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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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Human Rights Watch Calls on FDLR Rebels in Eastern Congo to Investigate Themselves
In its latest report on the situation in eastern Congo published on Monday, Human Rights Watch gives a few recommendations to the notoriously infamous rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Continue reading
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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Congo Government Accuses Human Rights Watch of Hidden Agenda
In an interview on Top Congo FM on Thursday, Government spokesman Lambert Mende said, in response to the latest Human Rights Watch report on the Democratic Republic of Congo, that the NGO risks loosing all its credibility by issuing sensational reports on the situation in the DRC to make headlines. Continue reading
Posted in National News
Tagged FDLR, Government, Human Rights Watch, Hutu, Joseph Kabila, Lambert Mende, LRA, Militia, Top Congo FM, Uganda
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UN Accuses Rwanda’s Paul Kagame of Supporting Warlord Laurent Nkunda
A United Nations panel of experts has once again accused Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and his government of supporting warlord Laurent Nkunda in his years-long killing spree in eastern Congo. Continue reading
Posted in International News, National News
Tagged CNDP, Coltan, Columbite-Tantalite, FLDR, Human Rights Watch, Hutu, Kigali, Laurent Nkunda, Mines, Paul Kagame, Rebels, Rwanda, War
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Congo Government Calls Human Rights Watch Allegations Unfounded
Four members of the government held a press conference on Wednesday to respond to the latest Human Rights Watch report on the Democratic Republic of Congo. The government spokesperson, Lambert Mende, challenged the rights group to provide proof of its allegations. He asked Human Rights Watch to list the names of political opponents who were allegedly killed by government agents in the last two years since the election of President Joseph Kabila. Continue reading
War Crimes in the Congo by Laurent Nkunda and Paul Kagame
According to the International Rescue Committee, more than 5,400,000 Congolese civilians have died due to war during the last ten years. Most of these deaths have occurred in eastern Congo where rebel leader Laurent Nkunda continues to wage a resources war against a democratically elected and internationally recognized government. Laurent Nkunda alleges that he is protecting the minority Tutsi ethnic group against remnants of the Rwandan Hutu army that fled to Congo after the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Continue reading