President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC
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/ 1 December 2009
Lawyers for Laurent Nkunda, a former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have filed a complaint about his ”illegal detention” in Rwanda.
A Rwandan high court has rejected a bid by the wife of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to release him, a rights group said on Friday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to do more to help hundreds of thousands displaced by unrest in the DRC.
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/ 7 February 2009
DRC rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, currently under house arrest in Rwanda, will eventually be sent back to his country, Rwanda said on Saturday.
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/ 5 February 2009
Rebels in the DRC asked Kinshasa this week to grant them immunity for acts carried out during the recent war in the country’s eastern region.
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/ 2 February 2009
As the trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga starts in The Hague, Stephanie Wolters wonders why his former deputy, Bosco Ntaganda, is still free.
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/ 27 January 2009
The armies of the DRC and Rwanda clashed with fighters trying to retake a village and killed four of them, a military spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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/ 24 January 2009
Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was under arrest Friday in neighbouring Rwanda awaiting extradition on war crimes charges.
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/ 23 January 2009
Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has been arrested in Rwandan territory after he tried to resist a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation.
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/ 18 January 2009
A pledge by DRC rebels to abandon a four-year insurgency marks a major step towards ending more than a decade of conflict in the east of the country.
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/ 17 January 2009
Dissident commanders from the main rebel group in eastern DRC on Friday declared an end to the conflict in the troubled region.
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/ 15 January 2009
A commander who claims to have overthrown Laurent Nkunda as rebel leader in eastern DRC has set up a ruling committee, his spokesperson says.
Rebels clashed on Friday with a pro-government militia in eastern DRC as a United Nations envoy held talks with guerrilla chief Laurent Nkunda.
A rebel faction on Thursday issued a fresh challenge to DRC rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, reiterating a demand he step down immediately.
DRC guerrillas and government negotiators must agree a ceasefire before a planned heads of state summit this month, a mediator said on Wednesday.
One of the DRC’s main rebel military chiefs denied late on Monday that Laurent Nkunda, head of the CNDP, had been toppled by a dissident group.
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/ 22 December 2008
Peace talks between the DRC government and rebel forces in the eastern provinces will resume on January 7, mediators say.
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/ 18 December 2008
DRC rebels and government negotiators resumed peace talks on Thursday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after a week-long break.
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/ 16 December 2008
The commander of UN peacekeepers in the DRC says his troops are ”dissatisfied” because they are unable to protect civilians as they would like.
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/ 13 December 2008
Proceeds from the control of lucrative natural resources remain a key driver of the insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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/ 12 December 2008
Amnesty International called on Friday on the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in eastern DRC to do a better job of protecting civilians.
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/ 10 December 2008
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebels and Kinshasa government officials met for a third day of talks in Nairobi on Wednesday.
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/ 9 December 2008
DRC rebels and government officials began a second day of direct talks under UN auspices in Nairobi on Tuesday, UN representatives said.
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/ 5 December 2008
The government of the DRC and a rebel movement are to meet on Monday in Kenya to formalise a ceasefire, Kinshasa’s foreign minister said on Friday.
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/ 4 December 2008
Just a few hundred metres separate the army and rebels near Kibati in the DRC’s volatile east, where hundreds cross the front line daily.
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/ 1 December 2008
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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/ 30 November 2008
Congolese Tutsi rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda threatened war on Saturday unless DRC’s government entered a new round of talks with him.
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/ 29 November 2008
The UN’s special envoy was set to meet on Saturday with DRC rebel leader Laurent Nkunda after a fresh onslaught by his troops shattered a truce.
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/ 28 November 2008
Rebels in eastern DRC have captured a new town in an area where they had clashed with pro-government rebels, the UN said on Friday.
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/ 27 November 2008
Rebels in eastern DRC clashed again on Thursday with pro-government groups, both sides said, each accusing the other of attempted encroachment.
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/ 26 November 2008
Special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo will embark on a second peace mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo this weekend, the UN said on Tuesday.