Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration | |
IRIN - September 14, 2007 | |
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the national army or face force. | |
DRC And Nkunda Have Agreed On a Fragile Cease-Fire | |
VOA News - September 9, 2007 | |
After days of heavy fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and renegade General Laurent Nkunda, the two sides reached an agreement on Thursday (9-6-07) to observe a cease-fire. The two sides have reportedly agreed to solve their differences through dialogue. | |
President Mbeki leads high-level ministerial delegation to DRC | |
Government of South Africa - August 20, 2007 | |
South African President Thabo Mbeki will today Monday, 20 August 2007 depart for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo where he will lead a high level South African Ministerial delegation to the South Africa?Democratic Republic of Congo Bi-national Commission (SA-DRC BNC) scheduled for Tuesday, 21 August 2007. President Mbeki will co-chair this session together with his counterpart President Joseph Kabila. | |
Mbeki off to Kinshasha | |
SABC - August 19, 2007 | |
South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves for Kinshasha tomorrow, to co-chair the South Africa/Democratic Republic of Congo bi-national commission. The foreign affairs department says Mbeki would co-chair the commission with his counterpart President Joseph Kabila. | |
Uganda's FM Visits Congo to Defuse Border Tensions | |
VOA News - August 14, 2007 | |
Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa says his country has no plans to attack the Democratic Republic of Congo, but will defend its own territory. | |
Renowned Congolese musician Madilu System dies | |
Congo Planet - August 12, 2007 | |
Renowned Congolese musician Madilu System passed away on Saturday at the University of Kinshasa Hospital Center after a short illness. He was 55. | |
V-DAY, UNICEF call for end to rape, sexual torture against girls in eastern DRC | |
UNICEF - August 7, 2007 | |
Highlighting the issue of violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), renowned playwright Eve Ensler has chronicled her first-hand encounters with women in eastern DRC, where sexual violence has become a routine weapon of war. Her account appears in Glamour magazine today. | |
Live up to your promises or lose recent gains, Kabila urged | |
IRIN - July 6, 2007 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could lose recent gains in its democratisation process unless President Joseph Kabila starts to promote dialogue and accountability, and strengthens cooperation with the wider international community, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. | |
Congo Court Clears Foreign Miners of War Crimes | |
VOA News - June 28, 2007 | |
A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted three former employees of Australian mining company Anvil Mining Limited of complicity in war crimes by government soldiers in 2004. Judges said the charges against the miners and nine Congolese soldiers were unfounded. |