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Civilians are bearing the brunt of attempts to dismantle armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the rebels carrying out vicious reprisals and some Government soldiers committing serious human rights abuses, the senior United Nations official to the country told the Security Council today.
Humanitarian and security conditions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Kivu provinces worsened in June, when almost 100,000 people were displaced, many of whom had fled violence previously, according to humanitarian officials.
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a group made up of remnants of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda which saw over a million people killed, has intensified its attacks on the Congolese army (FARDC) in several parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The British authorities announced Tuesday that they were going to amend their laws in order to make it possible for their courts to try persons accused of 1994 genocide living in Great Britain, reports Hirondelle Agency.
She says she interviewed a child who saw the "summary execution".
The Swedish government announced a landmark decision that it will extradite a Rwandan fugitive to face charges on Genocide and other crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 slaughter.
Following the release of Ombudsman report in which the judiciary was ranked among the most corrupt institutions, the latter has reacted strongly, saying the report was not based on facts.
The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress released the following statement today concerning President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa:
The Angolan president, José Eduardo dos Santos, Friday in L'Aquila, Italy, said that the world economic and financial crisis has affected the growth of the African countries.
São-Tomé's ambassador to Angola, Armindo de Brito Fernandes, praised the participation of the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, in the G8 Summit, taking place in L'Aquilla, Italy.
Former Governor of Gitarama, central Rwanda, Augustin Hategeka, who was prosecuted for genocide, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison by a semi-traditional Gacaca Court in Kigali, reports Hirondelle Agency.
The European Union (EU), Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and the United States have offered a grant of 35 million Euros to Rwanda to reinforce its judicial sector and related fields, reported Radio Rwanda Thursday.
Former military trainee at the Rwandan Senior Military Training College (ESO) told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday that a platoon consisting of 50 troops was daily deplored at the Ngoma Military Camp in Butare prefecture, South Rwanda, a day after the death of the former Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarima on April 6, 1994.
Rwandan living on the French island of Mayotte, accused and in custody for his alleged participation in the 1994 genocide, was transferred to Reunion, another French island in the Indian Ocean, because of his health condition, reports Hirondelle Agency.
The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for another one year, reports Hirondelle Agency.
THE onslaught of cocaine traffickers trying to break through security at Namibian airports continued this week with the arrest on Wednesday of three more individuals on charges of drug smuggling and possession.
The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, is to deliver a speech this Friday at the G8 Summit taking place in L'Aquila, Italy, in which he will lay out the reasons why the world economic crisis has tragic effects on African economies, ANGOP has learnt.
A show in tribute to the recently departed king of pop music, the American singer Michael Jackson, will be held on Saturday, in Cabinda City.
Angola's northern Cabinda province will host the third meeting of Southern Africa Tourism ministers set for July 20-23.
Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, currently attending the G8 Summit of L'Aquila, Rome (Italy), is to meet separately with the presidents of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), Robert Zoellick and Dominique Straus-Kahn, respectively, Angop learned.
About eight million weapons of various calibres are fabricated annually around the world, ANGOP learnt Thursday from a member of the National Disarmament Commission of Citizens in Illegal Possession of Weapons, commissioner Paulo de Almeida.
Angola should seize the opportunity of its participation at the ongoing G8 Summit to put forward its development projects, ambitions and ways to achieve them for discussion.
The Angola Navy (MGA) that is celebrating its 33rd anniversary on Friday has all along managed to secure the inviolability of the country's maritime space and dissuade pirates' actions.
The entry of Rwanda and Burundi into the East African Customs Union should inspire the Tanzanian business community to produce more quality products to compete in the expanded market, a minister said yesterday.
The presence of Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, at the ongoing G8 Summit of L'Atila, Rome (Italy), is the result of the country's history that engaged all its children.
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