| Police still holding 432 "vagrants" in poor conditions | |
IRIN - November 10, 2005 | |
Some 432 people, among them scores of children, arrested as vagrants by police on Friday in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, are still being held under harsh conditions, their parents said. | |
| UN says no sign of LRA in the east, UN Mission says | |
IRIN - November 10, 2005 | |
Reports that Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters have returned to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have not yet been substantiated, according to the military spokesman for the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC). | |
| MONUC deploys into east DR of Congo where Ugandan-based soldiers briefly seen | |
VOA News - November 9, 2005 | |
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is assisting the country's troops in cordon and search missions in the troubled east, where Ugandan rebels have been sighted and into which Ugandan-based soldiers were reported to have crossed briefly last month. | |
| Security Council mission warns of sanctions against armed groups | |
IRIN - November 9, 2005 | |
A UN Security Council mission arrived in Uganda on Wednesday and told reporters that the UN would increase pressure on illegal armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
| 336 armed fighters surrender to UN, Congolese forces | |
IRIN - November 9, 2005 | |
Since UN and government troops began a joint operation last week to flush out Hutu Rwanda rebels and other illegal armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) up to 336 armed men have surrendered, a UN military spokesman said on Tuesday. | |
| Where is Kony? "Not in Congo", according to Kinshasa | |
MISNA - November 7, 2005 | |
The government of Kinshasa has categorically denied that the historic leader of the LRA, Joseph Kony is in the country as the Kampala daily 'New Vision' reported during the weekend. | |
| UN Security Council team visits five countries | |
IRIN - November 4, 2005 | |
Members of the UN Security Council are due to begin on Saturday a 10-day visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, that will take them to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. | |
| After massacres, UN finally bans "bad guys" | |
MISNA - November 3, 2005 | |
Former rebel commanders, leaders of armed factions backed by Rwanda and Uganda for control of the resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also former ?government? generals and arms traffickers: some fifteen names were included in a list disclosed yesterday of those responsible for civilians massacres and violence in DR-Congo, to face punitive measures. | |
| Hunt for LRA rebels intensifies, MONUC deploys troops to border | |
IRIN - November 2, 2005 | |
The hunt for Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified on Wednesday when the UN mission there, known as MONUC, deployed a team of observers to the border with Sudan and announced that it would send 150 peacekeepers by the end of the week. | |
| UN, Congolese troops destroy rebel camps in Virunga Park | |
IRIN - November 1, 2005 | |
UN and Congolese troops destroyed five rebel camps on Monday during a joint operation in the Virunga National Park, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a military spokesman for the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC), Maj Hans Reichen, said. | |
