| Police impose curfew on Mbuji-Mayi after protests | |
IRIN - May 18, 2005 | |
Police imposed a curfew beginning late Tuesday in Mbuji-Mayi, a major mining town in central Democratic Republic of Congo, following violent demonstrations in which at least two people died and 12 others were wounded. | |
| EU to insert experts into national defence | |
IRIN - May 3, 2005 | |
The European Union (EU) announced on Monday it would be assigning EU military and security advisers to posts within various key security sections of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s administration, including the private office of the minister of defence | |
| Army deploys two more battalions to Ituri | |
IRIN - April 19, 2005 | |
Two more battalions of the Congolese Armed Forces have arrived in Bunia, the main town in the northeastern district of Ituri, ahead of their deployment to formerly militia-occupied territories of Mahagi and Aru, an army liaison officer told IRIN on Tuesday. | |
| UN extends arms embargo | |
IRIN - April 19, 2005 | |
The UN Security Council extended an embargo on arms and military financing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, to include a travel ban on violators and the freezing of their assets. | |
| Key Ituri militia group declares end to war | |
IRIN - April 14, 2005 | |
The Union des patriotes Congolais (UPC), one of the major militia groups in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, announced on Wednesday an end to its insurrection in the district of Ituri. | |
| Reintegrating Ituri's ex-militias, an uphill task | |
IRIN - April 8, 2005 | |
As UN peacekeeping troops increase the pressure to disarm the militias of Ituri, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), their reintegration into society is beset by many problems. | |
| More action needed to stop sexual abuses, new UN report says | |
IRIN - March 25, 2005 | |
A new UN report issued on Thursday said that efforts to stop UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from sexually abusing the local population have not been effective and it recommended establishing better mechanisms to investigate cases. | |
| Disarmament begins in Ituri, targeting 4,000 rebels | |
IRIN - March 22, 2005 | |
Some 550 former combatants surrendered their arms on Sunday and Monday in the northeastern district of Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in a disarmament effort targeting 4,000 militiamen, the largest number so far. | |
| UN official dismissed over sex abuse scandal | |
IRIN - March 18, 2005 | |
A senior UN civilian official accused of sexual misconduct in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is no longer under investigations; another senior official has been dismissed, Fred Eckhard, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, announced on Thursday. | |
| Congolese forces in Ituri crackdown on militias | |
IRIN - March 3, 2005 | |
Soldiers of the integrated Congolese national army began their crackdown on militiamen in the northeastern district of Ituri on Tuesday when they deployed to the territory of Aru, 300 km north of Bunia town, a military official told IRIN. | |
