963 results found for: kinshasa
| Kinshasa and Kigali Hold Talks over Extradition of Rebel Leader | |
VOA News - February 6, 2009 | |
 | Negotiations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda over the extradition of renegade army General Laurent Nkunda are expected to end today in Rwanda's capital, Kigali. This comes after residents of North Kivu province disrupted by the activities of rebels loyal to Nkunda demanded to see the rebel leader on trial in Congo. |
| DR Congo says over 2,000 Rwandan refugees ready to return | |
XINHUA - February 4, 2009 | |
 | More than 2,000 Hutu refugees from Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), including civilians and ex-combatants, are ready to return to their home country, authorities announced on Tuesday. |
| North Kivu operation a boost for repatriation, peace - president | |
IRIN - February 3, 2009 | |
 | The joint military operation by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to dislodge armed militias from North Kivu Province has prompted an increase in combatants willing to be repatriated, President Joseph Kabila said. |
| Mixed Reaction Greets Rwandan Troops in DRC to Fight Rebels | |
VOA News - January 21, 2009 | |
| There is mixed reaction after residents in the restive town of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province heard announcement that Rwandan forces are in the country to fight rebels. This comes after Kinshasa invited Kigali troops to chase down the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda rebels after a recent agreement last year between Congo President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda President Paul Kagame. |
| UN-backed talks in DR Congo making slow progress, envoy tells Security Council | |
VOA News - January 15, 2009 | |
 | Tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are beginning to thaw as on-going peace talks, aimed at ending fighting in the east of the DRC between the Government and the main rebel militia in the region, are making slow progress, the United Nations envoy facilitating negotiations told the Security Council today. |
| Diplomatic Activity Builds to Halt Eastern Congo Clashes | |
VOA News - January 8, 2009 | |
 | Diplomatic activity aimed at ending the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying. The United Nations mediator for eastern Congo, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived Thursday in Kinshasa for talks with Congolese officials, while talks between the Congolese government and eastern rebels continued in Kenya. |
| Opinion: Solving the Kivu Equation | |
IWPR - December 24, 2008 | |
 | The presence of FDLR soldiers - Rwandan Hutus who fled into Congo after the genocide and now control part of the illegal mineral trade in the east - is a pretext for Rwanda to attack the Kivus. The FDLR are also used by Laurent Nkunda as a justification for his "protection" of the Tutsi minority. As if defending a minority is an acceptable excuse for massacring other Congolese ethnic groups. |
| Laurent Nkunda rebels resume attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo - UN | |
UN News - December 17, 2008 | |
 | Elements from a mainly Tutsi rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to commit abuses, beating and detaining civilians and pillaging businesses and private homes, the United Nations reported today, calling for an end to the violence. |
| North Kivu: Security situation remains fragile | |
MONUC - December 10, 2008 | |
 | The security situation has improved in Masisi territory, but remains fragile in Kiwanja-Ishasa, despite the retreat of the “Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple” (CNDP) troops from Kiwanja-Ishasa, according to the MONUC military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jean Paul Dietrich, at the weekly MONUC press conference of 10 December 2008. |
| DR Congo peace talks start in Kenya | |
XINHUA - December 9, 2008 | |
 | Talks aimed at restoring peace in the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday with mediators calling on both sides to lay down their arms for the sake of stability in the Great Lakes Region. Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula urged the warring parties to put aside their differences and pursue the path of peace. |
