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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Thousands of Congolese civilians fled to neighboring Uganda on Friday to escape clashes between rebel factions, one of them led by a renegade general wanted on war-crimes charges, witnesses said. Fighting in eastern Congo spilled into a second day after the M23 rebel group’s military command sacked the group’s political leader on [...]
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Congo rebels sack political chief, splits undermine peace efforts
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have sacked their political leader, the group's military commander said, a sign of in-fighting likely to undermine regional efforts to end two decades of conflict. The M23 rebellion is the latest uprising in Congo's mineral rich eastern borderlands. Last year the group inflicted a series [...]
U.N.’s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against external support for the revolt. A draft of Ban's report seen by Reuters on Monday had [...]
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No Comments »African leaders sign U.N.-mediated Congo peace deal
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was signed on Sunday by leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. African leaders failed to sign the pact last month due to concerns over who [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: African, Congo, Deal, leaders, Peace, Sign, U.N.mediated No Comments »U.N. says delayed Congo peace deal due to be signed February 24
Posted by admin on February 17th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A delayed U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is due to be signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on February 24, the United Nations said on Saturday. African leaders failed to sign the deal last month [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Congo, Deal, delayed, February, Peace, says, signed, U.N. No Comments »U.N. says delayed Congo peace deal due to be signed February 24
Posted by admin on February 17th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A delayed U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is due to be signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on February 24, the United Nations said on Saturday. African leaders failed to sign the deal last month [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Congo, Deal, delayed, February, Peace, says, signed, U.N. No Comments »Rwanda opposes use of drones by the UN in eastern Congo
Posted by admin on January 9th, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Rwanda on Tuesday opposed the use of surveillance drones in eastern Congo as proposed by the United Nations until there is a full assessment of their use, saying it did not want Africa to become a laboratory for foreign intelligence devices. Envoys said U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security [...]
Rebel groups hit with U.N. sanctions over eastern Congo
Posted by admin on January 1st, 2013
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee on Monday blacklisted two rebel groups that have been responsible for war crimes in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations said in a statement. The United States and Britain praised the move, with Washington suggesting further sanctions may be imposed against [...]
Rice Faulted for Congo Crisis
Posted by admin on December 10th, 2012
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice — facing down critics over the attacks in Benghazi and the Keystone XL Pipeline — is now coming under fire for her role in the administration’s failure to take action against the atrocities and brutal killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the New York Times reports. Tweet This Post
Congo back in charge of Goma, U.N. fingers Rwanda again
Posted by admin on December 4th, 2012
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo's government re-established control over the eastern city of Goma on Monday after rebels withdrew, and U.N. experts made new allegations that Rwandan soldiers took part in the insurgents' capture of the city. The M23 rebel movement pulled its fighters out of the North Kivu provincial capital in [...]
