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| MONUC rejects the personal remarks of one of its unit commanders in North Kivu | |
MONUC - July 11, 2008 | |
 | MONUC received evidence, according to which, in mid-April 2008, right before the end of his UN service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an officer of the Indian contingent commanding a blue helmets base in North-Kivu allegedly made a public statement in Kitchanga, in which he expressed his personal sympathy towards an armed group, the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), and its leader, Laurent Nkunda. |
| President Joseph Kabila returns to Kinshasa | |
Presse Presidentielle - July 10, 2008 | |
 | President Joseph Kabila Kabange returned to the capital Wednesday from Lubumbashi, Katanga, where he stayed for a few days after participating in Kananga, Kasai-Occidental, in the festivities marking the 48th anniversary of independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Kinshasa: new police post established close to the Palais de Marbre | |
Radio Okapi - July 8, 2008 | |
 | According to General Oleko, patrols will be organized by elements of the police, the Republican Guard, and the military police. The installation of this police post in this place was one of the requests made, particularly by the MLC and the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa, following the killing last weekend of Daniel Botethi. |
| The MLC suspends its participation in the National Assembly and the Senate | |
Le Potentiel - July 7, 2008 | |
 | In a statement released to the press on Sunday and following the murder of Daniel Botethi, vice-chairman of the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa and high-ranking official of the MLC, the party has decided to suspend its participation in the National Assembly, Senate and the Provincial Assembly of Kinshasa. |
| Kinshasa: Provincial Assembly vice-president assassinated | |
Radio Okapi - July 6, 2008 | |
 | Daniel Botetsi, provincial Member of Parliament for Kinshasa and vice-president of the Provincial Assembly, was shot around 2:00 AM Sunday morning in the capital, in Macampagne, Ngaliema. Three suspects are already under arrest, reports radiookapi.net |
| DR Congo troops prepare to move in on Ugandan rebels | |
XINHUA - June 19, 2008 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will very soon launch a new operation to track down and expel elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group, from the east of the country, according to official sources. |
| UN 'lied' in report on Bas-Congo killings - govt | |
IRIN - June 18, 2008 | |
 | The government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has dismissed as "mendacious" a UN report that accused police of killing 100 civilians in Bas-Congo province. On 13 June, the UN mission in DRC, MONUC, released a report following an investigation into the actions of a contingent of Kinshasa-based police against members of the Bundu dia Kongo sect in several areas of Bas-Congo. The report said at least 100 people, most of them sect members, had been killed on 28 February. |
| MONUC report on the Bas Congo violence in February/March 2008 | |
MONUC - June 14, 2008 | |
 | A multidisciplinary team led by the United Nations Office for Human Rights was deployed in Bas Congo province from 17 -28 March 2008, to inquire into the violent incidents that took place between the Congolese National Police (PNC) and Bundu Dia Kongo* (BDK) members in Bas Congo, in February and March 2008. |
| Hundreds Protest Arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba in DRC | |
VOA News - May 27, 2008 | |
 | About 1,000 people have marched in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to protest the arrest of former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba on war crimes charges. The demonstrators Tuesday blew whistles, carried posters and chanted "Free Bemba." |
| Supporters of Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba Say He's Not a Criminal | |
VOA News - May 27, 2008 | |
 | Supporters of former presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba have accused the International Criminal Court of "politicizing Bemba's arrest. Belgian officials arrested 45-year-old Bemba late Saturday in a Brussels suburb on four charges of war crimes and two crimes against humanity. |
