News | Laurent Nkunda
| North Kivu: Joint Congolese-Rwandan Operations Continue | |
MISNA - January 26, 2009 | |
 | Rwandan and Congolese troops are continuing in the joint operation against the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in east Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations sources confirmed to MISNA, adding that little information is emerging on developments. |
| DR Congo peace talks suspended after arrest of rebel leader | |
XINHUA - January 24, 2009 | |
 | The UN-backed talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and eastern rebel group which began in Nairobi last month in a bid to end the bloody conflict has been suspended after the arrest of the rebel leader Gen. Laurent Nkunda. |
| Warlord Laurent Nkunda Arrested | |
Congo News Agency - January 23, 2009 | |
 | Warlord Laurent Nkunda, the eastern Congo rebel leader accused of numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity, has been arrested in Rwanda while fleeing a joint Congolese-Rwandan military operation to arrest him. |
| DR Congo's rebel leader arrested | |
BBC News - January 23, 2009 | |
 | Gen Laurent Nkunda, leader of the strongest rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested, the military says. He was detained in Rwanda after resisting a joint Rwandan-Congolese operation to arrest him, officials say. |
| African Leaders to Meet in Ethiopia to Discuss Congo | |
XINHUA - January 12, 2009 | |
 | The Kenyan government has expressed confidence that talks aimed at ending conflict in the war-ravaged eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) underway in Nairobi will be successful. Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula told journalists in Nairobi on Monday that he is hopeful a deal will soon be reached on the cessation of hostilities between the government and the major Tutsi rebel militia, the National Congress in Defense of the People (CNDP). |
| Diplomatic Activity Builds to Halt Eastern Congo Clashes | |
VOA News - January 8, 2009 | |
 | Diplomatic activity aimed at ending the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying. The United Nations mediator for eastern Congo, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived Thursday in Kinshasa for talks with Congolese officials, while talks between the Congolese government and eastern rebels continued in Kenya. |
| Congolese Welcome President Kabila's Promise to Weed Out Armed Groups | |
VOA News - January 2, 2009 | |
 | Congolese have welcomed President Joseph Kabila's promise to weed out armed groups in the country before the end of this year. In a televised address to the nation's to mark the beginning of the New Year, President Kabila vowed to bring peace to the country before the end of 2009. |
| Opinion: Solving the Kivu Equation | |
IWPR - December 24, 2008 | |
 | The presence of FDLR soldiers - Rwandan Hutus who fled into Congo after the genocide and now control part of the illegal mineral trade in the east - is a pretext for Rwanda to attack the Kivus. The FDLR are also used by Laurent Nkunda as a justification for his "protection" of the Tutsi minority. As if defending a minority is an acceptable excuse for massacring other Congolese ethnic groups. |
| Displaced people must not be forced back to their villages, UN tells DR Congo rebels | |
UN News - December 19, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations refugee agency has called on mainly Tutsi rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure the rights of 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) amid reports that they are being pressured to go back to their villages. |
| UNHCR urges DR Congo rebels to respect humanitarian principles | |
XINHUA - December 19, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations refugee agency on Friday called on rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop forcing the displaced people back to their villages. |
