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UN Defends Inaction on Mass Rapes in Eastern Congo, Government Missing in Action
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. Continue reading
Posted in International News, National News
Tagged Congolese Government, FARDC, FDLR, Mai Mai, MONUSCO, Roger Meece, Rwanda, Sexual Violence, United Nations
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FDLR Rebels Continue Campaign of Terror in Eastern Congo
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. Continue reading
Posted in International News, National News
Tagged Eastern Congo, FARDC, FDLR, Genocide, Hutu, Mai Mai, MONUSCO, North Kivu, Rwanda, Sexual Violence, South Kivu, Tutsi, United Nations
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Congo Army Killed Ugandan Rebels Commander in North Kivu – Government
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. Continue reading
Posted in International News, National News
Tagged ADR/NALU, FARDC, North Kivu, Uganda
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Behind Human Rights Watch Report on LRA, a Plea for MONUC to Remain in the Congo
Human Rights Watch published on Sunday a report on massacres it says were committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Oriental Province, in the Northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), between December 14th and 17th of 2009. Continue reading
Posted in National News
Tagged Alan Doss, Anneke Van Woudenberg, Central African Republic, FARDC, Human Rights Watch, LRA, MONUC, Sudan, Uganda, United Nations
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UN Extends Peacekeeping Mission in the DRC
The Security Council extended on Wednesday MONUC’s mandate in the Democratic republic of Congo until May 31, 2010. The 15 members of the UN body unanimously adopted resolution 1906 calling on peacekeepers to “use all necessary measures” to protect civilians. Continue reading
Posted in International News, National News
Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Congolese Government, FARDC, MONUC, United Nations
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Human Rights Watch Chalks New Allegations Against Congo, Rwanda Troops
Four days after Congo Government spokesman Lambert Mende lambasted Human Rights Watch about what he called “exaggerated” allegations on the situation in eastern Congo and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military operation (Kimia II) against the Rwandan Hutu militia FDLR, the NGO responded with new allegations against the FARDC and their Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) allies in another operation (Umoja Wetu) earlier this year against the FDLR. Continue reading
Government Spokesman Blasts Human Rights Watch, NGOs, on Eastern Congo Reports
During a press conference on Thursday in Kinshasa, Government spokesman Lambert Mende blasted what he called an “avalanche of corrosive reports being poured lately” by NGOs about the situation in eastern Congo. Continue reading
Posted in National News
Tagged Eastern Congo, FARDC, FLDR, Government, Human Rights Watch, Kimia II, Lambert Mende, LRA, NGO
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DR Congo Celebrates Independence Day
Parades were held all across the country today to commemorate the 49th anniversary of independence. Continue reading
Posted in National News
Tagged André Kimbuta, Boulevard du 30 Juin, FARDC, Goma, Independance Day, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa
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