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UN Says Congo’s Defeated M23 Rebels Active Again

January 13, 2014 Global Authorcongo, DRC, M23

UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. envoy in Congo said Monday there are "credible reports" that the M23 rebel group is recruiting fighters and resuming activities despite last month's peace agreement with the Congolese government following its military defeat. Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council that the M23 must not be allowed to re-emerge as a military force, which... Read More

The external independent review submits its report on alleged sexual abuses in DRC

January 10, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, ICC

The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Herman von Hebel, has received the independent external review’s panel report which he commissioned in June 2013 following the allegations of sexual assault of four individuals under the ICC’s protection programme by a former ICC staff member working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In announcing this independent review,... Read More

Exclusive: Congo’s army accused of abuse as rebels regroup in Rwanda: U.N. experts

December 18, 2013 Global Authorcongo, DRC, Rebels, refugees

(Reuters) – Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighboring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to a confidential U.N. report. “The Group has documented that M23 received continued support from Rwandan territory,” the U.N. Group of Experts said in its final report… Read More

22 dead in Congo capital shootout

December 18, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Shootout, violence, war

BRAZZAVILLE: At least 22 people died as a result of Monday’s firefight in Congo’s capital between soldiers and the bodyguard of a wanted high-ranking army officer, a source in the city morgue told reporters. “Twenty-two bodies … have been brought here from the scene of the clashes,” the source said Tuesday on condition of anonymity. On Monday a gun… Read More

DRC government and M23 sign peace deal

December 12, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Peace Deal, Rwanda

The rebel group agreed to engage in talks in October after suffering defeats against government and UN-backed forces. M23 rebels, who were once part of the country’s army, mutinied in 2012 The Democratic Republic of Congo government and M23 rebels have signed a peace agreement in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The deal was announced through an official statement. … Read More

Comprehensive Gender Study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for Psychosocial Support to Stop the Violence

November 27, 2013 Global Authorafrica, Democratic Republic of Congo, SEC, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Waes in Africa

27 November 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. Activists across the world are calling for action during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence that started on November 25th. This year’s theme is “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World”. Globally, the levels of gender-based violence are alarming, and they are even higher in conflict and post-conflict settings.... Read More

Congolese Rebel Group Says It Is Laying Down Arms

November 5, 2013 Global Authorcongo, DRC, Kabila, Kagame, Kampala, M23, Rwanda, Uganda

Pete Muller for The New York Times Following a string of recent victories on the battlefield by the Congolese Army operating with United Nations support, the group, known as the M23, said that it was ending the 20-month rebellion that had brought renewed instability, uncertainty and conflict to the eastern part of Congo. In a statement, the group’s chairman, Bertrand… Read More

DR Congo: M23 rebels close to defeat after US and Britain urge Rwanda to stay out

October 31, 2013 Global AuthorBritain, DRC, M23, Rwanda, US

The M23 rebel group is made up of hundreds of Congolese soldiers mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group who deserted the national army last year Photo: Reuters Foreign ministers of America and Britain called president of neighbouring Rwanda to ask him to cut ties with rebels Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are close to defeat after the… Read More

US ups pressure to end DRC’s M23 rebellion

October 24, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Feingold, Kabila, Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda

US Great Lakes envoy Russ Feingold is believed to be more even-handed than some of his predecessors http://feingold.senate.gov/images/feingold_headshot_highres.jpg The US’s new representative for Africa’s Great Lakes region has upped the pressure on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end the bloody M23 rebellion in north-east DRC. After years of close relations between Washington and Rwanda, Russ… Read More

Rwanda’s M23 fires on another UN Helicopter

October 18, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, M23, MONUSCO, Rwanda, UN

MONUSCO PRESS RELEASE Martin Kobler and Mary Robinson condemn new attack by the M23 against a UN Helicopter Kinshasa, 18 October 2013: The head of MONUSCO, Martin Kobler, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mary Robinson, strongly condemned a new attack by the M23 against an unarmed MONUSCO helicopter, the second in less than a week. The latest attack… Read More

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