| Kinshasa rejects Kampala's proposal to redeploy troops | |
IRIN - October 21, 2005 | |
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected a proposal by Uganda to redeploy its troops to eastern Congo to hunt Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels as well as other Ugandan rebels groups there, Congolese government spokesman and Minister for Information Henri Mova Sakanyi said on Friday. | |
| Kampala seeks approval to redeploy troops to Congo | |
IRIN - October 20, 2005 | |
Uganda sought approval on Thursday from the Democratic Republic of Congo to redeploy troops into eastern Congo to hunt members of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who entered the country in September, Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa said. | |
| Army says Ugandan rebels flee back into Sudan | |
IRIN - October 7, 2005 | |
The 400 Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who in September sought refuge in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been forced back across the border, a Congolese army spokesman said on Friday in Kinshasa. | |
| Kampala dismisses Congo's call for sanctions | |
IRIN - October 5, 2005 | |
Uganda's foreign minister, Sam Kutesa, dismissed on Wednesday a demand for UN sanctions against his country made a day earlier by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
| Army deploys 2,000 troops to disarm LRA rebels | |
IRIN - October 5, 2005 | |
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has begun deploying at least 2,000 men to the northeastern town of Aba near the Sudan border to disarm 400 Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who recently entered the country. | |
| Kinshasa says it will resist any foreign invasion | |
IRIN - September 30, 2005 | |
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Friday its army would resist any invasion by foreign forces. | |
| Disarm LRA rebels, Museveni tells Kinshasa and MONUC | |
IRIN - September 30, 2005 | |
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday the Congolese government and the UN mission there known as MONUC must, in two months, disarm Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who recently crossed into eastern Congo or his army would do so. | |
| Monuc: "ugandan rebels disarm or we will use force" | |
MISNA - September 29, 2005 | |
The Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) that recently crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo must disarm and repatriate without any negotiation or force will be used: this was the ultimatum launched by the military spokesman of the MONUC (United Nations Mission in DR-Congo), Thierry Provendier. | |
| Foreign rebel groups ignore deadline to leave | |
IRIN - September 29, 2005 | |
Some 400 Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who in September crossed from Sudan to the Garamba National Park in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the latest of several foreign groups which the government says must leave the country by Friday or face serious consequences. | |
| Kampala demands rebels' extradition, Kinshasa vows to disarm them | |
IRIN - September 27, 2005 | |
Uganda has asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest and hand over Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who are allegedly seeking asylum in the vast central African state, a senior government official said on Monday. | |
