News | Ituri
| Conflict causes state of permanent displacement | |
IRIN - June 13, 2007 | |
 | Intermittent clashes and frequent attacks on civilians by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have created a state of permanent displacement in the volatile central African country, an official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. |
| UN probe finds peacekeepers in DR Congo used excessive force | |
UN News - June 12, 2007 | |
 | A United Nations investigation found that Bangladeshi peacekeepers operating in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) used excessive force in 2005 against detainees trying to escape from their control, a UN spokesperson said today. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| UN says allegations of trafficking by peacekeepers are under investigation | |
UN News - May 23, 2007 | |
| The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today announced that allegations that a number of its peacekeepers based in the Ituri District have engaged in gold and weapons trafficking are under investigation. |
| Louise Arbour to visit Kinshasa this Sunday May 13th | |
MONUC - May 11, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour will make a five-day working visit to the DR of Congo on May 13 2007. During her visit, Ms. Arbour will meet with President Kabila and other political authorities. |
| MONUC assisting the displaced population in the East | |
MONUC - May 2, 2007 | |
 | At its weekly press conference on May 2 2007, MONUC declared that it is continuing identification missions of the displacement zones in North and South Kivu following the military operations by the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) against the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). |
| Arbitrary killings, rape part of ongoing abuses in the east | |
IRIN - April 19, 2007 | |
 | Executions and rape of civilians have continued in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) according to a report published by the United Nations detailing human rights abuses during the month of March. |
| FNI militia leader Peter Karim surrenders to DRC government | |
MONUC - April 9, 2007 | |
 | Peter Karim, commander of the last remaining Ituri militia group - the FNI - surrendered to the DRC government with seven of his officers on Saturday 7 April 2007 at Kpandroma, 90 kilometres north east of district capital Bunia. |
| Army, police involved in human rights abuses in the east - report | |
IRIN - March 20, 2007 | |
 | Soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national army and the police have been involved in human rights violations in the eastern Ituri region, and are allegedly responsible for growing insecurity in North Kivu, according to a United Nations report. |
