News | Laurent Nkunda
| Tensions Flare in Eastern Congo Amid Ongoing Clashes | |
VOA News - September 25, 2007 | |
 | Tensions are growing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, amid ongoing clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. But a United Nations military spokesman said Tuesday that a ceasefire in the region was still effective. |
| More displaced in North Kivu as fighting resumes | |
IRIN - September 25, 2007 | |
 | Military dissidents loyal to renegade army general Laurent Nkunda have resumed fighting in the eastern province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two weeks after a ceasefire was negotiated by the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC). |
| Displaced DRC Citizens Relocate Amid Lull in Fighting | |
VOA News - September 24, 2007 | |
 | Thousands of displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have in recent days fled camps in search of safer and better places to live. Many are arriving in a refugee site called Bulengo, afraid to return home, despite a recent lull in fighting between government and rebel troops. |
| Refugees on the move as DR Congo fighting escalates | |
IWPR - September 19, 2007 | |
 | Refugees continue to flee the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as allegations emerge of Rwandan government support for ethnic Tutsi rebels. The fighting in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, is between government troops and the forces of dissident general Laurent Nkunda. |
| The Congolese government will not negotiate with Laurent Nkunda | |
MONUC - September 17, 2007 | |
 | The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alain Lubamba, reiterated the Congolese government's position on dissident General Laurent Nkunda on Saturday 15 September 2007, when he gave a speech on diplomatic accreditation in the DRC. |
| DR Congo discovers mass graves in area formerly under renegade general | |
Xinhua - September 14, 2007 | |
 | Three mass graves have been discovered in an area where fighters loyal to Laurent Nkunda, a renegade general in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have been engaged in fighting with government forces and rebel groups. |
| Analyst: Violence in Eastern Congo Likely to Deteriorate | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
The tense situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to deteriorate despite a declaration by renegade general Laurent Nkunda on Friday that he intends to integrate his forces into Congo's army, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group has said. | |
| DRC Rebel Leader Nkunda Says Ready to Join Army | |
VOA News - September 14, 2007 | |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the leader of the rebel National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda said his forces are ready to join the national army after their demands are met. This follows threats by DRC President Joseph Kabila for renegade soldiers in eastern Congo to rejoin the national army or face forcible disarmament. | |
| Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration | |
IRIN - September 14, 2007 | |
 | President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the national army or face force. |
