The M23 Rebels Want to Overthrow Kabila? Nonsense | |
Congo News Agency - November 28, 2012 | |
The M23 rebels say they want to “liberate” DR Congo. They say they will take their fight thousands of miles westward to the capital Kinshasa if necessary. The M23 want to overthrow Kabila? Nonsense. It could be argued that Rwanda and Uganda have never had, and will likely never have, a better friend in power in Kinshasa than Mr. Kabila. | |
Four African nations crack down on LRA | |
BBC News - October 16, 2010 | |
Four African nations have agreed to form a joint military force to fight Lord's Resistance Army rebels, the African Union says. It says the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda will form a brigade to pursue the militants. The LRA, which originated in Uganda 20 years ago, has recently mounted deadly attacks in all four countries. | |
UN agency assisting thousands uprooted by insecurity in eastern DR Congo | |
UN News - January 26, 2010 | |
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is assisting over 100,000 civilians who have fled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months due to the ongoing military offensive against Hutu militants and banditry by armed groups. | |
Congo army reports 1,200 FDLR rebels killed since February | |
Xinhua - December 10, 2009 | |
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,200 rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces since February, the military announced on Wednesday. | |
DR Congo says 14,419 refugees repatriated from Zambia in 2009 | |
Xinhua - November 4, 2009 | |
The National Commission for Refugees of the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Tuesday in Kinshasa that out of the expected number of 18,549 Congolese refugees residing in Zambia, 14,419 were repatriated to the DRC in 2009. | |
Real prospect of ending fighting in eastern DR Congo, says top UN envoy | |
UN News - October 16, 2009 | |
“There is now a real prospect that the conflicts that have long blighted the eastern Congo can be ended,” Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for DRC and head of the UN peacekeeping force there, told the Security Council. | |
Congolese "brutally deported" from Angola | |
IRIN - October 6, 2009 | |
Thousands of Congolese citizens are being deported from Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under alarming circumstances, say humanitarian workers. | |
Congo Ready to Settle Displaced People, Says Government Spokesman | |
VOA News - September 10, 2009 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will re-integrate Internally Displaced People (IDP) into society after the United Nations closes camps in the restive Kivu provinces. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees announced that it will be closing IDP camps this week after a sharp drop of violence in Kivu. | |
UN: LRA Attacks in Eastern Congo Displace Thousands | |
VOA News - August 28, 2009 | |
The UN refugee agency reports at least 125,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to flee from villages attacked by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, in the last three weeks. This brings the number of people displaced in Haute Uele district of Orientale Province by the LRA since September to more than one-half million. |