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United Nations Mission in DR Congo to be Transformed Into Stabilization Mission
The United Nations Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) will become the UN Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) from July 1, by a resolution the UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Friday. UN sources said on Saturday that with this new configuration,...
United Nations Warns Against ’early Withdrawal’ As Peacekeepers Ready to Leave DR Congo
The United Nations (UN) has confirmed it will begin pulling its peacekeepers out of the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of June 2010. Diplomatic sources confirmed on Tuesday that the withdrawal exercise will start with the first set of 2,000 peacekeepers,...
DRC: Fighting Foils Exams in South Kivu
Hundreds of final year secondary school students have been unable to sit all their national exams due to fighting between a faction of the Mayi-Mayi militia and the army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) territory of Fizi, South Kivu Province,...
United Nations Mission Makes Great But Uneven Progress in DR Congo
The head of the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC), Alan Doss, has assured the Security Council that uneven progress have been made, particularly in the fight against the armed groups. “The MONUC has reinforced its presence in the most vulnerable...
United Nations Secretary General Proposes Troop Reduction in DR Congo
The United Nations (UN) secretary general has proposed that despite continued violence and human rights abuses by both rebels and the army, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has made sufficient progress over much of its vast territory for the 20,000-strong...
United States Government Calls for Further Joint Military Actions Against Rwandan Interahamwe Militias
The United States Government has called for further joint military action against Rwandan Interahamwe militias accused of the 1994 genocide now holed up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the government statement availed to APA, the...
United Nations’ Reports List Possible War Crimes in DRC
Two new United Nations’ reports published this week reveal a series of human rights abuses, including possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by government forces and militia of the CNDP in late 2008 in the eastern Democratic Republic of...
DRC Armed Forces have Retaken About 15 Congolese Localities Occupied By the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
The Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forced (FARDC) have retaken around 15 Congolese localities occupied by the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda (DFLR) following a two-week manhunt operation launched against rebels in South Kivu province,...
