| Trafficking in illicit arms in DR Congo is a 'genuine threat' to peace: UN team | |
UN News Centre - July 21, 2006 | |
 | Documenting repeated violations of the Security Council's arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a team of experts appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today that illicit trafficking represents a "genuine threat" to peace and called for close cooperation with the UN mission in the country to address the problem, particularly in the run-up to the 30 July elections. |
| New disarmament deadline, amnesty offer for militiamen | |
IRIN - June 16, 2006 | |
 | Militia active in Ituri District in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have until 30 June to disarm, according to an ultimatum by the national army and the United Nations Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. |
| Greater UN presence needed in Katanga to counter hunger, atrocities | |
UN News Service - March 23, 2006 | |
United Nations relief officials are calling for stepped-up humanitarian and peacekeeping measures to confront hunger and ?horrific atrocities? in Katanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting between the army and Mai Mai rebels has driven over 150,000 people from their homes in the last six months. | |
| Security concerns in a "democracy without democrats" | |
IRIN - March 16, 2006 | |
Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are a near certainty, despite the obstacles that threaten a smooth transition to democracy. What is largely uncertain, however, is how stable the country will be in the aftermath of the polls. | |
| Interview with Jean-Marie Guéhenno | |
IRIN - March 14, 2006 | |
During a nine-day working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo which began on 6 March, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno, spoke to IRIN in Kinshasa about security concerns for a peaceful run of a general election on 18 June. Following are excerpts of that interview on 9 March. | |
| Aid arrives for displaced thousands but fears over safety persist | |
IRIN - February 16, 2006 | |
Despite relief aid having reached some 6,000 war-displaced people in the northeastern district of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), humanitarian officials are worried that tentative calm in the area could deteriorate. | |
| Fighting in the Kivus displaces 55,000 | |
IRIN - February 9, 2006 | |
At least 55,000 people have been displaced in North and South Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a result of fighting between the army and armed groups, according to humanitarian agencies. | |
| UN mission reports on serious human rights abuses by Congolese military | |
UN News Service - January 24, 2006 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) military?s efforts to flush militias from the area south of Lake Albert in Ituri district has resulted in serious human rights violations, including the summary execution of six fishermen, rapes, imprisoning children and forcing villagers to transport stolen goods, the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUC) said today. | |
| UN briefs African Union on deployment in troubled east of DR of Congo | |
UN News Service - December 2, 2005 | |
A military delegation from the African Union (AU) has arrived in North Kivu in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assess the possible deployment of 7,000 troops to disarm foreign armed groups who have been attacking civilians, the UN Mission in DRC (MONUC) said. | |
| DRC poll vital to region's stability - UN delegation | |
IRIN - November 23, 2005 | |
Successful elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would not only help the country's peace and transition process but would also greatly contribute to the achievement of stability in Africa's Great Lakes region, according to a UN Security Council delegation that visited the region from 4-11 November. | |
