Rebels allied to Maj. Gen. Laurent Nkunda's Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) have threatened to take their fight to new heights if government forces attack their positions again.

THE government will not abandon international commitments and agreements set up during former president Thabo Mbeki's administration, Defence Minister Charles Nqakula said on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

South Africa's participation in peace keeping missions on the African continent has begun to bear fruits with the successful integration and training of former armed forces.

Defence Minister Charles Nqakula has officially handed over the first Rapid Reaction Battalion to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Defence Minister and War Veteran, Chikez Diemu.

As violence continues between the Congolese Army and rebels of the National Congress for People's Defence (CNDP) led by Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu, in the east, a peace network supported by several missionary congregations has called for meaningful action from the international community.

During the weekly MONUC press conference of 2 October 2008, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye said that despite the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a lot of progress has been accomplished thanks to the help and support of MONUC.

The situation in eastern DRC, with the media resurgence of Nkunda, occupies a lot of lines in the national press this Friday 3 October 2008. Other topics include the liberty of the press and the resignation of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga.

THE Kibaale District Security Committee has granted bodaboda riders a six months grace period to register all motorcycles that were smuggled into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The reform of the DRCs security sector involving the UN, the EU, the US, South Africa, Angola and many other players is failing to meet its objectives, according to a new report from the Paris-based Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).

The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into "horrendous" conflict.

The Governor of the Western Province, Penelope Kantarama, has condemned her Congolese counterpart of the North Kivu province, Julien Paluku, for failing to stop the mistreatment of Rwandans in the neighbouring town of Goma.

The Congolese army has sent reinforcements to Ituri in the northeast after several attacks by suspected militia from the rebel Front de Résistance Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), sources said.

United Nations attack helicopters firing rockets went into action in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today after rebels attempting to advance against the Government opened fire on UN reconnaissance planes.

The international community must exert pressure on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and ensure a "more impartial" UN peacekeeping mission to avoid a total collapse of the peace process in the east, a think-tank has warned.

The peace process in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the verge of collapse due to resumed hostilities between Government forces and rebels loyal to Congolese general Laurent Nkunda.

A 32-year old Rwandan is admitted at Gihundwe Hospital after allegedly being tortured by Congolese soldiers in eastern DR Congo town of Bukavu recently.

A US-based NGO, Enough Project, has warned that the peace process in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on the verge of collapse because of resumed hostilities between government forces and rebels loyal to Congolese general Laurent Nkunda.

Two weeks ago, the Lord’s Resistance Army attacked a number of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and abducted 90 children from their schools.

More than 1,000 refugees from northeastern Congo have fled to neighbouring south Sudan after suspected Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels attacked their camp, the UN refugee agency has said.

About 1,200 Congolese have sought shelter in southern Sudan in recent days to escape brutal attacks by members of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) that have included the abduction of children and the torching of homes, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.

IN a bid to curb the reduction in fish stocks in lakes Albert and Edward, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have harmonised their fishing policies.

The peace process in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the verge of collapse due to resumed hostilities between Government forces and rebels loyal to Congolese general Laurent Nkunda. Absent immediate and robust diplomatic pressure on the Congolese government and a more impartial effort by United Nations peacekeepers to stop the fighting, the region could descend back into total war.

THE Government has written to the DR Congo government to persuade the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) to enter negotiations for a peaceful end to the rebellion.

The security and socio-political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in general and the east in particular is a major concern for Congolese women.

At least 17,000 civilians have been displaced after attacks by the Ugandan rebel Lord Resistance Army (LRA) militia in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and cannot access humanitarian aid, according to a UN official.