Ituri demobilisation wins UNDP support | |
IRIN - June 5, 2007 | |
The demobilisation of former members of various armed groups in Ituri district in the northwest Democratic Republic of Congo is being supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) after a deal with the government. | |
ICRC aids displaced people in North Kivu | |
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - June 4, 2007 | |
The upsurge in fighting and tension in recent months in several parts of North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) has prompted the ICRC to prepare to launch an aid operation in behalf of some 2,000 to 2,500 displaced or returned families in the village of Kalembe within the next few days. | |
Seventeen Killed in Suspected Rwandan Rebel Attack in DRC | |
VOA News - May 28, 2007 | |
At least 17 people have been clubbed or hacked to death by suspected Rwandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of South Kivu. Congo's United Nations peacekeeping mission said the violence appears to be a reprisal for recent army operations in the area. | |
Probe into MONUC gold, arms trafficking allegations "well advanced" | |
IRIN - May 25, 2007 | |
A special United Nations body has opened an investigation into allegations of gold and arms trafficking by personnel in the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) in Ituri region, a spokesman said. | |
Thousands more flee ongoing clashes in Kivu | |
IRIN - May 24, 2007 | |
At least 40 children are among thousands of newly displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fleeing ongoing clashes between Congolese armed forces and Rwandan rebels, officials said. | |
Reports: UN Peacekeepers in Congo Traded Gold, Weapons with Militias | |
IRIN - May 23, 2007 | |
British media reports say U.N. peacekeeping troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo traded gold and weapons with militias they were supposed to help disarm. | |
Training workshop for DRC National Assembly deputies | |
MONUC - May 22, 2007 | |
A four day training workshop is underway for DRC National Assembly deputies from May 21 to May 25 2007, at the Palais de Peuple in Kinshasa. The project, which is organized by the UNDP in conjunction with national and international partners, aims to further parliamentary knowledge of deputies in order to enhance the operational capacity of the National Assembly. | |
Intimidation hampers probe into post-election violence in DR Congo - UN | |
UN News - May 17, 2007 | |
Though it has interviewed some 200 victims and witnesses of the post-election clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission there said today that Government cooperation with investigators has been tepid and many witnesses have been intimidated. | |
Louise Arbour: I'm encouraged by the mobilization of civil society in the fight against impunity | |
MONUC - May 16, 2007 | |
United Nations High Commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour spoke on May 15 2007 on the UN radio in the DRC- Radio Okapi - on issues relating to the fight against impunity and the reform of the justice system in the DRC, as well as sexual violence against women. | |
Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in DR Congo until year's end | |
UN News - May 15, 2007 | |
Aiming to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) cement stability, the Security Council today extended the deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there until the end of this year. |