North Kivu army chief replaced as fighting intensifies | |
IRIN - December 17, 2004 | |
The Armed Forces High Command of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has transferred the military commander of the 8th Military Region - North Kivu Province - in a move aimed at ending clashes between factions of the army in the province. | |
High death rates in prisons due to malnutrition | |
IRIN - December 17, 2004 | |
More than 50 inmates died in prisons across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2004 as a result of malnutrition, according to a report issued on Thursday by the justice system support unit of the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. | |
Civilians flee renewed fighting in North Kivu | |
IRIN - December 16, 2004 | |
Fighting resumed on Wednesday in the town of Kanyabayonga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |