| Lra rebels: they should have been disarmed, if only they anyone could find them | |
MISNA - October 7, 2005 | |
It would seem that the 3-400 Ugandan rebels of the LRA that were said to have been in the northeast of the Congo have disappeared. | |
| Lra: mediation effort failed, verything ready for forced disarmament | |
MISNA - October 7, 2005 | |
The last attempt for mediation to secure the voluntary disarmament of 300 (or 400 say other sources) Ugandan rebels of the LRA that have been staying in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past few days according to MONUC's Radio Okapi. | |
| Army says Ugandan rebels flee back into Sudan | |
IRIN - October 7, 2005 | |
The 400 Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) who in September sought refuge in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been forced back across the border, a Congolese army spokesman said on Friday in Kinshasa. | |
| Kigali says it not responsible for mass killings | |
IRIN - October 6, 2005 | |
A senior Rwandan government official dismissed on Thursday allegations that the army was responsible for a massacre nearly 10 years ago of hundreds of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose bodies were discovered recently in mass graves. | |
| Soldiers face rape charges | |
IRIN - October 6, 2005 | |
In what the UN says sets an important legal precedent for the Democratic Republic of Congo, a court-martial hearing began this week in the northwestern province of Equateur for 12 soldiers accused of raping 119 women. | |
| Army deploys 2,000 troops to disarm LRA rebels | |
IRIN - October 5, 2005 | |
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has begun deploying at least 2,000 men to the northeastern town of Aba near the Sudan border to disarm 400 Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who recently entered the country. | |
| Council extends MONUC's mandate by one month | |
IRIN - October 3, 2005 | |
The UN Security Council extended on Friday the mandate of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as MONUC, until the end of October. | |
| Kinshasa says it will resist any foreign invasion | |
IRIN - September 30, 2005 | |
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Friday its army would resist any invasion by foreign forces. | |
| Disarm LRA rebels, Museveni tells Kinshasa and MONUC | |
IRIN - September 30, 2005 | |
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday the Congolese government and the UN mission there known as MONUC must, in two months, disarm Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who recently crossed into eastern Congo or his army would do so. | |
| Monuc: "ugandan rebels disarm or we will use force" | |
MISNA - September 29, 2005 | |
The Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) that recently crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo must disarm and repatriate without any negotiation or force will be used: this was the ultimatum launched by the military spokesman of the MONUC (United Nations Mission in DR-Congo), Thierry Provendier. | |
