including two of the five most important wilderness areas on earth, the Congo Basin, and Miombo-Mopane Woodlands and Savannas of Southern Africa. |
| Kabila sacks 3,000 civil servants | |
BBC News - January 5, 2010 | |
 | Almost 3,000 government employees have been sacked - or forcibly retired - in the Democratic Republic of Congo. President Joseph Kabila fired more than 100 people accused of corruption from the ministry of finance and other government departments. |
| Top LRA Commander Killed | |
VOA News - January 4, 2010 | |
 | The Ugandan military says its forces in the Central African Republic have killed the acting guerilla commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. The death adds to the lengthening list of recent captures and killings of senior LRA combatants as the hunt for its infamous leader continues. |
| UN helping to monitor volcanic eruption in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News - January 4, 2010 | |
 | Mount Nyamulagira, which sits some 40 kilometres northwest of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, erupted on Saturday, and while it has not affected any people, the lava has spewed into a non-populated area of the Virunga National Park. |
| North Kivu: Nyamulagira volcano erupts, nearby populations safe | |
MONUC - January 2, 2010 | |
 | The eruption, which was still in progress at 5 pm local time, on January 2, has not, so far, caused any human casualties or damages on human settlements, the lava flowing down from a vertical fissure on the South Eastern slope of the volcano, heading South and South West towards a non populated area of the Virunga National Park. |
| DR Congo launches 'Amani Leo' military operation | |
Xinhua - January 2, 2010 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has ended the "Kimia 2" operation in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces and launched "Amani Leo" (a Kiswahili word for "peace today"), according to the military. Kimia 2 has already achieved its objectives with nearly 5,000 combatants of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) neutralized by the FARDC with the logistical support from the UN mission in DR Congo (MONUC). |
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