UN Peacekeepers Start Enforcing Security Zone in Eastern Congo | |
Radio Okapi - August 1, 2013 | |
A 48-hour ultimatum given by the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo to armed groups around Goma and Sake to disarm or be disarmed expired on Thursday. The spokesman for the UN mission said the security zone will be enforced to secure more than one million people, including displaced people living in the area. | |
Rwanda 'recruiting for M23 rebels' | |
BBC News - July 31, 2013 | |
Four Rwandans have told the BBC the army forcibly recruited them to fight for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The four said they were seeking asylum in Uganda after fleeing the fighting. | |
DR Congo Asks Rwanda to Turn Over M23 Rebel Leaders | |
Congo News Agency - July 26, 2013 | |
DR Congo’s government said on Friday it has sent three international arrest warrants to Rwanda against former M23 rebel leader Jean-Marie Runiga and commanders Baudouin Ngaruye, Eric Badege and Innocent Zimurinda. | |
U.S. Tells Rwanda to Remove Its Military Personel From Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - July 23, 2013 | |
The United States has called on Rwanda to stop all support to the M23 rebels a day after Human Rights Watch published new evidence that Rwanda continues to support the rebels in their campaign of terror across the border in eastern Congo. | |
M23 Rebels Kill, Rape Civilians in Eastern Congo: Human Rights Watch | |
Human Rights Watch - July 22, 2013 | |
M23 rebels have summarily executed at least 44 people and raped at least 61 women and girls since March 2013 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents and rebel deserters reported recent forced recruitment of men and boys by the M23 in both Rwanda and Congo. | |
M23 Rebels in Disarray in Eastern Congo, Says Government Spokesman | |
Radio Okapi - July 19, 2013 | |
Lambert Mende said that the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda were in disarray in North Kivu province. He warned, however, that “winning a battle does not mean winning the war” and called on the military to continue to fight to win the war. | |
120 M23 Rebels Killed in East, Government Says | |
VOA News - July 15, 2013 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces have killed 120 rebels and captured another dozen in fighting in North Kivu province. Government spokesman Lambert Mende said Monday that about 10 army soldiers have died in the fighting north of Goma, the provincial capital. | |
Rebel Leader Bosco Ntaganda Makes First Appearence Before the ICC | |
VOA News - March 26, 2013 | |
After years of fleeing justice, Bosco Ntaganda finally appeared before the ICC to start a lengthy process to decide whether to press war crime charges against him. Ntaganda made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. | |
Bosco Ntaganda in the International Criminal Court's custody | |
International Criminal Court - March 22, 2013 | |
Bosco Ntaganda, against whom the International Criminal Court has issued two arrest warrants, surrendered himself voluntarily and is now in the ICC’s custody. Bosco Ntaganda is currently escorted by an ICC delegation that has left Kigali heading to the ICC detention centre in The Hague. | |
Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Turns Himself In at US Embassy in Rwanda | |
Congo News Agency - March 18, 2013 | |
The US said on Monday that warlord Bosco Ntaganda has turned himself in at its embassy in Kigali and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, where he is wanted on seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity. |