PEACE talks on the Democratic Republic of Congo resumed here Wednesday morning with a plenary session after rival parties resolved a dispute over representation. The first plenary session of the so-called Inter-Congolese dialogue finally opened eight days late, after rebels late Tuesday agreed to allow opposition politicians to take part in the process, said Congolese […]
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/ 28 February 2002
THE president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, returned to Kinshasa Tuesday after attending the opening of landmark peace talks aimed at ending the complex war in his country.The talks, dubbed the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, opened Monday in the South African resort of Sun City, in the absence of one of the key […]
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/ 26 February 2002
HANNES DE WET & MARIETTE LE ROUX, Sun City | Tuesday TALKS aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing Democratic Republic of Congo civil war got off to an uncertain start at Sun City on Monday when the opening ceremony began four hours late without the presence of opposition politicians. There were also […]
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/ 18 February 2002
UGANDA has deployed troops in the northeastern DRC, where some 200 people are feared dead in ethnic clashes sparked by a land dispute. Major Shaban Bantariza said that the Ugandan battalion stationed in Bunia town were deployed to quell the unrest. ”If the commander in Bunia feels that the capacity he has is not enough […]
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/ 23 January 2002
THE meeting between the warring parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to plan for a full Inter-Congolese National Dialogue will now be held in mid-February, the office of the chief facilitator Sir Ketumile Masire said in Gaborone on Monday. ”The talks have been delayed because of a combination of factors,” said Bo Heineback, […]
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/ 16 January 2002
AT least 33 people were killed last week when a small coltan mine collapsed in eastern DRC, local rebel officials said on Tuesday. Coltan is a mineral used in electronics and especially in the manufacture of mobile phones. ”The mine collapsed at a busy time, burying tens of diggers and traders who, as usual, had […]
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/ 13 January 2002
South African taxpayers could be forced to pay R50-million to save the Democratic Republic of Congo peace talks, SABC television news reported on Tuesday. Delegates are due to converge on Sun City in the North West at the end of January for the next round of talks. According to Sir Ketumile Masire, the DRC peace […]
A peace pact signed between the leaders of the DRC and Rwanda to end four years of warfare is a positive step, but finding peace will be a long, arduous process.
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has described as "embarrassing" the leak of an analytical report to the Rwandan-backed Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused Rwanda of committing "genocide against more than 3,5-million people" in the DRC.