Louya, a 16-year-old boy begging in the Fonde market of Pointe-Noire, Congo's southern port city, said he was an orphan who had lived on the streets since 1997.

A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report reveals that the rebel FDLR is one of the militias that are still getting support from elements within the Congolese armed forces.

France and UNICEF signed on Wednesday 23 July 2008 in Kinshasa an agreement for 1.1 million dollars for a UNICEF project entitled: "Support to activities of prevention of recruitment of children and the reintegration of children affected by armed conflicts in the DRC."

A top UN official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ross Mountain, is visiting North Kivu province with the Congolese Minister of Planning, Olivier Kamitatu, to assess the implementation of the security and stabilization plan for eastern DRC.

At its weekly press conference of 23 July 2008, MONUC called on armed groups in eastern DRC to end the suffering of the peoples of the Kivus by respecting the Goma Acts of engagement. MONUC also noted the progess of the Amani Programme in relation to the work of the Joint Committee on Peace and Security and its subsidiary bodies, which is now treating essential basic problems relating to the ...

A delegation of the Angolan Oil Ministry, led by the incumbent minister, Desidério Costa, left this Wednesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the aim of discussing with authorities of that country matters of bilateral interest.

Twenty-six detainees have starved to death in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prison since the start of 2008, according to the UN Mission in the country (MONUC).

Displaced prepare to go home to Ituri last year, before the operation was suspended

Roundtable talks on the construction of the World's second largest and Africa's largest power project on the River Congo kickoff today in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa.

After more than three years of loyal service to MONUC, Kemal Saïki, mission spokesperson since January 2005, is leaving the Democratic Republic of Congo, to take up a post as director of Public Information for UNAMID, the UN mission in Darfur, Sudan. In an interview to the website before his departure, he gave his impressions on his work for MONUC, the Congolese people, journalism in the DRC ...

Human rights officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have expressed serious concern about the living conditions in the Mbuji Mayi central prison, where at least 26 prisoners have died from severe and acute malnutrition since February.

Forces loyal to DR Congo dissident General Laurent Nkunda are not only provoking the fighting against other militias but are also targeting civilians - accusing them of being rebels, according to Human Rights Watch.

Fourteen states have been selected as the first developing country members of an innovative partnership and international financing mechanism to combat tropical deforestation and climate change.

THE Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is regrouping in Eastern Congo, carrying out recruitments and acquiring arms, according to the Ugandan army.

Government officials from Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have pledged to protect wildlife preserves and develop tourism in the Virunga region.

The killing and rape of civilians in the eastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues at a horrifying rate despite the signing of a peace accord six months ago, Human Rights Watch said today. The agreement was supposed to stop such attacks.

Kinyatembe (near Kirumbu), Masisi Territory

Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have concluded a visit to North Kivu to assess ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the province.

Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have concluded a visit to North Kivu to assess ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the province.

Deaths continue to be recorded in Mbuji Mayi central prison, in Kasaï Oriental province. At least 26 prisoners died from severe and acute malnutrition in the prison since February 2008. Despite this, there are no specific measures being taken to ensure good conditions of detention in the prisons of Kasaï Oriental.

RSF has written an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, who begins a two-day state visit to France on 16 July 2008, voicing its concern about threats made recently against its partner organisation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Journalist en Danger (JED).

Mr. Ross Mountain, UN Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, and MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye undertook a 24 hour evaluation mission to North-Kivu on 16 -17 July 2008.

The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that greater numbers of people fleeing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were stretching the agency's resources to the limit as thousands gather in camps in search of safety.

The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has completed construction on three training camps for Government forces, known as the FARDC, as well as roads, bridges and airfields in North and South Kivu provinces in the east of the country.

Violence and intimidation in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least 100,000 people to flee their homes in recent months, raising the number of displaced to more than half a million, and leaving the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) struggling to meet their needs.