News | Joseph Kabila
| Shots Fired Near Former Congo Vice President's Home | |
VOA News - March 22, 2007 | |
 | Witnesses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, say gunfire has erupted near the home of the nation's former vice president, the scene of a standoff between the military and soldiers loyal to the former rebel leader. |
| US State Department report on Human Rights Conditions in the DRC in 2006 | |
US State Department - March 19, 2007 | |
 | Armed groups continued to commit numerous, serious abuses--some of which may constitute war crimes--including unlawful killings, disappearances, and torture. They also recruited and retained child soldiers, compelled forced labor, and committed serious sexual abuses and other possible war crimes. |
| Can the World Bank do better here in the DRC? | |
MONUC - March 13, 2007 | |
 | Criticised for their different interventions here in the DRC, the World Bank decided to take up the challenge. President Paul Wolfowitz visited the country from March 8 to 9 2007, within the framework of reinforcing relations between the DRC and the Bank, and with a view to preparing the programmes for economic reform and the consolidation of the peace. |
| Congo PM Pledges Good Governance, Justice | |
VOA News - February 22, 2007 | |
 | The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has told parliament good governance and justice will be his government's guiding principles. Franz Wild attended his speech and files this report for VOA from Kinshasa. |
| Congo's President Meets New Government | |
VOA News - February 17, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo's new government has presented itself to President Joseph Kabila, over two months after he was sworn into office. |
| New DRC government announced | |
MONUC - February 7, 2007 | |
 | The new DRC government was finally announced by presidential decree on Congolese state television on Monday night February 5 2007, thus ending weeks of speculation as to its composition. |
| Congo Opposition Calls for Day of Mourning | |
VOA News - February 5, 2007 | |
 | Opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for a national day of mourning to protest violent clashes last week. Many protesters demonstrating against election-fraud allegations were killed when security forces fired on rioting crowds in several villages. |
| At Least 35 Dead in Clashes | |
VOA News - February 1, 2007 | |
 | At least 35 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters protesting against the results of governorship polls in Congo's western-most province. The violence appeared to be the worst since President Joseph Kabila won last year's presidential election. |
| Congo: mining, conflict and complicity | |
Bretton Woods Project - February 1, 2007 | |
 | A confidential World Bank memo dated September 2005 and leaked to the Financial Times in November 2006 finds that three of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) biggest mining contracts over which the World Bank had oversight were approved with "a complete lack of transparency". |
| Ban Ki-moon says security key to solving humanitarian issues | |
IRIN - January 29, 2007 | |
 | War-related humanitarian problems in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can only be solved in an atmosphere of lasting peace and stability, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during a two-day visit to the country. |
