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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Imposes Sanctions on Rebel Groups
UN, 31 December 2012
On 31 December 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo added the following two… Read more »
UN Imposes Sanctions on Congo Rebel Groups
The United Nations has placed an arms embargo on two rebel groups for their role in war crimes that killed and displaced scores in the eastern part of the country.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Young Congolese Men Fear Forced Recruitment, Flee to Uganda
UNHCR, 24 December 2012
Marc,* Philippe* and Georges* are all young, fit and male - ideal material for forced military recruitment. That's why the 20-year-olds fled their homes, like thousands of other… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Goma After M23
Independent (Kampala), 23 December 2012
Tourism and trade boom in a city threatened by war, volcanic eruptions: Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Govt, M23 Talks Adjourned
New Times, 22 December 2012
PRELIMINARY peace talks between the DRC government and the M23 rebels were adjourned yesterday without an agreement on the latter's request for a formal ceasefire. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Accuses Rebels of Rape, Execution
UN News, 21 December 2012
Newly documented human rights violations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) include cases of arbitrary executions and rape - among other atrocities - by the 23 March… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: DRC Intervention - Sojourn of Ego?
Financial Gazette, 19 December 2012
IT is now confirmed that Zimbabwe will be sending troops to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a standby brigade for a peacekeeping mission. But the… Read more »
InFocus
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The International Criminal Court's prosecutor has been called on to re-energise efforts to indict those responsible for atrocities in the country after a former militia leader was ... Read more »
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A probe by the United Nations has revealed large-scale rapes being committed in the eastern Congo, which recently experienced an eruption of violent clashes and civilian ... Read more »
