News | North Kivu
| UN says peacekeepers 'failed' DR Congo rape victims | |
BBC News - September 7, 2010 | |
 | UN peacekeepers have "failed" the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, a senior UN official has said. Atul Khare told the Security Council that the scale of systematic rape by armed rebels was far worse than feared. Atul Khare told the Security Council that the scale of systematic rape by armed rebels was far worse than feared. |
| UN mission speaks out after human rights defender is kidnapped | |
UN News - August 31, 2010 | |
 | The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has expressed deep concern after the apparent abduction of a human rights defender who had spoken out against alleged rights violations by members of the military. |
| Key excerpts from UN report on Rwandan army genocide in DR Congo | |
BBC News - August 27, 2010 | |
 | The systematic attacks, in particular killings and massacres perpetrated against members of the Hutu ethnic group, are described extensively in section I of the report. These attacks resulted in a very large number of victims, probably tens of thousands of members of the Hutu ethnic group, all nationalities combined. |
| UN Defends Inaction on Mass Rapes in Eastern Congo, Government Missing in Action | |
Congo News Agency - August 26, 2010 | |
 | The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) is on the defensive since the NGO International Medical Corps revealed early this week that rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and members of a local Mai Mai militia, raped at least 154 women in North Kivu, a few kilometers from a MONUSCO base. |
| FDLR Rebels Continue Campaign of Terror in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - August 23, 2010 | |
 | Rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have been reported in the North Kivu region of Walikale, where they are, once again, conducting a terror campaign against the local population. From Saturday night to Sunday, FDLR rebels made an incursion into the village of Butua, some 12 km from the center of Walikale, and looted and kidnapped civilians, local sources said. |
| Two Suspects Arrested in Attack on MONUSCO Base | |
Radio Okapi - August 20, 2010 | |
 | Two people suspected of involvement in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kirumba, North Kivu, on Wednesday were arrested in Lubero on Thursday by the Congolese army. |
| Ban Ki-moon deplores deadly attack against blue helmets in North Kivu | |
UN News - August 18, 2010 | |
 | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the overnight ambush of a United Nations peacekeeping base in the troubled far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has claimed the lives of three Indian blue helmets. |
| Congo Army Killed Ugandan Rebels Commander in North Kivu - Government | |
Le Potentiel - August 4, 2010 | |
 | The commander in chief of the Ugandan rebel ADF/NALU, colonel Katodo, was killed by the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) during operation Ruwenzori in North Kivu Province, Information Minister and government spokesman Lambert Mende said on Tuesday at a press conference in Kinshasa. |
| 20,000 Flee Fighting with Ugandan Rebels in Eastern Congo | |
VOA News - July 14, 2010 | |
 | The United Nations estimates 20,000 civilians in eastern Congo have been forced to flee their homes over the past week as violence increases along the volatile border with Uganda. The latest fighting has scattered people in the Beni region, located in the northernmost part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province. |
| 54 FDLR Rebels Relocated from North Kivu to Katanga | |
Radio Okapi - May 4, 2010 | |
 | On Sunday, the Ecumenical Program for Peace, Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation (PAREC) convinced 54 rebels of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and fifty of their dependents to disarm. |
