DRC Army Integrates Over 6000 RebelsVoice of America - 2 hours agoBy VOA News Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have integrated more than 6000 rebels into the army as part of an effort to end the conflict in ...
Congo Seeks ProtectionTIME - 5 hours agoBy Alex Perry / Goma Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 Nkunda pictured at his base surrounded by armed soldiers before his Jan. 22 capture by Rwandan authorities. ...
Hutu Rebels in Congo Send Families to Safety, Await AttacksBloomberg - 7 hours agoBy Franz Wild Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Families of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing to safety across the border and ...
Dar lauds Congo-Rwanda joint operationDailyNewsOnline, United Republic of Tanzania - 8 hours agoTanzania has commended a joint military operation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwandan army to flush out rebel groups in DRC, ...

An arresting and hopeful surpriseEconomist, UK - 8 hours agoTHE capture of a Congolese warlord, Laurent Nkunda, surprised almost everyone, not least the preening man himself. As commander of the National Congress for ...

Rebels begin joining DR Congo armyAFP - 12 hours agoRUMANGABO, DR Congo (AFP) — The first of more than 6000 Congolese rebels took part in a ceremony Thursday to integrate their units into the regular army as ...
DR Congo renews demand for extradition of NkundaXinhua, China - 18 hours agoKINSHASA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has renewed its demand for the extradition of Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, ...

Congo: rebel integration into army failsThe Associated Press - Jan 28, 2009RUMANGABO, Congo (AP) — An attempt to integrate hundreds of rebel soldiers into Congo's army failed Wednesday, casting doubt on whether a hasty recent ...
The UN needs to get toughInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 28, 2009By Linda Mason The seemingly endless turmoil in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo took another turn last week. ...

Congo rebel integration plan fails to beginReuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 28, 2009By Joe Bavier RUMANGABO, Congo (Reuters) - Plans to integrate Tutsi rebels into Congo's army faltered before they could begin on Wednesday, underlining the ...
UN, DRC launch task forceNews24, South Africa - Jan 28, 2009Kinshasa - The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo is working alongside the national army to manage the integration of rebels into regular forces, ...

UN to back attack on Congo rebelsBBC News, UK - Jan 28, 2009The UN mission to DR Congo (Monuc) says it will provide support to the joint DR Congo-Rwanda operation against Hutu rebels in the east of the country. ...

UN gives logistical support to Congo-Rwanda operationAFP - Jan 28, 2009RUTSHURU, DR Congo (AFP) — UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo will provide logistical support to the joint Congo-Rwanda operation against ...
United Nations Forces to Back Hunt for Congo MilitiaBloomberg - Jan 28, 2009By Franz Wild Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said it would provide logistical support to a military ...

Hutu group fears being targeted in Rwanda-Congo offensiveAFP - Jan 27, 2009KASIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — After waiting months here to return to their native Rwanda, Hutu militia dissidents -- who claim to have renounced violence -- fear ...

Chris Mahony: Congo rebel capture brings hope for peaceNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Jan 27, 2009Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested last week. Photo / AP New Zealand lawyer Chris Mahony is currently studying African affairs at Oxford University. ...

UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Accountability in CongoVoice of America - Jan 27, 2009By Lisa Schlein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the human-rights situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is alarming. ...

Congo MPs feel sidelined in decisionsDaily Nation, Kenya - Jan 27, 2009By KAMBALE JUAKALI, NATION Correspondent,Posted Tuesday, January 27 2009 at 19:21 For some Congolese parliamentarians, the acceleration of such unexpected ...

Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissentBBC News, UK - Jan 27, 2009Security has been tightened at refugee camps in Rwanda after protests calling for rebel Laurent Nkunda's release. Gen Nkunda, who claimed his fighters were ...
UN fears Congo-Rwanda operation may spark abusesReuters - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A joint Rwandan-Congolese operation to crush Rwandan Hutu rebels hiding in Congo could force large numbers of civilians to flee ...
4 Hutu militia killed by Congolese, Rwandan armieseTaiwan News, Taiwan - Jan 27, 2009AP Military officials say four more Rwandan Hutu militiamen have been killed by the Congolese and Rwandan armies. The fighting took place late Monday in the ...

UN rights chief alarmed at killings blamed on Ugandan rebelsAFP - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The UN human rights chief Tuesday said she was alarmed at "grotesque" abuse by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo after ...
UN rights boss decries abuses in CongoReuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (Reuters) - The top UN human rights official on Tuesday decried what she called a continuous stream of gross human rights abuses committed by the ...

Rwanda-Congo move isolates UN missionChristian Science Monitor, MA - Jan 26, 2009Last week's deployment of Rwandan troops to fight rebels in Congo caught the 17000-strong UN mission by surprise. By Jina Moore Correspondent of The ...

Rebels on alert as Congolese, Rwandan troops close inAFP - Jan 26, 2009MIRIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east girded for battle Monday as Rwandan and Congolese troops targeted them ...
Congolese Brace for Violence as Rwandans Hunt HutusBloomberg - Jan 26, 2009By Franz Wild Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province are bracing for renewed violence as troops ...
Rwanda: Congo rebel not in jailThe Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Rwandan army spokesman says Congo's most powerful rebel leader is not imprisoned. Rwandan troops captured Laurent Nkunda last week ...
Agreement may be good for the regionIndependent Online, South Africa - Jan 25, 2009The agreement by the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to set aside their enmity and join forces to pursue each other's enemies is ...
Governments enter secret pact to tackle the horrors of DRC’s warSunday Herald, UK - Jan 24, 2009INTENSIFIED BLOODY warfare now escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an on-off 15-year conflict has consumed 5.5 million lives, ...
Joint Rwanda-Congo forces kill rebel commanderAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - 15 hours agoAPA-Kigali (Rwanda) The deputy commander of the reserve brigade of the Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, Lt Col Anaclet Hitimana aka ...

CONGO: Rwanda To The RescueStrategy Page - 15 hours agoJanuary 29, 2009: The UN will provide logistical support to Congolese and Rwandan troops who are attacking the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda-DRC Joint Operations Seize More FDLR ...AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours agoKigali — The commander of the joint Rwanda -DRC military operations in the Eastern DRC, Lt Gen John Numbi, has said that Rwanda-DRC joint military ...
Rwanda: Give Them a Break, It's Their People!AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours agoKigali — Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have taken the unprecedented move of working together to bring back stability to eastern DRC, ...
New Twists in Congo Conflict – and Just Maybe a Turn for the BetterFamily Security Matters, NJ - 18 hours agoDo you think President Obama will keep your family as safe from terrorists as George W. Bush did? In the list I published three weeks ago of the conflicts ...
Rebels balk at joining Congolese army - FeatureEarthtimes (press release), UK - 18 hours agoRumangabo,DR Congo - After seven days marked by about- faces, a dramatic betrayal and hopeful talks of peace, the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Group says DRC-Rwanda deal comes with dangersLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 19 hours agoNew York, US - A deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda could escalate a humanitarian crisis in the region, according to the ...
Rwanda: Top FDLR Commander Killed in DRC AmbushAllAfrica.com, Washington - 19 hours agoMasisi — One of the senior commanders of the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) was Wednesday morning shot and killed in eastern ...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Laurent Nkunda and Bosco Ntaganda ...Amnesty International USA - Jan 28, 2009The arrest of Laurent Nkunda should be followed by swift steps to prosecute him on charges that he committed war crimes and crimes against humanity ...

UN ready to step into Congo conflictZambia News, Zambia - Jan 28, 2009The United Nations has been invited by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the joint DRC/Rwanda military operation targeting ...

UN to support joint DR Congo/Rwanda military plan targeting rebelsUN News Centre - Jan 28, 200928 January 2009 – The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has formally accepted an invitation by the nation’s Government ...
UN mission will support Congo forces to capture FDLR militiaSmartBrief, DC - Jan 28, 2009The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has approved medical and logistical support for an operation to hunt the Rwanda Hutu Democratic Forces ...
Nkunda capture gives some succour to DRC minersMetalbulletin.com (subscription), UK - Jan 28, 2009The capture of Congolese renegade general Laurent Nkunda last week signifies the “end of the war” in eastern Democratic Repubic of Congo (DRC) and the ...
UN Mission to Support Congo ArmyPrensa Latina, Cuba - Jan 28, 2009Kinshasa, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo will support the Congolese national army with ...
New fighting in DR Congo imminent: rebelsReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 28, 2009NAIROBI, Jan 28, 2009 (AFP) - The leader of Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels on Wednesday predicted that intense fighting would erupt within days in eastern Congo ...
DRC: UN raises concerns over civilians in eastIRINnews.org, NY - Jan 28, 2009KINSHASA, 28 January 2009 (IRIN) - Even before Rwandan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) troops engage Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC, ...
Rwanda-DRC-Military operation Rwanda-DRC joint military operation ...African Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 28, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has accepted to boost the ongoing joint military ...
Calming the CongoToledo Blade, OH - Jan 28, 2009THE latest developments in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo signify progress in that war-torn African land. ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo / Joint Congolese-Rwandan ...Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse), Switzerland - Jan 28, 2009KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) January 28, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the office of the spokesperson for the UN ...
UN to back attack on Congo rebels - BBC NewsJournal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jan 28, 2009AFPUN to back attack on Congo rebelsBBC News - 25 minutes agoThe UN mission to DR Congo (Monuc) says it will provide support to the Congo-Rwanda operation ...
Rwanda: Nkunda Arrest - UN-Panel of Experts Report DiscreditedAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 28, 2009Kigali — As I write this the joint military offensive against the FDLR will be entering the second week. And I hope by the time you finish reading, ...
Rwanda: 200 FDLR Rebels Flee to UgandaAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — More than two hundred rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are reported to have fled into neighboring Uganda after ...
UN Exposes Uganda Rebel Abuses in DRCPrensa Latina, Cuba - Jan 27, 2009United Nations, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pillay called grotesque the violations Uganda rebels have perpetrated at ...
DR Congo Conflict: TSF deploys to support the Humanitarian ...ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 27, 2009In an effort to support the agencies of the United Nations and non governmental organizations, a team of emergency telecommunications specialists was ...
A step in the right direction for eastern Congo?GlobalPost - Jan 27, 2009By Finbarr O'Reilly - GlobalPost There is rarely any real prospect for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than a decade of ...
4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint operationafrol News, Lesotho - Jan 27, 2009afrol News, 27 January - At least four rebels have died during the ongoing Rwanda-Democratic Republic of Congo joint offensive against Forces for Democratic ...
Congo suspends peace talks in Nairobiafrol News, Lesotho - Jan 27, 2009afrol News, 27 January - Congolese talks between government and rebels led by renegade General Laurent Nkunda have been suspended in Kenya, after an arrest ...
Conflict Risk Alert: DR CongoInternational Crisis Group, Belgium - Jan 27, 2009Nairobi/Brussels, 27 January 2009: The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have struck a deal for military cooperation that risks a new escalation of ...
Protestors in Rwanda Call for Release of Gen. Laurent Nkunda ...TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Jan 27, 2009Rwanda has stepped up their security at several refugee camps in the country following a rise in protests against the government’s decision to arrest ...
Red Cross warns DR Congo combatants to spare civiliansMONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The international Red Cross on Monday warned all sides involved in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that they are legally ...

UN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR ...UN News Centre - Jan 27, 200927 January 2009 – The top United Nations human rights official today spoke out against abuses committed by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of ...

Uganda: Should have right to invade neighbour DR CongoKongoTimes, Ireland - Jan 27, 2009The recent Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) attack on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was certainly ...
Nkunda's Arrest: Initial Success for DRC-Rwanda AllianceWorld Politics Review - Jan 27, 2009JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - It is uncertain what effect last week's arrest of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda will have on ...
Rwanda: Is Country Justified in Its Decision Not to Negotiate With ...AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — For nearly fifteen years, Rwanda has been confronted with the existence of a 'rebel group' in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. ...
Rwanda: Gen. Gatsinzi Receives UK Defence OfficialsAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — Defence Minister Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi yesterday afternoon received and held bilateral-military discussions with visiting United Kingdom (UK) ...

Congolese rebel leader arrestedReligious Intelligence Ltd, UK - Jan 27, 2009The arrest of the rebel leader came only days after he broke ranks with his chief of staff who formed a splinter movement. Nkunda studied psychology and has ...
UK official commends Rwanda-Congo joint operations against rebelsAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 27, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) A senior British official has commended the Rwanda-Congo joint operations against FDLR and Interahamwe rebels as a step towards peace in ...
4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint army operation against rebelsAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 27, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo joint forces on Sunday killed four rebels of the Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda, ...
Rwanda: Hundreds of Rebels Surrender, Four KilledAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Kigali — As the ongoing Rwanda-DRC joint offensive against the Ex-FAR Interahamwe intensified yesterday, four other rebels were killed, dozens of weapons ...
DR Congo/North Kivu: Joint operations with Rwanda continueReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009Rwandan and Congolese troops are continuing in the joint operation against the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in east Democratic ...

Rebel major prefers death to ‘slavery’ in RwandaGulf Times, Qatar - Jan 26, 2009MIRIKI, DR Congo: In a reed hut camp he has called home for 10 years, a Rwandan Hutu rebel major waited defiantly to face government troops determined to ...
DR Congo/Goma: immediate impact of Nkunda's arrestReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009The arrest last week of rebel general Laurent Nkunda in eastern Congo has had an immediate impact, says a local Anglican priest who has been in touch with ...

UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ...UN News Centre - Jan 26, 200926 January 2009 – A programme to allow Rwandans who have been fighting with militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to visit their home ...
DRC: Civilians at risk from further fighting after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 26, 2009Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ...
MONUC supports an exploratory mission of ex Rwandan RUD/FDLR ...MONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa, 23 January 2009 – Alan Doss, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, welcomes the departure of the RUD/FDLR ...
Rwanda: Nine FDLR Killed, Weapons SeizedAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Goma — Nine FDLR rebels were killed and rifles seized late last week as the joint Rwanda-DRC military offensive against the rebels intensified in the ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame Hails Rwanda-DRC Joint OperationAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Urugwiro Village — President Paul Kagame has hailed the ongoing Joint Operation by Rwandan and Democratic Republic of Congo forces aimed at uprooting FDLR ...
Armed groups in DR Congo must free child soldiers: UNReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Jan 25, 2009 (AFP) - The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo urged armed groups operating in the east to free ...
DRC wants Nkunda extraditedAfricaNews, Netherlands - Jan 25, 2009The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking the extradition of arrested rebel leader, General Laurent Nkunda. He was arrested recently in neighbouring ...
Nkunda's Rwanda DivorceBlack Star News, NY - Jan 25, 2009The East and Central Africa region deserves relief after decades of genocidal conflicts that's why the recent arrest of Laurent Nkunda by Rwanda's military ...
Fear of Nkunda Lingers in Congo - New York TimesJournal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jan 25, 2009WELT ONLINEFear of Nkunda Lingers in CongoNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN RUMANGABO, Congo - On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters ...
Congo: rebel integration into army beginsThe Associated Press - 6 hours agoKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — About 60 rebels in eastern Congo exchanged their uniforms for official army garb on Thursday, the first step of the promised ...
Rebel Integration Into Congo Army Fails to BeginVoice of America - Jan 28, 2009By VOA News Plans to begin integrating rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo into the army have faltered, highlighting the challenges of bringing ...
Congo moves to quell Hutu rebelsFinancial Times, UK - Jan 27, 2009By Barney Jopson The Congolese army claims to have killed nine Hutu rebels in eastern Congo as it continues a joint operation with Rwanda to flush out ...
Armies of Congo, Rwanda clash with Hutu militiaThe Associated Press - Jan 27, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The armies of Congo and Rwanda, battling together against Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, clashed with fighters trying to ...
Looking for Peace Openings in CongoNew York Times, United States - Jan 26, 2009After helping to fuel the horrific war in eastern Congo, Rwanda has created a potential opening for ending the conflict by arresting Gen. ...
A fragile chance for peace in Central AfricaInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 26, 2009One of Central Africa's most wanted men has been captured in Rwanda. The warlord leader Laurent Nkunda has been threatening the government in the Democratic ...
Rwanda says Congo rebel is 'safe' but not in jailThe Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Congo's most powerful rebel leader, who was captured last week by the Rwandan army in a reversal of alliances, is not in prison but is ...

Rwanda-Congo force pushes deeper into militia zoneThe Associated Press - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rwandan and Congolese troops pushed deeper into zones in Congo held by Rwandan Hutu militiamen Sunday in a joint military operation ...
Fear of Nkunda's return lingers in CongoInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 25, 2009By Jeffrey Gettleman RUMANGABO, Congo: On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters lounged around a hilltop army base, picking avocados and looking ...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Laurent Nkunda and Bosco ...Amnesty International UK, UK - 11 hours agoThe arrest of General Laurent Nkunda - the former leader of an armed militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - should be followed ...

MEDIAWATCH: Cautious optimism after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 28, 2009Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda attends a rally in Rutshuru, 70 km (45 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 22, 2008. ...
Congo DRC: Hutu militiamen killed by Rwandan and Congolese troopsAfika, Norway - Jan 27, 2009Kinshasa (Congo DRC) - Rwandan and Congolese troops have exchanged fire with Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, killing nine in the first fighting ...
Fleeing Congo rebel leader Nkunda arrested in RwandaThe South African Star, South Africa - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa - In a startling turn against its former ally, Rwanda has arrested Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. ...

"Unprecedented" cooperation between Rwanda and Congo immediately ...Examiner.com - Jan 26, 2009by Samuel Knight, DC Foreign Policy Examiner Rwanda's decision to send troops to aid the Democratic Republic of Congo this week appears to have paid off ...
Displaced Congolese return to prospect of more violencePakistan Observer, Pakistan - Jan 25, 2009Kibumba—With the menacing rebels gone and the equally menacing Congolese army again patrolling this muddy market village, people who fled months of fighting ...
Report: Nine Hutu rebels killed in Democratic Republic of CongoTREND Information, Azerbaijan - Jan 25, 2009Nine Hutu rebels have been killed in a joint military drive by Rwandan and Congolese troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Sunday. ...

Civilians Afraid As Hutu Rebels Clash With CongoJavno.hr, Croatia - Jan 25, 2009Congo`s United Nations peacekeeping mission has so far been unable to confirm the army`s statement. Congolese Hutu rebels said on Sunday they had clashed ...