UN, World Bank Chiefs Voice Support for DR Congo Peace Effort
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim have voiced support for peace and economic development in a historic visit to the country.
M23 rebels in Eastern DR Congo.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
UN Voices Concern As Fighting Resumes Between Government and M23 Forces
UN News, 20 May 2013
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today voiced its concern about renewed clashes between rebels from the 23 March Movement (M23)… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Pressure Mounting On U.S. Over Congo Violence
IPS, 17 May 2013
With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Fears of Rebel Infiltration of DR Congo Army
IPS, 16 May 2013
The "blind and unrestricted" reintegration of M23 deserters into the Congolese army could harm the country, according to Thomas d'Aquin Mwiti, the chair of the North Kivu civil… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Children Treated After Attack in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
MSF, 17 May 2013
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Violence Rises to Unprecedented Levels
ICRC, 15 May 2013
Violence has reached unprecedented levels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between the army and armed groups intensifies. The situation… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
The Irony of the Number of Weapons in the Hands of Armed Groups in DRC
New Times, 15 May 2013
I happened to pass by the Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe District the other day. The camp is now full with some nearly 18,000 refugees, most of them from Masisi, eastern… Read more »
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Locals near the eastern town of Goma have fled a rebel attempt to force them into protesting against a UN resolution to deploy an intervention brigade with an offensive mandate in ... Read more »
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While coffee production has plummeted in the last three decades, one entrepreneur is hoping to revive the industry and lure young men from joining militias. Read more »