All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Two doctors facilitated by some officials of the UN mission in DR Congo (MONUC) have entered Congo jungles to treat ailing FDLR commander Maj. Gen. Sylvestre Mudacumura, The New Times has learnt
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Some elements in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) are allegedly conniving and facilitating the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, The New Times has reliably learnt.
JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
[JURIST] The UN Organization Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) has given funding and support to military groups that are committing human rights abuses, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday. HRW detailed the alleged attacks, rapes, and murders of civilians, calling them war crimes. HRW senior researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg said: Some Congolese army soldiers are committing war crimes by viciously...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A top human rights group is accusing the Congolese military of killing more than 500 civilians in eastern Congo and says the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from decapitating men and raping young girls.
IOL (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The United Nations has withdrawn assistance from certain army units in Congo, but remains committed to its operation in the Central African country.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A top human rights group is accusing the Congolese military of killing more than 500 civilians in eastern Congo and says the U.N. peacekeeping force in the area did nothing to stop the soldiers from decapitating men and raping young girls.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Human Rights Watch - Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today.Human Rights Watch called on the UN peacekeeping force in Congo, MONUC, to immediately suspend its support to the military operation
IOL (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The United Nations has cut support for some units of the Congo armed forces amid allegations that the soldiers killed, raped and mutilated hundreds of civilians.
CNN (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The United Nations has suspended assistance to a Congolese army brigade battling rebels amid allegations that its troops killed 62 civilians, including women and children, between May and September.
France24 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The UN has withdrawn its support for Congolese army units operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top UN official announced Monday, accusing its soldiers of killing 62 civilians. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Leroy said "civilians have been clearly targeted in attacks by certain elements of the FARDC (the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo)". "We have decided...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
(New York) - Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
UN peacekeepers in DR Congo are to stop working with some army units after the killing of 62 civilians.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has confirmed the improvement of the situation in the conflict-stricken central African country, especially in its unstable east. Despite occasional reports of violence by remnants of insurgency and ethnic clashes, MONUC is seeing progress and considering a shift of the mission to other concerns, local media reported on Sunday, citing Alain...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
BUNIA, Congo (Reuters) - Lack of much needed aircraft that U.N. member states were meant to donate has hampered the ability of a Congo peacekeeping force to protect civilians, the U.N.'s head of peacekeeping said on Sunday.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
India Thursday said it will offer $263 million line of credit for three projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and also set up an IT excellence centre in the Central African country.
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