| Ituri fighting may have displaced thousands | |
IRIN - June 28, 2005 | |
Thousands of Congolese civilians may have been displaced by recent fighting between UN peacekeeping troops and local militiamen in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission's public information officer, Mohammad Abdoul Wahab, said on Tuesday. | |
| 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. | |
| UN envoy concerned over renewed militia activity in Ituri | |
IRIN - June 23, 2005 | |
Although 15,000 former militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeastern district of Ituri have been disarmed, the UN mission in the country, known as MONUC, says it is concerned over the regrouping and rearming of the fighters, despite intense UN military operations. | |
| Voter registration begins in Kinshasa | |
IRIN - June 21, 2005 | |
Despite prevailing insecurity in the east and northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the postponement of presidential elections, the Independent Electoral Commission launched its registration campaign of 3.5 million voters in Kinshasa on Monday. | |
| UN Nepalese soldier dies after militia attack | |
IRIN - June 3, 2005 | |
One of four UN Nepalese troops wounded by militiamen in an attack in village of Lugo in the northeastern Ituri district of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), died of his wounds on Friday, a UN spokesman said. | |
| Newly integrated army brigade heading to the east | |
IRIN - June 3, 2005 | |
The latest brigade in the newly integrated army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) completed training on Wednesday and is expected to deploy to the east of the country, Defence Minister Adolphe Onusumba said. | |
| Peacekeeper dies, six others wounded in ambush | |
IRIN - May 13, 2005 | |
A UN peacekeeper was shot dead and six others were wounded on Thursday when an armed group ambushed a convoy carrying 40 UN Bangladeshi troops in the troubled northeastern district of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a spokeswoman for the UN mission there, known as MONUC, said. | |
| Aid delivery to Katanga easier, UN mission says | |
IRIN - April 27, 2005 | |
Security has improved in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southeastern province of Katanga, allowing humanitarian groups to mobilise aid, the UN Mission in the country, known as MONUC, said on Monday. | |
| Cholera strikes IDPs in Tché | |
IRIN - April 22, 2005 | |
Aid workers are unable to reach camps for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where cholera has broken out, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. | |
| Who's who in Ituri - militia organisations, leaders | |
IRIN - April 20, 2005 | |
Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues despite a peace agreement signed by Congolese parties in April 2003. | |
