| 48 combatants arrested after returning from Burundi exile | |
IRIN - September 16, 2005 | |
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said it arrested 48 dissident soldiers, including 11 officers, on Tuesday in the east of the country near its borders with Rwanda and Burundi as they were returning from exile. | |
| Hutu rebels given till 30 September to disarm | |
IRIN - August 25, 2005 | |
Rwandan Hutu rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have until 30 September to disarm or else face "severe" consequences, ministers of regional cooperation from DRC, Rwanda and Uganda said on Thursday. | |
| South kivu: another civilian massacre | |
MISNA - July 23, 2005 | |
At least 13 civilians were killed during the night between Thursday and Friday in the South Kivu province, in east Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| South-kivu, peacekeepers destroy rwandan rebels' bases | |
MISNA - July 21, 2005 | |
United Nations peacekeepers and some regular Congolese army units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launched their third offensive in just over two weeks to oust Rwandan Hutu militia who daily harass local communities, burning a rebel base camp. | |
| Two mass graves reported in eastern village of Ntulumamba | |
IRIN - July 13, 2005 | |
Two mass graves believed to contain the remains of 39 civilians killed on Saturday in Ntulumamba village, in Kalonge Chiefdom 75 km north of Bukavu, have been reported to the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), a UN spokeswoman said. | |
| Army recaptures Nyamilima village, North Kivu | |
IRIN - July 13, 2005 | |
Government troops recaptured on Tuesday the village of Nyamilima, one of three in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo held by local and Rwandan Hutu rebels, a senior army commander said. | |
| UN troops sweep area near park to clear armed groups | |
IRIN - July 5, 2005 | |
UN troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo launched what commanders codenamed Operation Falcon Sweep on Monday to drive all armed groups from a locale in the territories of Walungu and Kabare, close to a national park in South Kivu Province, a UN military spokesman said. | |
| EU may support military action against Hutu rebels, Ajello says | |
IRIN - June 24, 2005 | |
The EU special representative to Africa's Great Lakes region, Aldo Ajello, said on Friday the Union might support military action against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo if they refuse to disarm and return home. | |
| Soldiers killed, hundreds of civilians displaced in North Kivu | |
IRIN - June 7, 2005 | |
Three Congolese soldiers were killed, four were wounded and hundreds of civilians were displaced in the latest fighting on Sunday between government soldiers and Rwandan Hutu militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of North Kivu. | |
| Kagame says no to negotiations with Congo-based rebels | |
IRIN - May 30, 2005 | |
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday that his government welcomes a recent conciliatory declaration by a Rwandan Hutu rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
