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Congo-Kinshasa: Fragile Detente 'Could Yet Unravel', Security Council Warned
UN News, 6 October 2020
Planning for a drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is well underway, but much work still remains to be done to put the country… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Take Concrete Steps to End Impunity
HRW, 1 October 2020
The Congolese authorities and the United Nations have not done enough to hold human rights violators to account and deliver justice to victims a decade after the landmark UN Congo… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Still Rife a Decade After UN Rights Abuses Report
DW, 1 October 2020
The United Nations released a report in October 2010 on atrocities committed in DR Congo's conflict. A decade later, nothing much has come of it. Read more »
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Central African Republic: Council Holds Separate Interactive Dialogues On Human Rights in DRC and in CAR
OHCHR, 2 October 2020
The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Children Suffering 'Unrelenting Violence', Unicef Deeply Concerned
UN News, 6 October 2020
Thousands of children continue to suffer grievously as unrelenting violence persists across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on… Read more »
Stability in DR Congo Fragile - UN Told
The head of the UN's Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Leila Zerrougui, told the UN that planning for a drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission is well underway, but much work still remains to be done to put the country firmly on the path to long-term stability and sustainable development, the Security Council heard today. MONUSCO's mandate dates back to July 2010, when it took over from an earlier UN peacekeeping operation, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC).
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"The alleged actions are unacceptable and will be robustly investigated," says Farah Dakhlallah, World Health Organization spokesperson. This follows an investigation by New ... Read more »
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President Felix Tshisekedi's office says he has invited Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Angola's Joao Lourenço ... Read more »
