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| Child soldier recruitment continues | |
IRIN - February 19, 2007 | |
 | The recruitment of child soldiers has continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite the government's efforts to integrate former militia into the army, a local human rights official has said."Armed groups have even forcibly enlisted demobilised former child soldiers,"Murhabazi Namegabe, head of a local non-governmental organisation, the Bureau pour le Volontariat au service de l'Enfance et de la Sante, said in the capital, Kinshasa. |
| Congo's President Meets New Government | |
VOA News - February 17, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo's new government has presented itself to President Joseph Kabila, over two months after he was sworn into office. |
| Mixing process underway in North Kivu | |
MONUC - February 15, 2007 | |
 | The mixing process of two of dissident General Laurent Nkunda's loyalist brigades with three FARDC brigades has been ongoing now since the start of 2007, in a bid to address the serious security problems posed by Nkunda's forces in the troubled Kivu provinces since 2004. |
| Congo Opposition Calls for Day of Mourning | |
VOA News - February 5, 2007 | |
 | Opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for a national day of mourning to protest violent clashes last week. Many protesters demonstrating against election-fraud allegations were killed when security forces fired on rioting crowds in several villages. |
| At Least 35 Dead in Clashes | |
VOA News - February 1, 2007 | |
 | At least 35 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters protesting against the results of governorship polls in Congo's western-most province. The violence appeared to be the worst since President Joseph Kabila won last year's presidential election. |
| Ban Ki-moon says security key to solving humanitarian issues | |
IRIN - January 29, 2007 | |
 | War-related humanitarian problems in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can only be solved in an atmosphere of lasting peace and stability, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during a two-day visit to the country. |
| Ban Ki-moon pledges continued UN support to consolidate peace | |
UN News Centre - January 28, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations will stand by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it consolidates peace, but ultimately future stability lies in the hands of the Congolese people, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told parliamentarians in the capital, Kinshasa. |
| Ban Ki-moon emphasizes a "contract for good governance" for the DRC | |
MONUC - January 27, 2007 | |
 | At a press conference on Saturday January 27, 2007 in Kinshasa, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gave his impressions on the current state of the political process in the DRC, while underlying the remarkable progress achieved by the country in the past year on its road to democracy. |
| Dissident general wants his troops in national army | |
IRIN - January 23, 2007 | |
 | Laurent Nkunda, the dissident army general, agreed to participate in talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on two conditions: that troops loyal to him be integrated into the national army; and that the government ensure the protection and rights of all Kinyarwanda-speakers, most of whom live in eastern Congo. |
| No decision yet on amnesty for dissident general, official says | |
IRIN - January 19, 2007 | |
 | Discussions are still continuing on whether to grant amnesty to the dissident general, Laurent Nkunda, who led an anti-government rebellion in North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Deputy Defence Minister for Army Integration, Bernard Mena Mboyo, said on Friday. |
