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| MONUC: Mobile operational bases aid refugee return in eastern DRC | |
MONUC - November 21, 2007 | |
 | Nearly 3,000 households that were displaced between February and September 2007, following confrontations between the FARDC and the militia of the FNI, have now returned to their homes. |
| UN inquiry opens into sexual abuse allegations against peacekeeper | |
UN News - November 19, 2007 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced today that an independent investigation has begun into allegations of violent sexual abuse by a soldier serving with the force in the troubled northeast of the country. |
| 232 children released from Mayi Mayi forces in the Kivus by UNICEF and partners | |
UNICEF - November 17, 2007 | |
 | UNICEF and Save the Children, in collaboration with the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) have secured the release of 232 children from Mayi Mayi forces over the last few days. 182 children were separated from the Mayi Mayi Baleine Brigade in Beni, North Kivu last week. Their release follows an intensive media and outreach campaign on the non-recruitment and non-use of children by armed groups. |
| IDPs go back to camps as fears of renewed North Kivu violence die down | |
IRIN - November 15, 2007 | |
 | People have been returning to camps for displaced people (IDPs) in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province after fresh fighting near the main town of Goma prompted up to 40,000 to flee. |
| Ex-militiaman jailed for life for murder of UN observers | |
IRIN - November 14, 2007 | |
 | A court in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has found a former militiaman guilty of the 2003 murder of two UN military observers and sentenced him to life in prison. |
| Tens of thousands of IDPs on the move again in North Kivu | |
IRIN - November 13, 2007 | |
 | Up to 40,000 people poured out of two camps for displaced civilians near the main town in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province after fierce fighting broke out nearby, according to the UN. |
| UNDP: the DDR phase III in Ituri proved to be one of the most credible disarmament operations in DRC | |
MONUC - November 9, 2007 | |
 | The peace-building process in Ituri is on the right track. Following the disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants, the process is now entering its final phase - the reintegration of ex-combatants. Gustavo Gonzalez, coordinator of the operation for UNDP, assesses the activities and their outcomes. |
| MONUC blames disinformation as protests over aid mount in North Kivu | |
IRIN - November 7, 2007 | |
 | Growing impatience over aid deliveries to displaced civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's province of North Kivu has sparked another demonstration against the UN mission there, MONUC, which blamed the unrest on deliberately-spread false rumours. |
| Sixteen Ituri warlords give up the fight | |
IRIN - November 6, 2007 | |
| A senior DRC official has declared the war-ravaged northeastern region of Ituri free of armed groups after 16 senior commanders flew to Kinshasa to join the regular army. |
| R. Mountain: Progress has been very disappointing bringing sexual violence perpetrators to justice | |
MONUC - November 6, 2007 | |
 | With the continuous tense situation in East of the country triggering more sexual violence against women, we talked to MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Ross Mountain, about this issue and the efforts that the international community and the DRC government are doing to solve the problem. |
