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| Rwandan rebels abuse Congolese civilians - UN report | |
IRIN - May 19, 2005 | |
Rwandan Hutu rebels based in eastern Congo are responsible for hundreds of summary executions, rapes, beatings and hostage-taking of Congolese civilians in the territory of Walungu, South Kivu Province, the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUC, said on Wednesday in a report documenting the human rights violations. | |
| Police impose curfew on Mbuji-Mayi after protests | |
IRIN - May 18, 2005 | |
Police imposed a curfew beginning late Tuesday in Mbuji-Mayi, a major mining town in central Democratic Republic of Congo, following violent demonstrations in which at least two people died and 12 others were wounded. | |
| Electoral process irreversible, Kabila says | |
IRIN - May 17, 2005 | |
At a ceremony held on Monday to present the Democratic Republic of Congo's newly adopted draft constitution, President Joseph Kabila urged all Congolese to rally in support of democracy, saying that following the adoption, the country's electoral process was irreversible. | |
| Secession plot failed, government official says | |
IRIN - May 13, 2005 | |
An attempt to secede from the Democratic Republic of Congo was foiled recently in the southeastern province of Katanga, the deputy government spokesman, Simon Tshitenge, told IRIN on Friday. | |
| Belgian firm to register voters, official says | |
IRIN - May 13, 2005 | |
A Belgian company has been picked to organise the identification and registration of voters for the Democratic Republic of Congo's first post-transition elections, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Apollinaire Malumalu, announced on Thursday. | |
| 30 arrested in alleged Katanga secession plot | |
IRIN - May 9, 2005 | |
At least 30 civilians and military personnel suspected of plotting the secession of Katanga Province from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested, Deputy Provincial Governor Chikez Diemu said on Monday. | |
| At least 10 dead after plane crash near Kisangani | |
IRIN - May 5, 2005 | |
A cargo aircraft crashed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday killing 10 people on board. There was one survivor, a UN official told IRIN. | |
| EU to insert experts into national defence | |
IRIN - May 3, 2005 | |
The European Union (EU) announced on Monday it would be assigning EU military and security advisers to posts within various key security sections of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s administration, including the private office of the minister of defence | |
| ICJ hearings in Kinshasa vs Kampala case end | |
IRIN - April 29, 2005 | |
Hearings ended on Friday in a case brought by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Netherlands, accusing Uganda of invading its territory and committing human rights violations. | |
| Militia release 5 reporters in exchange for 270 bicycles | |
IRIN - April 29, 2005 | |
Mayi-Mayi militiamen released on Thursday five local reporters they had taken hostage earlier this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern province of Katanga | |
