Kabila, Kibaki meet over smuggled gold from eastern Congo | |
ACP - March 6, 2011 | |
Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mwai Kibaki of Kenya met on Friday at Harambee House in Nairobi, Kenya, over a “significant amount of gold”, estimated to be worth US $113 million, smuggled to Kenya from eastern Congo. | |
Congo Catholic Bishops Praise U.S. Law on 'Conflict Minerals' | |
Forum des As - August 3, 2010 | |
The head of the National Conference of Bishops (CENCO), Bishop Nicolas Djomo, said during a press conference in Kinshasa on Monday that the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo is determined to campaign for the recently enacted U.S. law on ‘conflict minerals’, so that it is applied in the DRC. | |
Great Lakes regional body calls for free, fair elections in member states | |
Xinhua - May 23, 2010 | |
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Sunday urged its member states to hold free and fair elections in order to avoid the region from slipping back to anarchy. | |
Great Lakes states meet in Uganda over conflict minerals | |
Xinhua - May 23, 2010 | |
Senior government officials from the Great Lakes region on Sunday started a two-day meeting here that will discuss among others the illegal exploitation of natural resources that is fueling conflicts in the region. | |
Government-rebel talks enter substantive phase | |
UN News - January 8, 2009 | |
The UN envoy is currently holding consultations, including on the possibility of holding a gathering this month of the leaders of Great Lakes nations to update them on progress made so far and obstacles that remain in achieving peace between the Government and the CNDP. | |
DR Congo peace talks adjourned until next week | |
XINHUA - December 12, 2008 | |
The Talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and a main rebel group are making steady progress but have been adjourned until next week, mediators said on Friday. The Nairobi peace talks which began earlier this week will adjourn until Dec. 17, Olusegun Obasanjo, the UN Special Envoy and former Nigerian president said in a statement. | |
UN envoy to launch dialogue between Government and rebels | |
UN News - December 5, 2008 | |
Set to kick off on Monday, the talks will be facilitated by Olusegun Obasanjo, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Great Lakes Region and former Nigerian president, and Benjamin Mkapa, representing the African Union (AU) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR), who is also the former president of Tanzania. |