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| Evariste Boshab Elected National Assembly President | |
Congo News Agency - April 18, 2009 | |
 | There were no surprises at the Palais du Peuple on Saturday morning as elections results revealed that Evariste Boshab, from President Joseph Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD), had come ahead as the new speaker of the lower house of Parliament in polls held on Friday to replace its former officers. |
| DR Congo, Rwanda and UNHCR discuss returns | |
UNHCR - April 17, 2009 | |
 | UNHCR is encouraged by the strong desire of the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to have their nationals who are now refugees in their respective countries return home. Officials of the two countries met in Goma in eastern DRC to discuss the first steps in the return of their nationals, estimated at more than 150,000. The two-day tripartite gathering, which ended yesterday, was facilitated by UNHCR. |
| Russia to strengthen ties with DR Congo | |
Xinhua - April 8, 2009 | |
 | Russia favors strengthened relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday when meeting his Congolese counterpart Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. |
| UN complains of Congo troop delay | |
BBC News - April 8, 2009 | |
 | The UN force chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained there is still no sign of 3,000 peacekeepers approved by the UN five months ago. Alan Doss told the BBC his force was overstretched and unable to respond effectively to outbreaks of violence. |
| Banning DRC conflict minerals would be mistake, says new report | |
VOA News - April 7, 2009 | |
 | A new report says it would be a mistake to ban the mining of so-called conflict minerals in the eastern DRC. The report contradicts what many humanitarian agencies have been calling for. It says the mining provides a livelihood for many poor people. The study was conducted by Resource Consulting Services of London and funded by the British Department for International Development, the London School of Economics and others. |
| Sarkozy Praises Congolese, Rwandan, Ugandan Military Cooperation | |
VOA News - March 26, 2009 | |
 | French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it is time for new momentum in cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its eastern neighbors to resolve years of conflict in the troubled Great Lakes region. |
| Congolese assembly speaker quits | |
BBC News - March 25, 2009 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament speaker has quit after criticising the decision to let Rwandan troops enter the country in January. Vital Kamerhe had said the president should not have allowed them in for a joint operation against rebels. |
| Sarkozy to visit DR Congo | |
XINHUA - March 20, 2009 | |
 | At the invitation of Congolese President Joseph Kabila, Sarkozy will arrive on March 26 to promote the already good ties between Kinshasa and Paris, especially their political, economic and diplomatic relations, said French Ambassador Pierre Jacquemot. |
| Ugandan army withdraws from DR Congo | |
XINHUA - March 15, 2009 | |
 | The first batch of about 400 Ugandan soldiers withdrawing from the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) arrived at Entebbe airport on Sunday evening, marking the end of a three month joint military operation to hunt down Ugandan rebels. |
| Ugandan army begins Congo pullout | |
BBC News - March 15, 2009 | |
 | Uganda has begun withdrawing soldiers sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo in December to pursue Lord's Resistance Army rebels. They have been engaged in a joint operation alongside DR Congo government forces and south Sudanese forces to end brutal LRA attacks on civilians. |
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