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Rwanda: UN Renews Sanctions Against Hutu Rebels
New Times, 2 December 2009
The United Nations Security Council early this week renewed sanctions against rebel groups operating in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Security Council Extends Arms Embargo, Related Sanctions, in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 November 2010
UN, 30 November 2009
The following is the full text of the resolution arrived at on the 6225th meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations extending the arms embargo and other sanctions in… Read more »
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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 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: 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 »