Democratic Republic of the Congo

MSF: DR Congo army has used vaccination clinics as "bait" to attack civilians in N. Kivu

Congo Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Congolese government says military operations in the area have been suspended to allow an inquiry into the UN allegations that soldiers had killed civilians. From BBC News Friday, 6 November 2009: DR Congo army 'used aid as bait' The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as "bait" to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands of...

Humanitarian Action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Weekly Report, 6 November 2009

Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Congo-Kinshasa: Tribal Clashes Uproot Over 16,000 Civilians in Northern Region, Reports UN Agency

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Clashes between two tribes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused more than 16,000 civilians to flee their homes since last week, crossing into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.

DR Congo: Deadly clashes in Equateur Province forces civilians into exile

Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Date: 06 Nov 2009 Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Congo-Kinshasa: Fish War Prompts Thousands to Flee

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.

Mazembe clinch Champs Lge title

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

DR Congo side TP Mazembe win the Champions League after beating Heartland of Nigeria 1-0 in Lubumbashi to win the title on away goals rule.

UN endorses the Goldstone Report

Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...

More than 16,000 Congolese flee violence and seek shelter in Republic of Congo

UNHCR (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

More than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sought shelter in neighbouring Republic of Congo.

JP Bemba won't undergo alone the international justice, other suspects in his file are already targeted by the FIDH

Digital Congo (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Irruption of the international Federation of human rights in the judicial file of JP Bemba to the ICC while pointing new other suspects detected in his visor and that she decided not to subtract claws of the Justice

ICC sets trial of Congo rebel leader Bemba for April 27

JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday set the trial date for former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for April 27. The trial date was set to give the defense six months of preparation from the date the Office of the Prosecutor fulfills its disclosure obligations, in compliance with the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The ICC order...

Leading LRA rebel commander Charles Arop surrenders to Ugandan army?

Congo Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Report from Sudan Tribune by Richard Ruati Friday 6 November 2009: Leading LRA rebel commander surrenders to Ugandan army November 5, 2009 (KAMPALA) — Lt Col Charles Arop, a leading Ugandan LRA rebels (the Army of the Lord’s Resistance), has decided to surrender himself to the Ugandan army. Arop is responsible for a bloodbath perpetrated on Christmas Day last year in Faradje in the DRC...

• Leading LRA rebel commander Charles Arop surrenders to Ugandan army? - Sudan Watch
• Leading LRA rebel commander Charles Arop surrenders to Ugandan army? - Uganda Watch

Trial against former Congolese vice-president to open on April 27

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

The Hague - A trial against former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is due to start April 27 at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, according to a court statement. In their trial date decision issued late Thursday, ju...

AGI: Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative

Congo Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

From The Office of Tony Blair November 05, 2009 Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative to create development through good governance becomes charity The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative has become a registered UK charity after creating a unique 'hands-on' approach to development and poverty eradication over the past eighteen months. The Charity Commission approved the application from this...

Congo-Kinshasa: New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton’s special envoy to the Great Lakes region.

War Crimes: Former DR Congo Vice-President to face trial in April

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former senior official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who has been charged with war crimes, will begin in April 2010.Mr. Bemba, the former Congolese Vice President, faces charges for alleged crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) between October 2002 and March 2003,