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- DR Congo Army to Start Expelling Foreign Fighters on 30 September (Sep 8, 2005 Kinshasa)
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will on 30 September begin using force to expell all foreign rebel fighters in the country, a spokesman for President Joseph Kabila said on Thursday.
- UN Enlarges its DR Congo Mission during Election Period (Sep 7, 2005 Nairobi)
The UN Security Council on Monday authorised the temporary deployment of additional personnel and equipment to the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the country's general elections due in 2006.
- Hutu Rebels in DR Congo Given Month Deadline to Disarm (Aug 25, 2005)
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda have set a one-month deadline for Rwandan rebels operating out of Congo to disarm and return home or face serious consequences.
- Election Official Killed as Congo Begins Voter Registration Drive (Aug 23, 2005)
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says a voter registration worker has been killed in the eastern Ituri region.
- Republic of Congo Court Acquits All Defendants in Refugee Massacre Case (Aug 17, 2005)
A court in the Republic of Congo has acquitted all 15 defendants of genocide charges in connection with the massacre of more than 300 Congolese refugees in 1999.
- Registering Congolese Voters Poses Challenges (Aug 4, 2005 Kinshasa)
Some three million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) crumbling capital, Kinshasa, have registered to vote in elections next years.
- Violence in Eastern Congo Forces Aid Workers Out of the Field (Aug 2, 2005 Kinshasa)
A recent kidnapping of aid workers and continuing violence against civilians have forced the French medical charity Doctors Without Borders to stop field operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo's lawless Ituri district.
- Human Rights Activist Slain in DR Congo (Aug 2, 2005)
International human rights groups say gunmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed a prominent rights activist in the east of the country.
- UN Steps Up Operations in Congo, Destroys Rwandan Rebel Base (Jul 21, 2005 Kinshasa)
United Nations peacekeepers destroyed more Rwandan rebel bases in eastern Congo this week, with special forces torching a headquarters Wednesday after one-thousand gunmen fled into the forests.
- UN, Congolese Troops Destroy Hutu Rebel Camps in East (Jul 21, 2005)
United Nations and Congolese troops have destroyed a Rwandan Hutu rebel base camp in a remote village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Sixteen Defendants on Trial for Killing 353 in Republic of Congo Massacre (Jul 19, 2005 Paris)
A trial has begun for 16 defendants in the Republic of Congo for their alleged role in the massacre of more than 300 Congolese refugees in 1999.
- UN Confirms Massacre in Congo (Jul 12, 2005 Kinshasa)
United Nations peacekeepers late Monday night confirmed rumors of another massacre in Congo's lawless east over the weekend.
- Thousands of Congolese Protest Election Delay (Jul 9, 2005)
Thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have demonstrated to protest delays to presidential elections.
- Rights Group: Illegal Arms Exports Fuelling Killings, Torture in DR Congo (Jul 8, 2005 Kampala)
Large quantities of arms continue to flow into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fueling gross human rights abuse including killings, rape and torture, Amnesty International says in a report.
- Congolese Soldiers Rampage in Western Town (Jul 3, 2005)
U.N. officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say government soldiers have gone on a rampage in Mbandaka, after finding one of their colleagues murdered and mutilated.
- Congo Opposition Maintains Pressure After Violence (Jul 1, 2005 Kinshasa)
Calm returned to Congo's capital Kinshasa Friday, a day after protests calling for the government's resignation turned violent.
- DR Congo: Several Killed, Hundreds Arrested in Demonstrations (Jun 30, 2005 Kinshasa)
Thousands of people took to the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday calling for the resignation of the transitional government.
- Congo Begins Registering 30 Million Voters (Jun 20, 2005 Kinshasa)
Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are registering the first of an estimated 30 million voters who will take part in post-war elections next year.
- Congo's Transition Extended by Six Months, Elections in 2006 (Jun 17, 2005 Kinshasa)
The Democratic Republic of Congo's transitional government's mandate was extended Friday by at least another six months.
- Kidnapped Aid Workers Released in Congo (Jun 11, 2005)
The international aid group Doctors Without Borders says two of its employees, who were kidnapped last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been released.
- Aid Group Calls for Release of Abducted Workers in DR Congo (Jun 6, 2005)
The international aid group Doctors Without Borders is calling for the release of two of its employees kidnapped last week in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- UN Peacekeeper Killed, Aid Workers Kidnapped in Congo (Jun 3, 2005 Kinshasa)
One United Nations peacekeeper has been killed, and three others were injured when gunmen in Congo's lawless Ituri district attacked U.N. helicopters.
- UN Peacekeeper Killed in DR Congo Attack (Jun 3, 2005)
The United Nations says a Nepalese peacekeeper has died from injuries suffered when militiamen fired on helicopters in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Rights Group: Congo Gold Production Fueling Massive Rights Violations (Jun 2, 2005 Johannesburg)
The non-governmental organization, Human Rights Watch, says gold production is fueling massive human rights abuses in the northeastern Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Rights Group: Gold Trade in Congo Fuels Massive Abuses (Jun 2, 2005)
Human Rights Watch says armed groups in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed massive rights abuses against civilians in their pursuit of gold.
- Thousands Flee Following Rebel Attack In DR Congo (May 30, 2005 Kinshasa)
At least 6,000 civilians have fled following an attack last week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where 19 civilians were killed and scores of others wounded and taken hostage by Rwandan Hutu rebels.
- Rwandan President Says No to Negotiations with Congo-based Rebels (May 30, 2005 Kigali)
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday that his government welcomes a recent conciliatory declaration by a Rwandan Hutu rebel group based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- Gunmen Kill 18, Kidnap Up to 50 in Eastern Congo Village Attack (May 25, 2005 Kinshasa)
Gunmen have killed 18 people, injured a dozen more and kidnapped up to 50 others in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Amnesty's Annual Report says Darfur, DR Congo And Ivory Coast Africa's Hot Spots (May 25, 2005 Washington)
The human rights organization Amnesty International has issued its annual report.
- UN Report: Rwandan Rebels Abuse Congolese Civilians (May 19, 2005 Kinshasa)
Rwandan Hutu rebels based in eastern Congo are responsible for hundreds of summary executions, rapes, beatings and hostage-taking of Congolese civilians in the territory of Walungu, South Kivu Province, the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUC, said on Wednesday in a report documenting the human rights violations.
- UN Peacekeeper Killed in Ambush in Eastern DR Congo (May 13, 2005 Bunia)
A UN peacekeeper was shot dead and six others were wounded on Thursday when an armed group ambushed a convoy carrying 40 UN Bangladeshi troops in the troubled northeastern district of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- International Aid Group Says Congo Crisis Requires Immediate Attention (May 12, 2005 New York)
An international aid group is urging the global community to address the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where people continue to suffer.
- Rwanda Rejects Calls to Help Repatriate Hutu Rebels (May 12, 2005 Nairobi)
Rwanda is flatly rejecting calls by an international conflict resolution group to provide benefits to returning Hutu rebels who fled into the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after the 1994 massacre of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
- DR Congo Election Commission Requests Delay in Polls (Apr 28, 2005)
The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of COngo has requested a delay in national elections that are scheduled for June.
- DR Congo Opens Security Talks with Uganda, Rwanda (Apr 21, 2005 Nairobi)
Foreign ministers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Rwanda are meeting with officials from the European Union, the United Nations and the United States in southern Congo to try to quell mounting tension in the region.
- Focus: Armed Groups in Eastern Congo's Ituri Region (Apr 21, 2005 Nairobi)
Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues despite a peace agreement signed by Congolese parties in April 2003.
- UN Security Council Expands Congo Arms Embargo (Apr 18, 2005 United Nations)
The U.N. Security Council has broadened the reach of an arms embargo on rebel forces operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Registration for DR Congo Election to Begin in June (Apr 15, 2005 Kinshasa)
The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced Friday that registration for some 28 million eligible voters will begin in June.
- World Court Hears DRC Complaint Against Uganda (Apr 11, 2005)
The United Nations highest court has begun hearing the Democratic Republic of Congo's complaint against neighboring Uganda for violating humanitarian law.
- Key Militia Leader Arrested in Congo (Apr 9, 2005)
United Nations peacekeepers and government soldiers in Congo have arrested a key militia leader accused of human rights abuses in the Ituri region.
- DRC: UN Agency Expresses Concern over Thousands of Children in Armed Groups (Apr 5, 2005 Nairobi)
Despite 3,313 child soldiers being disarmed in the last six months in Congo's northeastern district of Ituri, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerned over thousands others yet to be released by armed groups.
- Disarmament Deadline Reached in Congo's Ituri Province (Apr 1, 2005 Nairobi)
In the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the United Nations says a little more than half of the area's fighters have handed in their weapons, meeting a United Nations deadline.
- UN Security Council Extends Congo Mission (Mar 30, 2005 United Nations)
The Security Council Wednesday extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 1 October 2005.
- UN Calls Eastern Congo World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis (Mar 16, 2005 Geneva)
The U.N. top humanitarian official, Jan Egeland, says the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, displacing Sudan's Darfur region, which until recently held that dubious distinction.
- UN Renews Vow to Protect Congolese Civilians, Disarm Militias (Mar 15, 2005 Tche, Democratic Republic Of Congo)
Widely criticized for standing idly by as militias attacked one village after another in the country's northeastern region, U.N. peacekeepers in Congo are stepping up efforts to protect civilians.
- Africa Union Debates How to Disarm Hutu Rebels in Eastern Congo (Mar 15, 2005)
A two-day meeting of the African Union in Addis Ababa is focusing on how to disarm Rwandan rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- UN Peacekeepers Launch Offensive in Eastern Congo (Mar 11, 2005)
The United Nations says peacekeepers have launched a major military operation in eastern Congo, where militiamen killed nine peacekeepers last month.
- Report: Tens of Thousands Raped in Eastern Congo (Mar 7, 2005)
A human rights group says tens of thousands of women and girls in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been raped by armed groups on both sides of the conflict.
- MSF: Situation Worsens in Camps in Northeastern Congo (Mar 7, 2005)
Doctors Without Borders says health conditions have deteriorated in two of the sites in Ituri Province it abandoned last week due to militia violence.
- UN: Neighboring Nations Arming Congo Militias (Mar 3, 2005 United Nations)
United Nations peacekeeping officials say neighboring countries are arming and supplying militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Ituri region.
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