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Congo-Kinshasa: Civilian Cost of Military Operation is 'Unacceptable'
HRW, 13 October 2009
The Congolese government's military operation in eastern Congo, Kimia II, backed by United Nations peacekeepers and aimed at neutralizing the threat from a Rwandan Hutu militia… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Expert Calls Army Action 'Catastrophic'
UN News, 15 October 2009
Government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have killed, raped or mutilated scores of civilians this year in the context of "catastrophic" joint military operations… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Groups Urge UN to Rein in Army
IPS, 14 October 2009
U.N.-supported military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have had an "unacceptable" cost for the civilian population, said a coalition of rights groups Tuesday. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Why We Must Break the Silence
Friends of the Congo, 23 October 2009
Since 1996, it is estimated that nearly six million people have died in the Congo and hundreds of thousands of women have been raped as a means of terrorizing communities to get… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila on the Spot Over Mass Misery
Nation, 14 October 2009
Eastern Congo is proving once more to be a major problem to president Joseph Kabila as humanitarian organisations based in the region report 1,000 civilians killed, 7,000 raped and… Read more »
