| Bush To Congratulate Kabila Personally on Congo's Elections | |
US Department of State - USINFO - October 24, 2007 | |
 | President Bush's October 26 meeting with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will provide an opportunity to underscore U.S. support for the DRC's "remarkable progress" since Kabila assumed office in 2001, including the country's historic 2006 elections, a State Department official said. |
| Top Ugandan rebel surrenders in neighbouring DR Congo | |
UN News - October 23, 2007 | |
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army, the northern Ugandan rebel group, has surrendered in the northeast of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations peacekeeping mission to that country reported today. | |
| Ban Ki-moon announces slate of new Special Representatives in Africa | |
UN News - October 19, 2007 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of three Special Representatives and two Deputy Special Representatives to act for him in four African countries trying to recover from prolonged war or insecurity - Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia. |
| MONUC: Our preferred option is that combatants enter brassage immediately without conditions | |
MONUC - October 17, 2007 | |
 | At the weekly MONUC press conference in Kinshasa on Wednesday 17 October 2007, MONUC force commander General Babacar Gaye reiterated MONUC's mandate, as the DRC government seeks to establish its authority in troubled North Kivu province. |
| Goma: William Swing and five ambassadors meet president Kabila | |
MONUC - October 17, 2007 | |
 | William Swing, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the DRC and five country ambassadors from the US, France, UK, Belgium and South Africa met DRC President Joseph Kabila in Goma, North Kivu province on Monday 15 October 2007. |
| Ituri: DDR phase III process officially ends | |
MONUC - October 16, 2007 | |
 | The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) phase III pilot project which began in Ituri district on 4 August 2007, officially ended on Monday 15 October 2007 in Bunia. The DRC Minister for Social Affairs who chaired the ceremony gave an additional 72 hours deadline extension for combatants still in the bush to disarm, and launched the community reconstruction project for Ituri. |
| Fighting Continues In DRC Despite Call For Ceasefire | |
VOA News - October 14, 2007 | |
Renegade General Laurent Nkunda, a few days ago, called for a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after breaking the truce a few days earlier. However, more fighting was reported in the region where clashes between government forces and soldiers loyal to a Nkunda have killed more than 100 people over the past week. | |
| Kabila in Goma ahead of Government Ultimatum for Rebels to Disarm | |
Congo News Agency - October 14, 2007 | |
 | Kabila arrived Sunday in the Nord-Kivu province capital of Goma a day ahead of an ultimatum to rebels loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda to disarm or face a new offensive by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC). Kabila arrived in Goma at 9:30 local time accompanied by the defense minister, the army chief of staff and the minister of humanitarian affairs. |
| MONUC: Our number one concern is that a fast solution is found to the crisis | |
MONUC - October 12, 2007 | |
 | The situation in eastern DRC, particularly in North Kivu, was marked by several confrontations in the last week, between the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) and the troops of ex General Laurent Nkunda. We interviewed MONUC force commander General Babacar Gaye who explained the situation on the ground, and the measures taken by MONUC to protect the population. |
| DRC Rebel Leader Accuses Government of Breaking Ceasefire Agreement | |
VOA News - October 9, 2007 | |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the leader of the rebel National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda has dismissed as propaganda government reports that he broke the over a month old ceasefire agreement. Nkunda said his forces were the first to be attacked by government soldiers, before his group returned fire. He said he had instructed his forces to be in active defense, but not to go on the offensive against government troops, unless they are attacked. Nkunda is now accusing the government of trying to plunge the country into war. | |
