News | FARDC
| UN urges Congolese parties to cease fire amid fresh fighting in North Kivu | |
UN News - September 20, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called for an immediate ceasefire between the Government and rebels, as new clashes broke out today in North Kivu, leading to further displacement in the troubled region. |
| Recent clashes in eastern DR Congo draw concern from Security Council | |
UN News - September 12, 2008 | |
 | The Security Council today voiced serious concern at the recent fighting between Government forces and rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some of the worst violence since the signing of a January peace deal. |
| UN peacekeepers prevent rebel advances in volatile North Kivu | |
UN News - September 9, 2008 | |
 | United Nations peacekeepers today stepped up their efforts to prevent a militia operating in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from taking a key town in North Kivu province, the scene of renewed deadly fighting between Government forces and rebels. |
| Kinshasa urges UN to investigate remarks by peacekeeper | |
XINHUA - July 18, 2008 | |
 | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is diligently awaiting the findings of an investigation initiated by the United Nations Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) over certain remarks made by a senior peacekeeping officer. |
| Bukavu: Launch of "Zero Children Associated with Armed Groups" | |
MONUC - June 24, 2008 | |
 | Monday 23 June 2008 marked the official launch in Bukavu of the public awareness campaign entitled "Zero Children Associated with Armed Forces and Groups," sponsored by the DR Congo's First Lady Mrs. Olive Kabila, and organised by the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (UEPN-DDR, ex CONADER). |
| Implementation of the Nairobi action plan underway | |
MONUC - May 30, 2008 | |
 | Since the launch of the implementation of the Nairobi Action plan, a series of measures have been implemented to put an end to the presence and illicit activities of the FDLR, the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, and other foreign armed groups and rebels in eastern DRC. One of these is the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reinsertion and Reintegration (DDRRR) process. |
| After two key deals, what progress towards peace in North Kivu? | |
IRIN - May 14, 2008 | |
 | Two agreements signed since the end of 2007 offer some hope for an end to more than a decade of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), even if fighting has continued and a lasting solution has yet to be found to the presence in the region of Rwandan Hutu rebels, according to analysts. |
| Fueling World Ivory Trade Spells New Threat to Africa's Elephant Population | |
VOA News - May 2, 2008 | |
 | An upsurge of elephant poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in the killing of 14 elephants in the past two weeks by militias, the military, and local villagers. Four were felled by an ex-Rwandan Hutu FDLR militia, formerly known as Interahamwe. Three elephants were murdered by the local Mai-Mai militia (PARECO), five by the Congolese military (FARDC), and two by local villagers. |
| EU: There are many actions ongoing to convince the FDLR to return | |
MONUC - April 11, 2008 | |
 | In an interview with Radio Okapi on Friday 11 April 2008, European Union (EU) Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Roeland van de Geer said that the EU was committed to assisting the peace process in eastern DRC, and in particular to resolving the problem of the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) armed group that are still active in eastern DRC. |
| Human Rights: Castañon calls for sustainability in the DRC | |
MONUC - April 10, 2008 | |
 | Fernando Castañon, Director of MONUC's Human Rights Division and Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC, reached the end of his mission on 8 April 2008. As division head since February 2005 and a UN staff member since 1989, he talked to us about his work at MONUC and his past experience with the UN. |
