DR Congo army fights off rebel attack in east
AFP - 12 hours ago
BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) — Ten people were killed when troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday fought off an attack by a joint force of Mai-Mai ...
Kenya optimistic about ceasefire deal in E DR Congo Xinhua
From rebel-held Congo to beer can BBC News
RE-IGNITED FIGHTING IN DR CONGO THREATENS FRAGILE PROGRESS, BY ... MaximsNews Network
UN News Centre - منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش - حقوق الانسان
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FM: Russia to strengthen ties with DR Congo
Xinhua - Apr 7, 2009
MOSCOW, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia favors strengthened relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...
DR Congo food route is supreme test for WFP truckers
ReliefWeb (press release) - 12 hours ago
MONUC – the UN integrated mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo – is working on the road to improve its worst sections. But for now, it remains a thin ...
Cell phones help filmmakers reveal unseen Africa
CNN International - Apr 8, 2009
Siku is one of a number of filmmakers in DR Congo who say using a mobile phone allows them to film in ways that were previously impossible. ...
DR Congo: Alan Doss to address the UN Security Council
ReliefWeb (press release) - Apr 8, 2009
... including 16 during March and five in April, which gives an average of 11 cases per month, and the first victims are always Congolese employees. ...
DR Congo: WHO - "We work hand in hand with MONUC"
ReliefWeb (press release) - Apr 8, 2009
On "World Health Day," we spoke to Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, the WHO representative in the DRC, who explained the current health situation in the DRC and the work ...
UNICEF Chief of HIV and AIDS sees treatment and prevention in DR Congo
ReliefWeb (press release) - 21 hours ago
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 April 2009 – DR Congo is where the first known cases of AIDS were identified, and today up to half a million ...
Voice of America
DR-CONGO: Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott "Blood Minerals"
IPS - Apr 1, 2009
"There is widespread looting, burning of villages and an unacceptable peak of sexual violence," Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam's country director in DR Congo, ...
Rights group wants Congo 'conflict mineral' tracing www.worldbulletin.net
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Daily Nation
Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister
Daily Nation - Mar 25, 2009
African oil giant Angola is illegally pumping out hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil every day from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...
France's Areva signs uranium deal with DR Congo AFP
Sarkozy begins DR Congo visit Le Mali en ligne
Sarkozy kicks off African tour in DR Congo France24
Trend News Agency
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EPA:CEI
AFP
DRCongo could redraw border with Angola
AFP - Mar 31, 2009
BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) — A minister in the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday suggested his country's border with Angola might be redrawn in ...
Tullow wins back Congo oil rights Irish Independent
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Party defends DR Congo's Bemba
AFP - 22 hours ago
KINSHASA (AFP) — The party of DR Congo opposition politician Jean-Pierre Bemba said Wednesday that an international court in The Hague could not prove him ...
Voice of America
DR-CONGO: Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott "Blood Minerals"
IPS - 16 hours ago
"There is widespread looting, burning of villages and an unacceptable peak of sexual violence," Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam's country director in DR Congo, ...
Rights group wants Congo 'conflict mineral' tracing www.worldbulletin.net
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AFP
DRCongo could redraw border with Angola
AFP - Mar 31, 2009
BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) — A minister in the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday suggested his country's border with Angola might be redrawn in ...
Tullow wins back Congo oil rights Irish Independent
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LON:TLW – LON:HOIL – TSE:HOC
BBC Afrique
Congolese flee widespread unrest
BBC News - 22 hours ago
The joint operation against the rebels earlier this year was hailed as a great success by both Rwanda and DR Congo. But now that the better-trained and ...
DR Congo: Who is to blame for rampage, gov’t or rebels? Afrik.com
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RPT-UPDATE 2-IMF cuts DR Congo's 2009 growth forecast to 2.7 pct
Reuters UK - Mar 31, 2009
... March 31 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its 2009 growth forecast for the Democratic Republic of Congo to 2.7 percent, ...
UN News Centre
DR Congo: UN to push ahead with efforts to curb abuse allegations ...
UN News Centre - 20 hours ago
1 April 2009 – Although the number of misconduct allegations for blue helmets serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on the decline, ...
DR Congo: Aid worker's blog - How fuel-efficient stoves can help ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - 11 hours ago
I'm constantly humbled by the workload of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Those I meet in a displacement camp not far from Goma are truly ...
Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum announces a major copper discovery at ...
PR Newswire (press release) - Apr 1, 2009
Mr. Friedland said that Kamoa will advance the Democratic Republic of Congo's stature as one of the world's most important copper producers. ...
IVN
Uganda: Congo, Monuc Deploy Extra Troops in Garamba
AllAfrica.com - Mar 30, 2009
The Uganda and DR Congo army chiefs are set to meet in Kampala this week to review the operation since Uganda withdrew. Uganda, supported by the DR Congo ...
W. Equatoria forces kill four LRA in Nzara County Sudan Tribune
Counting gains and losses of Garamba The Independent
From Garamba jungle to the world’s boardrooms: Why Kony defies fate Daily Monitor
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Telegraph.co.uk
DR Congo speaker quits for Rwanda comments
AFP - Mar 25, 2009
KINSHASA (AFP) — The speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament, Vital Kamerhe, resigned under pressure Wednesday for criticising Rwandan ...
DR Congo's curious peace deal with ex-Nkunda rebels Daily Nation
UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in DR Congo Xinhua
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame's Interview With Jeune Afrique AllAfrica.com
UN News Centre - AngolaPress
all 78 news articles »
AFP - 22 hours ago
KINSHASA (AFP) — The party of DR Congo opposition politician Jean-Pierre Bemba said Wednesday that an international court in The Hague could not prove him ...
Voice of America
DR-CONGO: Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott "Blood Minerals"
IPS - 16 hours ago
"There is widespread looting, burning of villages and an unacceptable peak of sexual violence," Marcel Stoessel, Oxfam's country director in DR Congo, ...
Rights group wants Congo 'conflict mineral' tracing www.worldbulletin.net
all 78 news articles »
AFP
DRCongo could redraw border with Angola
AFP - Mar 31, 2009
BRAZZAVILLE (AFP) — A minister in the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday suggested his country's border with Angola might be redrawn in ...
Tullow wins back Congo oil rights Irish Independent
all 9 news articles »
LON:TLW – LON:HOIL – TSE:HOC
BBC Afrique
Congolese flee widespread unrest
BBC News - 22 hours ago
The joint operation against the rebels earlier this year was hailed as a great success by both Rwanda and DR Congo. But now that the better-trained and ...
DR Congo: Who is to blame for rampage, gov’t or rebels? Afrik.com
all 6 news articles »
RPT-UPDATE 2-IMF cuts DR Congo's 2009 growth forecast to 2.7 pct
Reuters UK - Mar 31, 2009
... March 31 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its 2009 growth forecast for the Democratic Republic of Congo to 2.7 percent, ...
UN News Centre
DR Congo: UN to push ahead with efforts to curb abuse allegations ...
UN News Centre - 20 hours ago
1 April 2009 – Although the number of misconduct allegations for blue helmets serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on the decline, ...
DR Congo: Aid worker's blog - How fuel-efficient stoves can help ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - 11 hours ago
I'm constantly humbled by the workload of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Those I meet in a displacement camp not far from Goma are truly ...
Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum announces a major copper discovery at ...
PR Newswire (press release) - Apr 1, 2009
Mr. Friedland said that Kamoa will advance the Democratic Republic of Congo's stature as one of the world's most important copper producers. ...
IVN
Uganda: Congo, Monuc Deploy Extra Troops in Garamba
AllAfrica.com - Mar 30, 2009
The Uganda and DR Congo army chiefs are set to meet in Kampala this week to review the operation since Uganda withdrew. Uganda, supported by the DR Congo ...
W. Equatoria forces kill four LRA in Nzara County Sudan Tribune
Counting gains and losses of Garamba The Independent
From Garamba jungle to the world’s boardrooms: Why Kony defies fate Daily Monitor
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Telegraph.co.uk
DR Congo speaker quits for Rwanda comments
AFP - Mar 25, 2009
KINSHASA (AFP) — The speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament, Vital Kamerhe, resigned under pressure Wednesday for criticising Rwandan ...
DR Congo's curious peace deal with ex-Nkunda rebels Daily Nation
UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in DR Congo Xinhua
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame's Interview With Jeune Afrique AllAfrica.com
UN News Centre - AngolaPress
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
France's Areva signs uranium deal with DR Congo
AFP - 15 hours ago
PARIS (AFP) — French nuclear giant Areva signed a deal Thursday to develop uranium mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit by President ...
Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan BBC News
Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister Daily Nation
Sarkozy arrives in Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss peace Trend News Agency
France24
all 82 news articles »
EPA:CEI
Voice of America
DR Congo's curious peace deal with ex-Nkunda rebels
Daily Nation - 13 hours ago
Rebel soldiers loyal to rebel General Laurent Nkunda return from the front to the town of Rutshuru, north of the city of Goma, eastern Congo, November 6, ...
DR Congo speaker quits for Rwanda comments AFP
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame's Interview With Jeune Afrique AllAfrica.com
UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in DR Congo Xinhua
AFP - Daily Nation
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Sarkozy calls for new DR Congo peace drive
Deutsche Welle - 13 hours ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for redoubled peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a speech to lawmakers in the central ...
Re-intergrating DR Congo's Child Soldiers in Society
Vatican Radio - 21 hours ago
(26 Mar 09 - RV) In recent weeks hundreds of traumatised child soldiers who were forced to fight in the conflict zone in the east of the DR Congo have ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Democratic Republic of Congo Mining Report Q1 2009 ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - 14 hours ago
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to vast reserves of a wide variety of natural resources – primary among them being metals such as cobalt, ...
China provides humanitarian aid to DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 24, 2009
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for a two-day visit during ...
DR Congo/Eastern Province: Rebel incursions, concern for population
ReliefWeb (press release) - 10 hours ago
The attacks came at the end of the withdrawal of Ugandan troops, since December engaged in a joint operation with South Sudan and Congolese forces against ...
Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
UPDF ends DR Congo operation Daily Monitor
Ugandan troops pull out from DR Congo AFP
Independent Online - Xinhua
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AFP
Uganda military completes DR Congo withdrawal
Xinhua - Mar 23, 2009
KAMPALA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan military has completed its withdrawal from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it has been hunting ...
Congolese politics forced end of cooperation on LRA AFP
Uganda: Army's withdrawal from LRA war sparks panic Afrika
Uganda Government News: LRA no longer a threat- UPDF UGPulse.com
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Javno.hr
Sarkozy to visit DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 19, 2009
KINSHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo next week, according to the ...
DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament AFP
DR Congo conflicts threaten people’s already-shaky living ... UN News Centre
UN moves to block return of Rwandan rebels in Congo www.worldbulletin.net
Xinhua
all 44 news articles »
AFP - 15 hours ago
PARIS (AFP) — French nuclear giant Areva signed a deal Thursday to develop uranium mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a visit by President ...
Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan BBC News
Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister Daily Nation
Sarkozy arrives in Democratic Republic of Congo to discuss peace Trend News Agency
France24
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EPA:CEI
Voice of America
DR Congo's curious peace deal with ex-Nkunda rebels
Daily Nation - 13 hours ago
Rebel soldiers loyal to rebel General Laurent Nkunda return from the front to the town of Rutshuru, north of the city of Goma, eastern Congo, November 6, ...
DR Congo speaker quits for Rwanda comments AFP
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame's Interview With Jeune Afrique AllAfrica.com
UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in DR Congo Xinhua
AFP - Daily Nation
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Sarkozy calls for new DR Congo peace drive
Deutsche Welle - 13 hours ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for redoubled peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a speech to lawmakers in the central ...
Re-intergrating DR Congo's Child Soldiers in Society
Vatican Radio - 21 hours ago
(26 Mar 09 - RV) In recent weeks hundreds of traumatised child soldiers who were forced to fight in the conflict zone in the east of the DR Congo have ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Democratic Republic of Congo Mining Report Q1 2009 ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - 14 hours ago
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to vast reserves of a wide variety of natural resources – primary among them being metals such as cobalt, ...
China provides humanitarian aid to DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 24, 2009
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for a two-day visit during ...
DR Congo/Eastern Province: Rebel incursions, concern for population
ReliefWeb (press release) - 10 hours ago
The attacks came at the end of the withdrawal of Ugandan troops, since December engaged in a joint operation with South Sudan and Congolese forces against ...
Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
UPDF ends DR Congo operation Daily Monitor
Ugandan troops pull out from DR Congo AFP
Independent Online - Xinhua
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AFP
Uganda military completes DR Congo withdrawal
Xinhua - Mar 23, 2009
KAMPALA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan military has completed its withdrawal from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it has been hunting ...
Congolese politics forced end of cooperation on LRA AFP
Uganda: Army's withdrawal from LRA war sparks panic Afrika
Uganda Government News: LRA no longer a threat- UPDF UGPulse.com
all 26 news articles »
Javno.hr
Sarkozy to visit DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 19, 2009
KINSHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo next week, according to the ...
DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament AFP
DR Congo conflicts threaten people’s already-shaky living ... UN News Centre
UN moves to block return of Rwandan rebels in Congo www.worldbulletin.net
Xinhua
all 44 news articles »
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
AFP
DR Congo speaker quits for Rwanda comments
AFP - 12 hours ago
KINSHASA (AFP) — The speaker of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament, Vital Kamerhe, resigned under pressure Wednesday for criticising Rwandan ...
UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in DR Congo Xinhua
Hutu rebel attacks displace 30000 in DR Congo: UN MONUC RD Congo
Congolese speaker resigns afrol News
AFP - AFP
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Daily Nation
Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister
Daily Nation - 11 hours ago
African oil giant Angola is illegally pumping out hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil every day from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...
China provides humanitarian aid to DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 24, 2009
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for a two-day visit during ...
AFP
Uganda military completes DR Congo withdrawal
Xinhua - Mar 23, 2009
KAMPALA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan military has completed its withdrawal from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it has been hunting ...
Congolese politics forced end of cooperation on LRA AFP
Uganda: Army's withdrawal from LRA war sparks panic Afrika
Uganda Government News: LRA no longer a threat- UPDF UGPulse.com
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President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Meets with Chinese ...
MFA China (press release) - 3 hours ago
On March 24, 2009, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Joseph Kabila met with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun in Kinshasa. ...
Kamerhe's resignation makes room for Sarkozy's speech France24
all 2 news articles »
Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
UPDF ends DR Congo operation Daily Monitor
Ugandan troops pull out from DR Congo AFP
Independent Online - Xinhua
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DR Congo expects end to Obasanjo-Mpaka mediation after rebel ...
Xinhua - Mar 18, 2009
KINSHASA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) expects the conclusion of mediation by UN special envoy ...
BBC Afrique
Congolese flee new Hutu attacks
BBC News - Mar 20, 2009
The armies of Rwanda and DR Congo launched a joint operation against the FDLR in January, before Rwandan troops returned home a month later. ...
DR Congo: militias must go, but security forces need discipline ... UN News Centre
DRC citizens to obtain biometric passport in April Le Mali en ligne
DR Congo: Villages abandoned as militia rampage in the east ReliefWeb (press release)
MONUC.org (press release) - AllAfrica.com
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Javno.hr
Sarkozy to visit DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 19, 2009
KINSHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo next week, according to the ...
DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament AFP
DR Congo conflicts threaten people’s already-shaky living ... UN News Centre
UN moves to block return of Rwandan rebels in Congo www.worldbulletin.net
Xinhua
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Atlantan researches Ebola outbreaks
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 13 hours ago
Once again, Farnon’s unit is keeping track of another Ebola outbreak, reported recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s the same place she was in ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
DR Congo government, CNDP rebels 'sign peace deal'
AFP - 11 hours ago
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tutsi rebels in the east of the country signed a peace deal Monday under which ...
China provides humanitarian aid to DR Congo
Xinhua - 28 minutes ago
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for a two-day visit during ...
Uganda military completes DR Congo withdrawal
Xinhua - 18 hours ago
KAMPALA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan military has completed its withdrawal from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it has been hunting ...
Uganda: Army's withdrawal from LRA war sparks panic Afrika
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BBC Afrique
Hutu rebel attacks displace 30000 in DR Congo: UN
AFP - Mar 20, 2009
GENEVA (AFP) — Renewed attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province have left nearly 30000 people displaced ...
Congolese flee new Hutu attacks BBC News
DRC citizens to obtain biometric passport in April Le Mali en ligne
DR Congo: Villages abandoned as militia rampage in the east ReliefWeb (press release)
MONUC.org (press release) - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
UPDF ends DR Congo operation Daily Monitor
Uganda withdrawing from DR Congo Independent Online
UGPulse.com - AngolaPress
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Belgian defence minister to visit DR Congo
AFP - 11 hours ago
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tutsi rebels in the east of the country signed a peace deal Monday under which ...
China provides humanitarian aid to DR Congo
Xinhua - 28 minutes ago
KINSHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) for a two-day visit during ...
Uganda military completes DR Congo withdrawal
Xinhua - 18 hours ago
KAMPALA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan military has completed its withdrawal from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where it has been hunting ...
Uganda: Army's withdrawal from LRA war sparks panic Afrika
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BBC Afrique
Hutu rebel attacks displace 30000 in DR Congo: UN
AFP - Mar 20, 2009
GENEVA (AFP) — Renewed attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province have left nearly 30000 people displaced ...
Congolese flee new Hutu attacks BBC News
DRC citizens to obtain biometric passport in April Le Mali en ligne
DR Congo: Villages abandoned as militia rampage in the east ReliefWeb (press release)
MONUC.org (press release) - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
UPDF ends DR Congo operation Daily Monitor
Uganda withdrawing from DR Congo Independent Online
UGPulse.com - AngolaPress
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Belgian defence minister to visit DR Congo
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
BBC Afrique
Hutu rebel attacks displace 30000 in DR Congo: UN
AFP - Mar 20, 2009
GENEVA (AFP) — Renewed attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province have left nearly 30000 people displaced ...
Congolese flee new Hutu attacks BBC News
DR Congo: militias must go, but security forces need discipline ... UN News Centre
DRC citizens to obtain biometric passport in April Le Mali en ligne
ReliefWeb (press release) - MONUC.org (press release)
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Belgian defence minister to visit DR Congo
Le Mali en ligne - 7 hours ago
Brussels, Belgium - Pieter De Crem, the Belgian defence minister, leaves Brussels on Monday for a four-day official visit to DR Congo, the first by a ...
CRIENGLISH.com
DR Congo's Orientale Lawmaker Appeals for Security Guarantee
CRIENGLISH.com - 10 hours ago
A leading lawmaker in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)'s northeastern province of Orientale appealed on Saturday for security guarantee amid ...
A glimmer of hope in the dark heart of Africa?
Telegraph.co.uk - 56 minutes ago
As the West attempts to strengthen the fragile peace in the region, Mary Riddell meets the leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda, an unholy alliance who may decide ...
DR Congo normalises relations with western neighbours
Le Mali en ligne - 7 hours ago
Kinshasa, DR Congo – The foreign minister of DR Congo, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba has pledged that nothing will obstruct the normalization of diplomatic ...
Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
Ugandan army begins Congo pullout BBC News
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Petition Calling for Compensation of Victims of Sexual Violence in ...
MediaSyndicate (press release) - 14 hours ago
These victims continue to live a tragedy that the United Nations and humanitarian organizations are having difficulties to bear in Eastern DR Congo," he ...
Javno.hr
Sarkozy to visit DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 19, 2009
KINSHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo next week, according to the ...
DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament AFP
DR Congo conflicts threaten people’s already-shaky living ... UN News Centre
UN moves to block return of Rwandan rebels in Congo www.worldbulletin.net
Xinhua
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Mongabay.com
DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for ...
Mongabay.com - Mar 20, 2009
The United Nation's REDD Program has approved $18 million in support of forest conservation projects in five pilot countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
French President Sarkozy expected in Kinshasa next week
Le Mali en ligne - Mar 20, 2009
Kinshasa, DR Congo - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected in Kinshasa on 26 March for a visit to Dr Congo during which he will have talks with ...
Hutu rebel attacks displace 30000 in DR Congo: UN
AFP - Mar 20, 2009
GENEVA (AFP) — Renewed attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Nord-Kivu province have left nearly 30000 people displaced ...
Congolese flee new Hutu attacks BBC News
DR Congo: militias must go, but security forces need discipline ... UN News Centre
DRC citizens to obtain biometric passport in April Le Mali en ligne
ReliefWeb (press release) - MONUC.org (press release)
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Belgian defence minister to visit DR Congo
Le Mali en ligne - 7 hours ago
Brussels, Belgium - Pieter De Crem, the Belgian defence minister, leaves Brussels on Monday for a four-day official visit to DR Congo, the first by a ...
CRIENGLISH.com
DR Congo's Orientale Lawmaker Appeals for Security Guarantee
CRIENGLISH.com - 10 hours ago
A leading lawmaker in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)'s northeastern province of Orientale appealed on Saturday for security guarantee amid ...
A glimmer of hope in the dark heart of Africa?
Telegraph.co.uk - 56 minutes ago
As the West attempts to strengthen the fragile peace in the region, Mary Riddell meets the leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda, an unholy alliance who may decide ...
DR Congo normalises relations with western neighbours
Le Mali en ligne - 7 hours ago
Kinshasa, DR Congo – The foreign minister of DR Congo, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba has pledged that nothing will obstruct the normalization of diplomatic ...
Congo Planet
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
Ugandan army begins Congo pullout BBC News
Uganda withdrawing from DR Congo Independent Online
Daily Monitor - AFP
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Petition Calling for Compensation of Victims of Sexual Violence in ...
MediaSyndicate (press release) - 14 hours ago
These victims continue to live a tragedy that the United Nations and humanitarian organizations are having difficulties to bear in Eastern DR Congo," he ...
Javno.hr
Sarkozy to visit DR Congo
Xinhua - Mar 19, 2009
KINSHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo next week, according to the ...
DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament AFP
DR Congo conflicts threaten people’s already-shaky living ... UN News Centre
UN moves to block return of Rwandan rebels in Congo www.worldbulletin.net
Xinhua
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Mongabay.com
DR Congo, Indonesia, PNG, Tanzania, Vietnam win REDD funding for ...
Mongabay.com - Mar 20, 2009
The United Nation's REDD Program has approved $18 million in support of forest conservation projects in five pilot countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
French President Sarkozy expected in Kinshasa next week
Le Mali en ligne - Mar 20, 2009
Kinshasa, DR Congo - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected in Kinshasa on 26 March for a visit to Dr Congo during which he will have talks with ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Ugandan Troops Begin Leaving DR Congo
Voice of America - Mar 16, 2009
By VOA News Uganda has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after a three-month hunt for members of the rebel Lord's ...
DR Congo confirms pullout of Ugandan troops after joint anti-LRA ... Xinhua
Ugandan troops pull out from DR Congo AFP
Uganda withdrawing from DR Congo Independent Online
Daily Monitor - BBC News
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
EU, rights groups call for Congo warlord's arrest
By: Reuters
Published: 30 Jan 09
A Congolese rebel leader who is wanted for war crimes but is helping lead a United Nations-backed military campaign should be arrested, a top European diplomat and rights campaigners said on Friday.General Bosco Ntaganda is accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court of crimes including recruiting children to fight an ethnic conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern district of Ituri.Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", is now deputy commander of a joint military offensive by Congo and Rwanda aimed at rooting out Rwandan Hutu rebels, who are blamed for more than a decade of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region."Given that he is indicted by the ICC, the European Union's position is that he should be brought to The Hague as soon as possible," Roland Van Der Geer, EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region, told journalists in the eastern city of Goma."That would hardly be compatible for his new role."After the conflict in Ituri, Ntaganda led a Tutsi rebel group in North Kivu province. Now, the rebels and the army have agreed to join forces and attack the Hutu rebels.Diplomats from the EU, Britain and France walked out of a ceremony attended by Ntaganda on Thursday to mark the start of the process meant to integrate over 6,000 of his fighters."We had informed the authorities that we could not remain there if Bosco came," Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU's special representative in Goma, told Reuters.A Congolese military spokesman confirmed Ntaganda had been named deputy commander for the operations, which get logistical support from Congo's U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUC.LACK OF ACTIONIn an abrupt turnaround in diplomatic relations between the two Great Lakes neighbours, former foes during a 1998-2003 war, Rwanda sent more than 3,500 soldiers across the border last week at the invitation of the Congolese government.The pact to root out the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has been touted by both as an effort to end a lingering conflict and humanitarian disaster that has killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998.Congo signed the Rome Statute creating the ICC, which obliges it to execute arrest warrants issued by the court. But Congo says government's first priority was to pacify its eastern borderlands."For us, there is no great difference between today and tomorrow. It's a question of time. We know that the problem exists," said Information Minister Lambert Mende.New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch has criticised a lack of action by the international community to pressure Congo to arrest Ntaganda, who has appeared in public with government ministers and army commanders in recent weeks."MONUC has a mandate to promote justice. This is simply not something the United Nations should be part of," Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher with HRW, said of MONUC's role of giving logistical support.The ICC's first ever trial against another Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, began on Monday.
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By: Reuters
Published: 30 Jan 09
A Congolese rebel leader who is wanted for war crimes but is helping lead a United Nations-backed military campaign should be arrested, a top European diplomat and rights campaigners said on Friday.General Bosco Ntaganda is accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court of crimes including recruiting children to fight an ethnic conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern district of Ituri.Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", is now deputy commander of a joint military offensive by Congo and Rwanda aimed at rooting out Rwandan Hutu rebels, who are blamed for more than a decade of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region."Given that he is indicted by the ICC, the European Union's position is that he should be brought to The Hague as soon as possible," Roland Van Der Geer, EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region, told journalists in the eastern city of Goma."That would hardly be compatible for his new role."After the conflict in Ituri, Ntaganda led a Tutsi rebel group in North Kivu province. Now, the rebels and the army have agreed to join forces and attack the Hutu rebels.Diplomats from the EU, Britain and France walked out of a ceremony attended by Ntaganda on Thursday to mark the start of the process meant to integrate over 6,000 of his fighters."We had informed the authorities that we could not remain there if Bosco came," Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU's special representative in Goma, told Reuters.A Congolese military spokesman confirmed Ntaganda had been named deputy commander for the operations, which get logistical support from Congo's U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUC.LACK OF ACTIONIn an abrupt turnaround in diplomatic relations between the two Great Lakes neighbours, former foes during a 1998-2003 war, Rwanda sent more than 3,500 soldiers across the border last week at the invitation of the Congolese government.The pact to root out the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has been touted by both as an effort to end a lingering conflict and humanitarian disaster that has killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998.Congo signed the Rome Statute creating the ICC, which obliges it to execute arrest warrants issued by the court. But Congo says government's first priority was to pacify its eastern borderlands."For us, there is no great difference between today and tomorrow. It's a question of time. We know that the problem exists," said Information Minister Lambert Mende.New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch has criticised a lack of action by the international community to pressure Congo to arrest Ntaganda, who has appeared in public with government ministers and army commanders in recent weeks."MONUC has a mandate to promote justice. This is simply not something the United Nations should be part of," Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher with HRW, said of MONUC's role of giving logistical support.The ICC's first ever trial against another Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, began on Monday.
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Letter to all EU Foreign Ministers
Urge Congolese Government to Enforce ICC Arrest Warrant on War Crimes Charges
February 2, 2009
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Brussels, February 2, 2009
Dear Foreign Minister,
We are writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep disappointment that the European Union (EU) has not publicly called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002-2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, the Congolese government has a legal obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued, such as Ntaganda. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
As you know, in early January 2009, Ntaganda claimed he was taking over leadership of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) from its former head Laurent Nkunda, and on January 16 he declared that instead of waging war on the Congolese national army, he would join its troops in fighting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan armed group some of whose leaders participated in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Despite having an international legal obligation to arrest Ntaganda, the Congolese authorities to date have made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. Indeed, the Congolese government has given Ntaganda a senior position in the integration process of CNDP troops into the Congolese army and is considering appointing him to a top position in the joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations in eastern Congo.
The silence thus far of the European Union on the open Congolese collaboration with Ntaganda contrasts glaringly with the declaration on January 28 by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union following the start of the ICC's trial of Ntaganda's co-defendant, Thomas Lubanga. In the EU's declaration, the presidency underscored its commitment to work towards the prevention of crimes of international concern and the ending of impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes. The EU also encouraged the Congolese authorities to continue their "good cooperation" with the International Criminal Court. We strongly urge the EU - and its 27 member states - to make clear to the Congolese authorities that "good cooperation" with the ICC also includes the arrest and surrender of Ntaganda to the ICC to face justice.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, such as the recent killings in Kiwanja, North Kivu, underscores why the European Union must make it clear to Congolese authorities that Ntaganda's arrest is both urgent and essential.
Efforts by the Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather than punished. Such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
The EU has publicly stated its commitment to work towards ending impunity for the perpetrators of crimes of international concern. Consistent with that commitment, Human Rights Watch urges the EU to use all possible means to influence the Congolese authorities to ensure Ntaganda's arrest. The countless victims in Congo deserve nothing less.
Yours sincerely,
Lotte Leicht Georgette GagnonEU Director Africa DirectorHuman Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
CC. PSC Ambassador Political Director
Urge Congolese Government to Enforce ICC Arrest Warrant on War Crimes Charges
February 2, 2009
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Brussels, February 2, 2009
Dear Foreign Minister,
We are writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep disappointment that the European Union (EU) has not publicly called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002-2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, the Congolese government has a legal obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued, such as Ntaganda. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
As you know, in early January 2009, Ntaganda claimed he was taking over leadership of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) from its former head Laurent Nkunda, and on January 16 he declared that instead of waging war on the Congolese national army, he would join its troops in fighting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan armed group some of whose leaders participated in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Despite having an international legal obligation to arrest Ntaganda, the Congolese authorities to date have made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. Indeed, the Congolese government has given Ntaganda a senior position in the integration process of CNDP troops into the Congolese army and is considering appointing him to a top position in the joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations in eastern Congo.
The silence thus far of the European Union on the open Congolese collaboration with Ntaganda contrasts glaringly with the declaration on January 28 by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union following the start of the ICC's trial of Ntaganda's co-defendant, Thomas Lubanga. In the EU's declaration, the presidency underscored its commitment to work towards the prevention of crimes of international concern and the ending of impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes. The EU also encouraged the Congolese authorities to continue their "good cooperation" with the International Criminal Court. We strongly urge the EU - and its 27 member states - to make clear to the Congolese authorities that "good cooperation" with the ICC also includes the arrest and surrender of Ntaganda to the ICC to face justice.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, such as the recent killings in Kiwanja, North Kivu, underscores why the European Union must make it clear to Congolese authorities that Ntaganda's arrest is both urgent and essential.
Efforts by the Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather than punished. Such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
The EU has publicly stated its commitment to work towards ending impunity for the perpetrators of crimes of international concern. Consistent with that commitment, Human Rights Watch urges the EU to use all possible means to influence the Congolese authorities to ensure Ntaganda's arrest. The countless victims in Congo deserve nothing less.
Yours sincerely,
Lotte Leicht Georgette GagnonEU Director Africa DirectorHuman Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
CC. PSC Ambassador Political Director
Lettre aux Ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Il faut pousser le gouvernement congolais à exécuter le mandat d’arrêt de la CPI pour crimes de guerre
February 2, 2009
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Monsieur le Ministre, Madame la Ministre
Nous vous écrivons pour vous faire part de la profonde déception de Human Rights Watch du fait que l'Union européenne (UE) n'a pas publiquement appelé les autorités congolaises à arrêter Bosco Ntaganda, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans les hostilités en 2002-2003 dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation, comme M. Ntaganda. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter M. Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Comme vous le savez, début janvier 2009, Ntaganda a affirmé qu'il s'emparait de la direction du Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) en remplacement de Laurent Nkunda. Le 16 janvier, il a déclaré qu'au lieu de faire la guerre à l'armée nationale congolaise, il joindrait ses forces au combat contre les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), un groupe armé rwandais dont certains leaders ont participé au génocide au Rwanda en 1994.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter M. Ntaganda, les autorités congolaises n'ont fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, M. Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, M. Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le gouvernement congolais a accorde à M. Ntaganda un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les forces armées congolaises et envisage de nommer M. Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
Le silence de l'Union européenne jusqu'ici sur la collaboration ouverte du gouvernement congolais avec M. Ntaganda contraste étonnamment avec la déclaration faite cette semaine par la présidence au nom de l'Union européenne, après l'ouverture du procès à la CPI du co-accusé de M. Ntaganda, Thomas Lubanga (déclaration de l'UE du 28 janvier 09). Dans la déclaration de l'UE, la présidence a souligné son engagement à œuvrer pour la prévention des crimes de portée internationale et pour mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de ces crimes. L'UE a aussi encouragé les autorités congolaises à continuer leur « bonne coopération » avec la Cour pénale internationale. Nous incitons fortement l'UE - et ses 27 Etats membres - à expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que la « bonne coopération » avec la CPI comprend aussi l'arrestation de Bosco Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI pour qu'il affronte la justice.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commis Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance que revêt son arrestation. En plus des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre M. Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires des Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), M. Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, M. Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu. En novembre 2005, M. Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Ces forces se trouvant sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves et démontrent les raisons pour lesquelles l'Union européenne devrait expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda est à la fois urgente et essentielle.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer M. Ntaganda comme un « partenaire pour la paix » renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes haineux contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
L'UE a publiquement déclaré son engagement pour œuvrer en vue de mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de crimes de portée internationale. Conformément à cet engagement, Human Rights Watch presse l'UE d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour influencer les autorités congolaises afin qu'elles garantissent l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI. Les innombrables victimes au Congo méritent au moins cela.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Ministre, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués.
Lotte Leicht Georgette Gagnon
Directrice Directrice
Bureau auprès de l'Union européenne Division de l'Afrique
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
Cc : Ambassadeurs auprès du COPS
Directeur politique
Il faut pousser le gouvernement congolais à exécuter le mandat d’arrêt de la CPI pour crimes de guerre
February 2, 2009
Downloadable Resources:
Lettre aux Ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Related Materials:
RD Congo : Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
Lettre au Président Kabila: Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
Massacres à Kiwanja
Bruxelles, le 2 février 2009
Monsieur le Ministre, Madame la Ministre
Nous vous écrivons pour vous faire part de la profonde déception de Human Rights Watch du fait que l'Union européenne (UE) n'a pas publiquement appelé les autorités congolaises à arrêter Bosco Ntaganda, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans les hostilités en 2002-2003 dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation, comme M. Ntaganda. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter M. Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Comme vous le savez, début janvier 2009, Ntaganda a affirmé qu'il s'emparait de la direction du Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) en remplacement de Laurent Nkunda. Le 16 janvier, il a déclaré qu'au lieu de faire la guerre à l'armée nationale congolaise, il joindrait ses forces au combat contre les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), un groupe armé rwandais dont certains leaders ont participé au génocide au Rwanda en 1994.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter M. Ntaganda, les autorités congolaises n'ont fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, M. Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, M. Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le gouvernement congolais a accorde à M. Ntaganda un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les forces armées congolaises et envisage de nommer M. Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
Le silence de l'Union européenne jusqu'ici sur la collaboration ouverte du gouvernement congolais avec M. Ntaganda contraste étonnamment avec la déclaration faite cette semaine par la présidence au nom de l'Union européenne, après l'ouverture du procès à la CPI du co-accusé de M. Ntaganda, Thomas Lubanga (déclaration de l'UE du 28 janvier 09). Dans la déclaration de l'UE, la présidence a souligné son engagement à œuvrer pour la prévention des crimes de portée internationale et pour mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de ces crimes. L'UE a aussi encouragé les autorités congolaises à continuer leur « bonne coopération » avec la Cour pénale internationale. Nous incitons fortement l'UE - et ses 27 Etats membres - à expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que la « bonne coopération » avec la CPI comprend aussi l'arrestation de Bosco Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI pour qu'il affronte la justice.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commis Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance que revêt son arrestation. En plus des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre M. Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires des Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), M. Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, M. Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu. En novembre 2005, M. Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Ces forces se trouvant sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves et démontrent les raisons pour lesquelles l'Union européenne devrait expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda est à la fois urgente et essentielle.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer M. Ntaganda comme un « partenaire pour la paix » renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes haineux contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
L'UE a publiquement déclaré son engagement pour œuvrer en vue de mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de crimes de portée internationale. Conformément à cet engagement, Human Rights Watch presse l'UE d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour influencer les autorités congolaises afin qu'elles garantissent l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI. Les innombrables victimes au Congo méritent au moins cela.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Ministre, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués.
Lotte Leicht Georgette Gagnon
Directrice Directrice
Bureau auprès de l'Union européenne Division de l'Afrique
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Lettre au Président Kabila: Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
February 2, 2009
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Son Excellence le Président Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaRépublique démocratique du Congo
New York, le 1 février 2009
Votre Excellence,
Human Rights Watch a l'honneur de s'adresser à vous pour exprimer sa profonde préoccupation quant au fait que votre gouvernement envisage de nommer Bosco Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Ntaganda, anciennement chef d'état major militaire pour le Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP), joue actuellement un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les FARDC. Il avait reçu le grade de général dans les forces armées congolaises en janvier 2005, bien qu'il n'ait pas assumé ces fonctions à ce moment là.
Comme vous le savez, Ntaganda est recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans le cadre des hostilités en 2002-2003, dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter Ntaganda, votre gouvernement n'a fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major de la Défense du Rwanda, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le 29 janvier, le ministre de la Défense, Charles Mwando Simba, et d'autres hauts représentants du gouvernement, se trouvaient à une cérémonie à Rumangabo aux côtés de Ntaganda.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer Ntaganda comme un «partenaire pour la paix» renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes abjects contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
Lors d'une conférence de presse le 31 janvier à Kinshasa, vous avez déclaré que le choix était difficile entre la justice et la paix, la stabilité et la sécurité dans l'est du Congo, et que votre choix était de privilégier la paix. Nous voulons aussi voir la paix régner dans l'est du Congo ainsi que la fin des atteintes terribles aux droits humains qu'y subissent les gens depuis trop longtemps. Mais une paix durable est rarement possible sans la justice. La paix et la justice devraient être considérées comme complémentaires, et non comme contradictoires. Favoriser le respect de l'Etat de droit est la seule solution pour garantir la protection des citoyens congolais qui supportent le fardeau des violations des droits humains.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commises Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance de son arrestation. Au-delà des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires de l'Union des patriotes congolais (UPC), Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu, notamment le premier prêtre tué dans le conflit de l'Ituri, l'Abbé Boniface Bwanalonga.
En novembre 2005, Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes. Il figure toujours sur cette liste.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Le fait que les forces se trouvant sous le commandement de Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves, comme l'a démontré le récent massacre à Kiwanja, souligne l'urgente nécessité de l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda par les autorités congolaises.
Monsieur le Président, vous avez été un solide partisan de la fin de la culture de l'impunité au Congo.
Votre gouvernement a été au premier rang de la coopération avec la CPI avec le transfert de trois ressortissants congolais à la Haye, pour y être jugés pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanité.
Vous avez réitéré votre engagement à établir l'Etat de droit dans de nombreux discours, tels ceux adressés au parlement congolais et à l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Pour que ces engagements soient réalisés, nous vous exhortons à donner des instructions à vos autorités judiciaires pour que M. Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à la juridiction de la CPI.
Nous pensons aussi que Laurent Nkunda devrait être tenu pour responsable des crimes que les troupes sous son commandement ont commis à Kisangani en mai 2002, à Bukavu en juin 2004 et dans le Nord Kivu entre 2006 et 2008. Nous notons que votre gouvernement demande son extradition au Congo pour y être jugé. Nous vous exhortons à mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire spécial au sein du système judiciaire congolais pour mener des enquêtes et exiger des comptes aux individus, tels que Nkunda, qui ont commis de graves violations du droit international humanitaire. Ce mécanisme devrait être conforme aux normes internationales de procès équitable et exiger des comptes non seulement à Nkunda, mais aussi aux individus d'autres groupes armés et de l'armée congolaise qui ont perpétré des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre l'humanité.
Votre gouvernement s'est opposé fermement à l'amnistie pour les crimes graves. Une paix durable dans l'est du Congo exige la traduction en justice des personnes qui ont commis des atrocités contre le peuple congolais. Nous espérons que vous agirez afin que Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à La Haye, et pour mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire qui puisse rendre la justice pour les victimes et mettre fin à la culture d'impunité.
Veuillez agréer, Votre Excellence, l'expression de notre haute considération.
Kenneth Roth
Directeur Exécutif
Cc : Son Excellence, Adolphe Muzito, Premier Ministre
Son Excellence, Charles Mwando Simba, Ministre de la défense
Son Excellence, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Ministre de la Justice
Son Excellence, Upio Kakura, Ministre des Droits Humains
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale
Hon. Kengo Wa Dondo, Président du Sénat
Général John Numbi, Inspecteur général de la police
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February 2, 2009
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Lettre au Président Kabila: Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda (PDF)
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RD Congo : Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
Lettre aux Ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Massacres à Kiwanja
Son Excellence le Président Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaRépublique démocratique du Congo
New York, le 1 février 2009
Votre Excellence,
Human Rights Watch a l'honneur de s'adresser à vous pour exprimer sa profonde préoccupation quant au fait que votre gouvernement envisage de nommer Bosco Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Ntaganda, anciennement chef d'état major militaire pour le Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP), joue actuellement un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les FARDC. Il avait reçu le grade de général dans les forces armées congolaises en janvier 2005, bien qu'il n'ait pas assumé ces fonctions à ce moment là.
Comme vous le savez, Ntaganda est recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans le cadre des hostilités en 2002-2003, dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter Ntaganda, votre gouvernement n'a fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major de la Défense du Rwanda, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le 29 janvier, le ministre de la Défense, Charles Mwando Simba, et d'autres hauts représentants du gouvernement, se trouvaient à une cérémonie à Rumangabo aux côtés de Ntaganda.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer Ntaganda comme un «partenaire pour la paix» renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes abjects contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
Lors d'une conférence de presse le 31 janvier à Kinshasa, vous avez déclaré que le choix était difficile entre la justice et la paix, la stabilité et la sécurité dans l'est du Congo, et que votre choix était de privilégier la paix. Nous voulons aussi voir la paix régner dans l'est du Congo ainsi que la fin des atteintes terribles aux droits humains qu'y subissent les gens depuis trop longtemps. Mais une paix durable est rarement possible sans la justice. La paix et la justice devraient être considérées comme complémentaires, et non comme contradictoires. Favoriser le respect de l'Etat de droit est la seule solution pour garantir la protection des citoyens congolais qui supportent le fardeau des violations des droits humains.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commises Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance de son arrestation. Au-delà des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires de l'Union des patriotes congolais (UPC), Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu, notamment le premier prêtre tué dans le conflit de l'Ituri, l'Abbé Boniface Bwanalonga.
En novembre 2005, Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes. Il figure toujours sur cette liste.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Le fait que les forces se trouvant sous le commandement de Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves, comme l'a démontré le récent massacre à Kiwanja, souligne l'urgente nécessité de l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda par les autorités congolaises.
Monsieur le Président, vous avez été un solide partisan de la fin de la culture de l'impunité au Congo.
Votre gouvernement a été au premier rang de la coopération avec la CPI avec le transfert de trois ressortissants congolais à la Haye, pour y être jugés pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanité.
Vous avez réitéré votre engagement à établir l'Etat de droit dans de nombreux discours, tels ceux adressés au parlement congolais et à l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Pour que ces engagements soient réalisés, nous vous exhortons à donner des instructions à vos autorités judiciaires pour que M. Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à la juridiction de la CPI.
Nous pensons aussi que Laurent Nkunda devrait être tenu pour responsable des crimes que les troupes sous son commandement ont commis à Kisangani en mai 2002, à Bukavu en juin 2004 et dans le Nord Kivu entre 2006 et 2008. Nous notons que votre gouvernement demande son extradition au Congo pour y être jugé. Nous vous exhortons à mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire spécial au sein du système judiciaire congolais pour mener des enquêtes et exiger des comptes aux individus, tels que Nkunda, qui ont commis de graves violations du droit international humanitaire. Ce mécanisme devrait être conforme aux normes internationales de procès équitable et exiger des comptes non seulement à Nkunda, mais aussi aux individus d'autres groupes armés et de l'armée congolaise qui ont perpétré des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre l'humanité.
Votre gouvernement s'est opposé fermement à l'amnistie pour les crimes graves. Une paix durable dans l'est du Congo exige la traduction en justice des personnes qui ont commis des atrocités contre le peuple congolais. Nous espérons que vous agirez afin que Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à La Haye, et pour mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire qui puisse rendre la justice pour les victimes et mettre fin à la culture d'impunité.
Veuillez agréer, Votre Excellence, l'expression de notre haute considération.
Kenneth Roth
Directeur Exécutif
Cc : Son Excellence, Adolphe Muzito, Premier Ministre
Son Excellence, Charles Mwando Simba, Ministre de la défense
Son Excellence, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Ministre de la Justice
Son Excellence, Upio Kakura, Ministre des Droits Humains
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale
Hon. Kengo Wa Dondo, Président du Sénat
Général John Numbi, Inspecteur général de la police
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Letter to President Kabila: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
February 1, 2009
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DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
H.E. President Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo
New York, February 1, 2009
Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch writes to express its deep concern that your government is considering appointing Bosco Ntaganda to a senior position in the military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rather than arresting him. Ntaganda, formerly military chief of staff for the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), is currently playing a key role in the integration process of CNDP troops into the FARDC. He was granted the rank of general in the Congolese armed forces in January 2005, though he did not take up the position at the time.
You certainly know that Ntaganda is being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, Congo has an obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
Despite having an international obligation to arrest Ntaganda, your government has to date made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. On January 29, the Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Simba, and other senior officials were at a ceremony in Rumangabo alongside Ntaganda.
Efforts by Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather punished. Rather than promote respect for the rule of law, such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
In your press conference on January 31 in Kinshasa, you said that there was a difficult choice between justice and peace, stability and security in eastern Congo, and that your choice was to prioritize peace. We too want to see peace in eastern Congo and an end to the horrific human rights abuses that the people there have suffered for too long. But sustainable peace rarely comes without justice. Peace and justice should be seen as complementary, not contradictory. Fostering respect for the rule of law is the only solution for ensuring protection for Congolese citizens who suffer the brunt of the human rights violations.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, as demonstrated by the recent massacre in Kiwanja, underscores why it is urgent and essential that Congolese authorities arrest Ntaganda.
Mr. President, you have been a strong advocate for ending the culture of impunity in Congo. Your government has been at the forefront of cooperation with the ICC with the transfer of three Congolese individuals to The Hague to stand trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. You have repeated your commitment to establishing the rule of law in numerous speeches such as those to the Congolese parliament and to the United Nations General Assembly. For these commitments to be realized, we urge you to instruct your judicial authorities to arrest Ntaganda and to transfer him to the jurisdiction of the ICC.
We also believe that Laurent Nkunda should be held responsible for crimes troops under his command committed in Kisangani in May 2002, in Bukavu in June 2004 and in North Kivu between 2006 and 2008. We note that your government is calling for his extradition to Congo to stand trial. We urge you to establish a special judicial mechanism within the Congolese justice system to investigate and hold to account individuals, such as Nkunda, who committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. Such a mechanism should meet international fair trial standards and hold to account not just Nkunda but also individuals from other armed groups and the Congolese army who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Your government has been strong on denying amnesty for serious crimes. Lasting peace in eastern Congo requires justice for those who have committed atrocities against Congolese people. We hope you will act to arrest Ntaganda and surrender him to The Hague, and to put in place a judicial mechanism that can realize justice for the victims and an end to the culture of impunity.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Roth
Executive Director
Cc: His Excellency, Adolphe Muzito, Prime Minister
His Excellency, Charles Mwando Simba, Minister of Defence
His Excellency, Luzolo Bambi Lesa, Minister of Justice
His Excellency, Upio Kakura, Minister of Human Rights
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, President of the National Assembly
Hon. Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, President of the Senate
General John Numbi, Inspector General of the Police
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February 1, 2009
Downloadable Resources:
Letter to President Kabila: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda (PDF)
Related Materials:
DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
H.E. President Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo
New York, February 1, 2009
Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch writes to express its deep concern that your government is considering appointing Bosco Ntaganda to a senior position in the military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rather than arresting him. Ntaganda, formerly military chief of staff for the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), is currently playing a key role in the integration process of CNDP troops into the FARDC. He was granted the rank of general in the Congolese armed forces in January 2005, though he did not take up the position at the time.
You certainly know that Ntaganda is being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, Congo has an obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
Despite having an international obligation to arrest Ntaganda, your government has to date made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. On January 29, the Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Simba, and other senior officials were at a ceremony in Rumangabo alongside Ntaganda.
Efforts by Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather punished. Rather than promote respect for the rule of law, such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
In your press conference on January 31 in Kinshasa, you said that there was a difficult choice between justice and peace, stability and security in eastern Congo, and that your choice was to prioritize peace. We too want to see peace in eastern Congo and an end to the horrific human rights abuses that the people there have suffered for too long. But sustainable peace rarely comes without justice. Peace and justice should be seen as complementary, not contradictory. Fostering respect for the rule of law is the only solution for ensuring protection for Congolese citizens who suffer the brunt of the human rights violations.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, as demonstrated by the recent massacre in Kiwanja, underscores why it is urgent and essential that Congolese authorities arrest Ntaganda.
Mr. President, you have been a strong advocate for ending the culture of impunity in Congo. Your government has been at the forefront of cooperation with the ICC with the transfer of three Congolese individuals to The Hague to stand trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. You have repeated your commitment to establishing the rule of law in numerous speeches such as those to the Congolese parliament and to the United Nations General Assembly. For these commitments to be realized, we urge you to instruct your judicial authorities to arrest Ntaganda and to transfer him to the jurisdiction of the ICC.
We also believe that Laurent Nkunda should be held responsible for crimes troops under his command committed in Kisangani in May 2002, in Bukavu in June 2004 and in North Kivu between 2006 and 2008. We note that your government is calling for his extradition to Congo to stand trial. We urge you to establish a special judicial mechanism within the Congolese justice system to investigate and hold to account individuals, such as Nkunda, who committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. Such a mechanism should meet international fair trial standards and hold to account not just Nkunda but also individuals from other armed groups and the Congolese army who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Your government has been strong on denying amnesty for serious crimes. Lasting peace in eastern Congo requires justice for those who have committed atrocities against Congolese people. We hope you will act to arrest Ntaganda and surrender him to The Hague, and to put in place a judicial mechanism that can realize justice for the victims and an end to the culture of impunity.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Roth
Executive Director
Cc: His Excellency, Adolphe Muzito, Prime Minister
His Excellency, Charles Mwando Simba, Minister of Defence
His Excellency, Luzolo Bambi Lesa, Minister of Justice
His Excellency, Upio Kakura, Minister of Human Rights
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, President of the National Assembly
Hon. Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, President of the Senate
General John Numbi, Inspector General of the Police
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