News | LRA
| Germain Katanga transferred into the custody of the ICC | |
International Criminal Court - October 18, 2007 | |
 | On 17 October 2007, the Congolese authorities surrendered and transferred Mr Germain Katanga, a Congolese national and alleged commander of the Force de resistance patriotique en Ituri [Patriotic Résistance Force in Ituri] ("FRPI"), to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr Katanga, also known as "Simba", is alleged to have committed six war crimes and three crimes against humanity in the territory of Ituri, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC"). His case arises from the situation in the DRC which has been under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC since 1 July 2002. |
| Plan to flush LRA out of DRC "Recipe for Impunity" | |
IWPR - September 25, 2007 | |
Human rights organisations have criticised the recent deal between the Ugandan and Congolese presidents to flush out Lord's Residence Army, LRA, rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| Refugees on the move as DR Congo fighting escalates | |
IWPR - September 19, 2007 | |
 | Refugees continue to flee the fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as allegations emerge of Rwandan government support for ethnic Tutsi rebels. The fighting in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, is between government troops and the forces of dissident general Laurent Nkunda. |
| Former child soldiers want revenge | |
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) - August 14, 2007 | |
 | More attention is needed for the treatment of severe trauma suffered by many former child soldiers recruited to militias in northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, according to a new study. |
| Court offers unique help scheme for victims | |
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) - August 8, 2007 | |
With nearly three million euros in the bank and a mandate to spend it helping war crimes victims, André Laperriere wasn't sure what to expect when he visited Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in June. | |
| 'Pendulum displacement' in the Kivus | |
IRIN - August 1, 2007 | |
 | Janet Furaha fled the violence in her home area of Kaniola in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) South Kivu province in May to live with relatives in Walungu, but she has often returned to tend her farm. |
| Congo: Consolidating the Peace | |
International Crisis Group - July 5, 2007 | |
Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were a milestone in the peace process but much remains to be done to consolidate the gains. A return to full-scale war is unlikely but violence in Bas-Congo and Kinshasa in early 2007 with over 400 people killed and renewed threats of war in the Kivus show the country's fragility. | |
| Army, UN to monitor rebel move to assembly point | |
IRIN - April 23, 2007 | |
 | Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and the United Nations will verify that Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have assembled near the DRC-Sudan border as agreed. |
| Study: Child Soldiers Suffer from Emotional Stress for Years | |
VOA News - April 20, 2007 | |
 | An international human rights group says child soldiers as young as 13 are serving in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Rights Watch is urging the Congolese government to release the estimated 300 to 500 youngsters, whom they inherited when they absorbed the armies of former rebel warlords under terms of a peace plan. |
| Aid Group: Displaced Children in Great Lakes Region of Africa at Risk of Sexual Abuse | |
VOA News - February 26, 2007 | |
 | The aid group World Vision is urging governments and the international community to tackle poverty and war in the Great Lakes region of Africa, where, the group says, displaced children are especially at risk of being sexually exploited. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. |
