| UN mission calls for inquiry into death of rights activist | |
IRIN - August 3, 2005 | |
The UN Mission in Congo, known as MONUC, has called for an inquiry into the killing of Pascal Kabangulu, a prominent Congolese human rights activist, officials at the mission told reporters in Kinshasa on Wednesday. | |
| Arms embargo extended one more year | |
IRIN - July 28, 2005 | |
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1616 (2005) on Friday which extends an existing two-year arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least one more year. | |
| Voter registration starts in provinces outside capital | |
IRIN - July 26, 2005 | |
Registration of voters started on Monday in two provinces outside Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as preparations continued for general elections scheduled for 2006, officials said. | |
| No sanctuary for new Congolese rebels, Uganda says | |
IRIN - July 25, 2005 | |
Uganda said on Monday it would not allow the newly-created rebel Congolese Revolutionary Movement or any other armed group to launch attacks from its territory on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
| South kivu: another civilian massacre | |
MISNA - July 23, 2005 | |
At least 13 civilians were killed during the night between Thursday and Friday in the South Kivu province, in east Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| South-kivu, peacekeepers destroy rwandan rebels' bases | |
MISNA - July 21, 2005 | |
United Nations peacekeepers and some regular Congolese army units in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launched their third offensive in just over two weeks to oust Rwandan Hutu militia who daily harass local communities, burning a rebel base camp. | |
| New congolese armed group founded in kampala? | |
MISNA - July 21, 2005 | |
A new armed group, the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC), which claims it is fighting for the rights of the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri and North Kivu regions, was apparently founded last month in neighbouring Uganda. | |
| South kivu: thousands displaced after massacre | |
MISNA - July 20, 2005 | |
Thousands of civilians - at least 13-thousand according to the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs - have fled from the area of Ntulumamba, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where between July 9 and 10 thirty-nine civilians were killed in an armed attack. | |
| UN to resume air service in Kasaļ Oriental | |
IRIN - July 14, 2005 | |
The UN has said it plans to resume flights to two remote areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s Kasaļ Oriental Province in response to requests from the humanitarian organistions. | |
| UN says it needs an extra US $190 million for polls | |
IRIN - July 14, 2005 | |
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has issued a two-page report to the Security Council in which he gave details of almost US $190 million in additional costs the UN requires to support upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
