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| Kinshasa: Female journalists plot their way forward | |
MONUC - April 9, 2008 | |
 | A morning of discussion under the theme "the independence of women in the media, their assets, limits and way forward" was organised by the Association of Women Journalists (AJPF) in Kinshasa on 8 April 2008. The meeting was attended by AJPF members and a representative from MONUC's Gender Office. |
| Security Council extends arms embargo and monitoring group | |
UN News - March 31, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations Security Council today extended until the end of the year its arms embargo and other sanctions meant to keep weapons out of the hands of militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which it said continue to threaten stability in the eastern part of the vast country. |
| Fear, uncertainty deter North Kivu IDPs from going home | |
IRIN - March 26, 2008 | |
 | Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are reluctant to go back to their villages for fear of attacks despite a truce signed in January between the government and various armed groups. |
| USAID: assistance to the DRC is expected to surpass $100 million this fiscal year | |
MONUC - March 18, 2008 | |
 | US development assistance to the DRC is expected to surpass $100 million this fiscal year, declared Henrietta Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of US foreign assistance during her visit to the DRC from 15 to 17 March 2008. This would bring total US contributions for 2008 up to $500 million, compared with $460 million in 2007. |
| Security Council wants eastern Congo armed groups to lay down arms and surrender to authorities | |
United Nations Security Council - March 13, 2008 | |
| Gravely concerned that the continued presence of armed groups and militias in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo perpetuated a climate of insecurity in the whole region, the Security Council demanded today that their members immediately lay down their arms and turn themselves in to Congolese and United Nations Mission authorities for disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration. |
| Gorilla rangers execution threat | |
BBC News - March 9, 2008 | |
 | Rebels who have seized control of eastern DR Congo's Gorilla Sector have said they will execute any wildlife ranger who attempts to enter the area. Despite the recent signing of a peace deal, a group of rebels have set up a parallel administration in Virunga National Park. |
| UN coordinates demining in southern DR Congo after anti-tank devices found | |
UN News - March 7, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations and its partners are clearing a road in Katanga province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after two anti-tank mines were discovered on a key route, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country said today. |
| Fears over increasing sect-related violence in southwest | |
IRIN - March 6, 2008 | |
 | The violence that has claimed several lives in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes between a religious sect and the national police, could spread further, local activists and officials warned. |
| Launch of a Parity Observatory in the DRC | |
MONUC - March 6, 2008 | |
 | In the lead up to International Woman's Day, celebrated on 8 March each year, a Parity Observatory in the DRC was launched, which has the role of ensuring a permanent follow-up on the progress of parity for women at the social, economic, and policy levels in the DRC, while supervising and stimulating implementation of effective gender equality. |
| Ross Mountain: Western Congo has not been forgotten | |
MONUC - March 3, 2008 | |
 | Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC and resident UN Humanitarian coordinator, made a visit to Mbandaka, Equateur province on 1 March 2008, where he explained that western DRC has not been overlooked by MONUC and its international partners. |
