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| Lubanga Witness Says He Was Paid US$200 To Tell Lies | |
lubangatrial.org - February 8, 2010 | |
 | A witness today told the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga that intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave him US$200 as payment for convincing his nephew to give false testimony against the accused. |
| UN Security Council renews arms embargo and sanctions in DR Congo | |
UN News - November 30, 2009 | |
 | Council members voted unanimously to adopt a resolution continuing the regime of sanctions, which consists of an arms embargo against all armed groups that are not part of either the Government’s integrated army (known as the FARDC) or police units, through 30 November next year. |
| Activists say UN policy must change in DR Congo | |
BBC News - November 25, 2009 | |
 | Rights activists have urged the UN to change its policy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a leaked report said the rebellion there was worsening. Human Rights Watch called for a greater effort to tackle a global crime network backing the ethnic Hutu rebels. |
| ICC: Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui trial starts on Tuesday | |
ICC - November 23, 2009 | |
 | The trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, which will open on Tuesday, 24 November, 2009, before Trial-Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the second trial in the context of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), referred to the Court by the Government of the DRC on 3 March, 2004. |
| UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda's role in military operation | |
Xinhua - September 10, 2009 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has denied any role of a general being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the anti-insurgency operation. |
| First Elements of Additional Troops to Reinforce MONUC Arrive in DRC | |
MONUC - August 27, 2009 | |
 | An advanced team of 10 officers and 178 troops from the Bangladeshi army arrived in Bunia, district of Ituri yesterday Wednesday 26 August ahead of a new contingent which will be part of the 3000 additional troops authorized by the Security Council in December 2009 to deploy in DRC. |
| Senior UN peacekeeping official assesses DR Congo's prisons | |
UN News - July 22, 2009 | |
 | A senior United Nations peacekeeping official continued his tour today of the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he is evaluating the state of the country’s troubled prison system. |
| Witness Claims Lubanga Visited Training Camp | |
Rachel Irwin - IWPR - June 5, 2009 | |
| Defendant Thomas Lubanga visited military training camps to boost the morale of young recruits, a former child soldier told prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, ICC, this week. “I saw the president on two occasions,” the unnamed witness told the court. “The first time he came, he asked about our situation in general. The second time, he tried to boost our morale—it was a few days before training ended.” |
| UN complains of Congo troop delay | |
BBC News - April 8, 2009 | |
 | The UN force chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained there is still no sign of 3,000 peacekeepers approved by the UN five months ago. Alan Doss told the BBC his force was overstretched and unable to respond effectively to outbreaks of violence. |
| Negotiations between Kinshasa and CNDP Rebels to End Friday | |
VOA News - February 20, 2009 | |
 | Ongoing negotiations between the Congolese government and the political wing of the rebel National Congress for People's Defense (CNDP) ends today (Friday) in the restive North Kivu province of Goma. This follows a recent peace deal to end the long time hostilities between the national army and the rebels which has left scores dead and a sharp increase in the internally displaced persons. |
