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Laurent Nkunda

Tensions loom over the Great Lakes region
Africa
/ 27 January 2020

Tensions loom over the Great Lakes region

President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC

By Nelleke van de Walle
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/ 1 December 2009

Lawyers protest Nkunda’s ‘illegal’ detention in Rwanda

Lawyers for Laurent Nkunda, a former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have filed a complaint about his ”illegal detention” in Rwanda.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 May 2009

Rwandan court refuses to free rebel leader Nkunda

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 March 2009

UN chief pledges more help for DRC refugees

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to do more to help hundreds of thousands displaced by unrest in the DRC.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 February 2009

Rebel leader Nkunda will return to DRC, says Rwanda

DRC rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, currently under house arrest in Rwanda, will eventually be sent back to his country, Rwanda said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 February 2009

DRC rebels eye immunity from prosecution

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 February 2009

Justice bows to politics

As the trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga starts in The Hague, Stephanie Wolters wonders why his former deputy, Bosco Ntaganda, is still free.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 January 2009

DRC, Rwanda armies clash with Hutu militia

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.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 January 2009

DRC’s Nkunda arrested in Rwanda, faces extradition

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was under arrest Friday in neighbouring Rwanda awaiting extradition on war crimes charges.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 January 2009

DRC rebel Nkunda arrested

Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has been arrested in Rwandan territory after he tried to resist a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 18 January 2009

Optimism over DRC peace deal

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.

By Joe Bavier
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/ 17 January 2009

Dissident rebels declare end of conflict in DRC

Dissident commanders from the main rebel group in eastern DRC on Friday declared an end to the conflict in the troubled region.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 January 2009

Renegade DRC rebel leader forms ruling committee

A commander who claims to have overthrown Laurent Nkunda as rebel leader in eastern DRC has set up a ruling committee, his spokesperson says.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 January 2009

Fresh clashes as US envoy meets rebel head in DRC

Rebels clashed on Friday with a pro-government militia in eastern DRC as a United Nations envoy held talks with guerrilla chief Laurent Nkunda.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 8 January 2009

DRC rebel leader faces fresh call to step down

A rebel faction on Thursday issued a fresh challenge to DRC rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, reiterating a demand he step down immediately.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 January 2009

Mediator calls for DRC truce ahead of summit

DRC guerrillas and government negotiators must agree a ceasefire before a planned heads of state summit this month, a mediator said on Wednesday.

By Daniel Wallis
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/ 6 January 2009

DRC rebel chief denies leadership change

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 December 2008

DRC peace talks to resume in January

Peace talks between the DRC government and rebel forces in the eastern provinces will resume on January 7, mediators say.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 December 2008

DRC peace talks resume in Kenya

DRC rebels and government negotiators resumed peace talks on Thursday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, after a week-long break.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 December 2008

UN peacekeepers ‘dissatisfied’ with DRC mission

The commander of UN peacekeepers in the DRC says his troops are ”dissatisfied” because they are unable to protect civilians as they would like.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 December 2008

Parties earn vast sums from illegal trade in minerals

Proceeds from the control of lucrative natural resources remain a key driver of the insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 12 December 2008

Amnesty urges Monuc to step up protection in DRC

Amnesty International called on Friday on the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in eastern DRC to do a better job of protecting civilians.

By Stephanie Nebehay
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Article
/ 10 December 2008

Mediators hopeful over DRC talks

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebels and Kinshasa government officials met for a third day of talks in Nairobi on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 December 2008

DRC govt, rebels continue talks in Nairobi

DRC rebels and government officials began a second day of direct talks under UN auspices in Nairobi on Tuesday, UN representatives said.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 December 2008

Hope grows for an end to DRC fighting

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 4 December 2008

Deceptive calm on DRC front line

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.

By Herve Bar
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Africa
/ 1 December 2008

UN rights council condemns abuses in DRC

The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

By Laura MacInnis
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Article
/ 30 November 2008

Congo rebel chief vows war if no talks with govt

Congolese Tutsi rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda threatened war on Saturday unless DRC’s government entered a new round of talks with him.

By Hereward Holland
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Africa
/ 29 November 2008

UN envoy to meet DRC rebel leader

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.

By Herve Bar
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Article
/ 28 November 2008

DRC rebels take new town, says UN

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.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 27 November 2008

Rebels clash with government allies in DRC

Rebels in eastern DRC clashed again on Thursday with pro-government groups, both sides said, each accusing the other of attempted encroachment.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 26 November 2008

UN to send Obasanjo on second DRC meeting

Special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo will embark on a second peace mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo this weekend, the UN said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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