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| DR Congo criticises Mobutu ruling | |
BBC News - July 15, 2009 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has criticised a Swiss court's decision to release the assets of its late ex-leader Mobutu Sese Seko to his family. Information Minister Lambert Mende told the BBC that Switzerland had not done enough to ensure the money was given back to the people of DR Congo. |
| Swiss court releases Mobutu money | |
BBC News - July 14, 2009 | |
 | A Swiss court has ruled that the assets of Mobutu Sese Seko, former leader of Zaire, now the DR Congo, who died in 1997, be returned to his family. The court rejected an appeal to extend a freeze on assets worth more than $6m that are held in Swiss bank accounts. |
| Civilians paying price of efforts to thwart DR Congo armed groups, UN envoy says | |
UN News - July 10, 2009 | |
 | Civilians are bearing the brunt of attempts to dismantle armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the rebels carrying out vicious reprisals and some Government soldiers committing serious human rights abuses, the senior United Nations official to the country told the Security Council today. |
| Government spokesman says DRC satisfied with Sino-Congolese co-op | |
Xinhua - July 10, 2009 | |
 | Government spokesman of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Lambert Mende said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua that China's collaboration with DRC in such fields as infrastructure and education are beneficial to the Congolese people and the DRC government is satisfied with Sino-Congolese cooperation. |
| Kimia II operations to be launched in South Kivu by Sunday - FARDC | |
Radio Okapi - July 9, 2009 | |
 | Kimia II operations will probably be launched this Sunday in South Kivu province. This announcement was made in Bukavu on Thursday by the Chief of Staff of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) Didier Etumba at a press briefing. So far troops in Kimia II operations have been taking position and merely responding to attacks by the FDLR. They are now in the active phase of the operation. |
| Eastern DR Congo still faces security, humanitarian challenges - Ban Ki-moon | |
UN News - July 8, 2009 | |
 | The security and humanitarian situation in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to crumble, despite the recent signing of a peace pact between the Government and a key militia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba Allowed to Attend Mass for His Father in Brussels | |
Congo News Agency - July 7, 2009 | |
 | Former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been allowed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go to Brussels to attend a funeral mass for his father, Senator Jeannot Bemba Saolona, who died last Wednesday. |
| Congo Government Accuses Human Rights Watch of Hidden Agenda | |
Congo News Agency - July 5, 2009 | |
 | Government spokesman Lambert Mende said that the NGO seems to have found an “easy target” in the Congolese Government. He questioned its “tendency to shoot on ambulances”. He added that it’s “easy for Human Rights Watch to attack a country like ours”. And that, “Human Rights Watch should be applauded for its courage to always shoot at the weak”. |
| Senator Jeannot Bemba Saolona Dies at 67 | |
Congo News Agency - July 3, 2009 | |
 | Senator Jeannot Bemba Saolona died on Wednesday night at the Saint-Jean hospital in Brussels. He was one of the most well-known Congolese businessmen and the father of former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba. |
| DR Congo Celebrates Independence Day | |
Congo News Agency - June 30, 2009 | |
 | President Joseph Kabila called for a “moral and patriotic revival” to tackle the different challenges facing the country. He thanked the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for their continued efforts to rid the country of all militias and armed groups. He urged all Congolese to support them. He said that the Government will intensify its efforts to achieve peace in all corners of the country and stop all sorts of violence against civilians, especially women. |
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