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Thousands flee fighting in DRC

Friday, October 31, 2008

The humanitarian and human rights crisis in North Kivu province, eastern DRC is worsening rapidly as rebel forces of the CNDP threaten to overwhelm...

UNICEF demands unconditional release of 90 abducted school children in northeastern DRC

Monday, September 22, 2008

According to local authorities ninety children were kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Dungu territory, Orientale Province on...

DRC: International Court takes second ex-rebel commander into custody over war crimes

IRIN

Friday, October 19, 2007

A former rebel commander accused of committing atrocities in the Ituri district of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been flown to...

DRC: Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration

IRIN

Monday, September 17, 2007

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the...

CONGO: Ex-rebel leader renounces violence ahead of polls

IRIN

Monday, June 11, 2007

Congos former rebel leader, Frdric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, has renounced violence and vowed to work for the strengthening of peace and...

DRC: Thousands more flee ongoing clashes in Kivu

IRIN

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

At least 40 children are among thousands of newly displaced civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fleeing ongoing clashes between...

DRC: Massacred villagers found dead in their beds

IRIN

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Seventeen villagers who died in a brutal attack by suspected Rwandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed in their...