| Rebel group ready to disarm | |
IRIN - March 31, 2005 | |
Leaders of a Rwandan armed group operating from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced on Thursday their intention to end attacks against their homeland, according to the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. | |
| Ituri militias take war to civilians | |
IRIN - March 23, 2005 | |
Three months after the resumption of fighting between Lendu and Hema militias in Ituri, a district in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a vivid picture of human-rights violations is emerging. | |
| Another key Ituri leader arrested | |
IRIN - March 22, 2005 | |
The Congolese government has arrested Thomas Lubanga, the leader of the Union des patriotes Congolais (UPC), a key political movement in the northeastern district of Ituri, a government official announced on Tuesday. | |
| Disarmament begins in Ituri, targeting 4,000 rebels | |
IRIN - March 22, 2005 | |
Some 550 former combatants surrendered their arms on Sunday and Monday in the northeastern district of Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in a disarmament effort targeting 4,000 militiamen, the largest number so far. | |
| Boat capsizes, killing 16 | |
IRIN - March 21, 2005 | |
Sixteen people died on Saturday in the western province of Equateur, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after a boat capsized on the River Congo in Lukolela Territory, about 200 km from the provincial capital of Mbandaka, a local official told IRIN. | |
| UN seizes weapons in Ituri | |
IRIN - March 18, 2005 | |
Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seized guns and ammunitions on Wednesday in the embattled northeastern district of Ituri, the UN Mission there, known as MONUC, said. | |
| UN official dismissed over sex abuse scandal | |
IRIN - March 18, 2005 | |
A senior UN civilian official accused of sexual misconduct in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is no longer under investigations; another senior official has been dismissed, Fred Eckhard, the spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, announced on Thursday. | |
| SANDF will not tolerate rights abuses | |
IRIN - March 17, 2005 | |
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has said it will not "tolerate any behaviour" by its members that undermined its "good image and international standing." | |
| UN agency to act on Ituri human rights violations | |
IRIN - March 17, 2005 | |
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as MONUC, has pledged to "bring before the courts" perpetrators of crimes committed in the embattled northeastern district of Ituri. | |
| UN envoy gives militiamen ultimatum to disarm | |
IRIN - March 14, 2005 | |
The head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), William Swing, gave a two-week ultimatum on Sunday to militiamen in the embattled northeastern district of Ituri to disarm and be integrated into the country's national army. | |
