| 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. | |
| Hutu rebels given till 30 September to disarm | |
IRIN - August 25, 2005 | |
Rwandan Hutu rebels in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have until 30 September to disarm or else face "severe" consequences, ministers of regional cooperation from DRC, Rwanda and Uganda said on Thursday. | |
| UN troops sweep area near park to clear armed groups | |
IRIN - July 5, 2005 | |
UN troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo launched what commanders codenamed Operation Falcon Sweep on Monday to drive all armed groups from a locale in the territories of Walungu and Kabare, close to a national park in South Kivu Province, a UN military spokesman said. | |
| EU may support military action against Hutu rebels, Ajello says | |
IRIN - June 24, 2005 | |
The EU special representative to Africa's Great Lakes region, Aldo Ajello, said on Friday the Union might support military action against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo if they refuse to disarm and return home. | |
| Kagame says no to negotiations with Congo-based rebels | |
IRIN - May 30, 2005 | |
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday that his government welcomes a recent conciliatory declaration by a Rwandan Hutu rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
| Ministers chart ways of implementing regional security pact | |
IRIN - February 18, 2005 | |
Eleven foreign ministers of countries in Africa's Great Lakes region met on Thursday in Kigali, Rwanda, to map out strategies of implementing a regional pact on security, stability and development signed in November 2004 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. | |
| Joint verification mechanism now operational | |
IRIN - February 10, 2005 | |
Congolese and Rwandan military officers have activated a joint verification mechanism for the common border between the two countries, an administrator in Congo's eastern province of South Kivu said. | |
| Chorus of concern as country teeters on brink of war | |
IRIN - December 20, 2004 | |
With fresh battle fronts opening up and tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes, there has been mounting concern among international bodies that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading for a major war. | |
| North Kivu army chief replaced as fighting intensifies | |
IRIN - December 17, 2004 | |
The Armed Forces High Command of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has transferred the military commander of the 8th Military Region - North Kivu Province - in a move aimed at ending clashes between factions of the army in the province. | |
