News | Sudan
| No Sudanese soldier on DR Congo's territory: ambassador | |
Xinhua - February 12, 2010 | |
 | The diplomat pointed out that minor problems that might arise along the common border could be resolved by the local authorities in the two neighboring provinces in order to strengthen the cross- border cooperation and commercial exchanges. |
| U.S. diplomat to COMESA believes customs union to help Africa rebound in world economic crisis | |
Xinhua - June 6, 2009 | |
 | A U.S. diplomatic representative to COMESA was confident about the upcoming establishment of COMESA customs union, saying it would help African nations, especially members of the bloc, revive in the global economic crisis. |
| Survivors of Ugandan rebel massacres in DR Congo seek help from UN | |
UN News - February 10, 2009 | |
 | Angry and traumatized survivors of massacres by the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed nearly 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), today sought shelter, food, medicine – and justice – from the top United Nations relief official. |
| UN envoy to launch dialogue between Government and rebels | |
UN News - December 5, 2008 | |
 | Set to kick off on Monday, the talks will be facilitated by Olusegun Obasanjo, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Great Lakes Region and former Nigerian president, and Benjamin Mkapa, representing the African Union (AU) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR), who is also the former president of Tanzania. |
| Hell on earth - systematic rape in Eastern Congo | |
The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (JHA) - August 10, 2007 | |
Often the women are kidnapped while working in the fields or on the way to fetch water, food or firewood. Often kidnappings occur during raids of villages by armed attackers, who often come in groups of two to five.The victims are taken from the villages into the forest where they are held captive and are gang raped for days or months. | |
| Signing of Nairobi pact paves the way for peace in the Great Lakes region | |
Monuc - December 18, 2006 | |
 | With the signing of the Nairobi pact on Friday December 15 2006 by DRC, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, it paves the way for security, stability and development in the region, after years of conflict. |
