ARTICLES RELATING TO DRC

Rwanda critical to DRC peace – Ban

2013-05-24 14:32

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon says Rwanda is key to ensuring peace in volatile eastern DRC, as he toured the region to boost a new accord to end decades of violence.

DRC has chance for peace - Ban

2013-05-23 22:17

Troubled eastern DRC has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

UN chief arrives in Goma, DRC

2013-05-23 12:03

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Goma, eastern DRC, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to permit the visit to proceed.

Fighting flares in DRC ahead of Ban visit

2013-05-22 13:21

Fresh fighting has erupted between the army and rebels in the eastern DRC ahead of a visit by the UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the troubled country.

Rebels, army clash in DRC's Goma

2013-05-20 12:03

Rebels from the M23 movement and the army are fighting just north of Goma, a regional capital in the DRC that the rebels had occupied briefly in November, both sides say.

20+ killed in DRC mine collapse

2013-05-17 08:04

The DRC government says more than 20 people have died in a collapse at a bush mine in the region of Masisi in North Kivu province.

PPC plans $200m cement factory in DRC

2013-05-16 09:57

Cement firm PPC plans to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo with a $200m factory, its chief executive says.

DRC province in push to save child soldiers

2013-05-14 08:57

Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the DRC, residents of the notorious "Triangle of Death" have taken matters into their own hands.

SANDF flexes muscles ahead of mission

2013-05-09 22:20
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The air force has showed off its military might with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented "peace enforcing" deployment to the eastern DRC.

100s of Congolese flee to Uganda

2013-05-08 19:01

A spokesperson for the UN refugee agency in Uganda says hundreds of Congolese are fleeing into Uganda to avoid being forcibly conscripted into the ranks of the rebel group M23.

Pakistan peacekeeper killed in DRC

2013-05-08 09:37

Attackers have killed a Pakistan peacekeeper in an ambush in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.

DRC intervention brigade must be limited

2013-05-06 22:17

A new UN intervention brigade to be deployed in conflict-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of Congo must carry out only limited strike operations.

Special fund system for CAR

2013-05-04 11:36

CAR’s neighbours have gathered at a summit in Brazzaville proposed the creation of a special fund to stem smouldering post-coup unrest and plan elections next year.

M23 rebels recruit 59 child soldiers

2013-05-02 22:19

The United Nations says the DRC's M23 rebels have recruited at least 59 child soldiers.

DRC's M23 threatens new UN brigade

2013-04-30 14:32

Rebels in eastern DRC warn they’re getting ready to fight against a new United Nations brigade due to arrive in the coming months.

UN lists misconduct by peacekeepers

2013-04-19 09:13

The chief procurement officer in the UN peace-building mission in Sierra Leone has signed three contracts worth more than $2.7m in total, way in excess of his $50 000 per contract limit.

No respite for SANDF in troubled DRC, Sudan

2013-04-17 22:03
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President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of more than 1 300 troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 850 in Sudan, on the back of the withdrawal from the embattled Central African Republic.

Gordimer warns on troop deployments

2013-04-16 16:39

Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer has urged South Africa's government to be more cautious about deploying peacekeepers abroad, after 13 troops died in the Central African Republic.

ICC probing staffer over DRC sex claims

2013-04-13 14:16

The International Criminal Court has opened a formal investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a court staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Unclear how many soldiers headed to DRC

2013-04-09 17:47

Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said says there is not yet an indication from the defence department on the number of soldiers heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SANDF: We're not scared to go to war

2013-04-08 08:42
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The SA National Defence Force was "ready to tackle" the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo rebel group M23, its spokesperson says.

Exam cheat is training army

2013-04-07 15:52
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The officer in charge of training soldiers for deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an exam cheat, City Press reports.

UN, DRC agree to stop rape

2013-04-02 21:48

The United Nations has signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo aimed at fighting against rape and sexual violence by armed groups.

Brits in plot to kill Lumumba - UK spy

2013-04-02 15:46

A former British intelligence officer has claimed that Britain played a role in the assassination of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, a source says.

DRC rebels slam UN peacekeepers

2013-04-01 14:38

The main rebel group in eastern DRC has denounced as an act of war the UN approving to send its first-ever "offensive" peacekeeping brigade to the region.

 

Minister confirms SA troop deployment

2013-05-24 13:13

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has confirmed the deployment of SA troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic, to support the withdrawal of troops from the country.

UN combat troops in DRC soon

2013-05-23 21:24

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has pledged that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east.

DRC war persists as UN chief arrives

2013-05-22 20:50

Rockets have land in DRC city of Goma as the UN secretary-general arrives in the capital.

DRC army, rebel clashes continue in Goma

2013-05-21 22:35

Two days of clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace.

Journalist found dead in eastern DRC

2013-05-18 20:30

A journalist has been found dead in eastern DRC as threats to media are on the increase.

Chief insists SANDF will be ready for DRC mission

2013-05-16 18:01

SANDF soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief says.

DRC to create new city - Lumumbaville

2013-05-14 22:07

The DRC is to create the city of Lumumbaville in honour of liberation symbol Patrice Lumumba.

First intervention troops arrive in DRC

2013-05-13 21:47

The first troops belonging to an intervention brigade aimed at taking on armed groups in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have arrived for their mission, a UN official says.

Dozens kidnapped in M23 fief in DRC

2013-05-09 07:57

Nearly 30 people have been kidnapped in eastern DRC by the M23 rebels in their fief of Rutshuru since the beginning of April, says a community leader.

Girls as young as 6 raped by DRC troops

2013-05-08 14:41

DRC troops raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country’s volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, a UN report says.

DRC named worst place to be mother

2013-05-07 09:16

The DRC has displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the inevitable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother, according to a report.

DRC rebels prepare to face UN force

2013-05-06 15:32

Rebels in the DRC are honing their ambush skills to prepare to face a new UN force which has a mandate to go on the offensive.

Comoros, DRC discuss coup bid

2013-05-04 11:27

The foreign minister of the Comoros has met DRC’s President Joseph Kabila to discuss the alleged involvement of Congolese nationals in the Indian Ocean state's latest coup attempt.

Peace talks in trouble, says DRC's M23

2013-05-02 07:49

The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with DRC’s government, a rebel spokesperson says, increasing fears of renewed violence in the country’s troubled east.

DRC rebels training to face UN force

2013-04-29 20:28

The M23 rebel group in eastern DRC say hundreds of its commanders were undergoing special training to face an offensive by a newly-formed UN combat force.

UN to probe claims of rape by DRC army

2013-04-18 09:16

The UN says it would investigate dozens of claims of rape by army officers and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

12 DRC activists get 20 years jail time

2013-04-17 10:06

A court in the DRC has sentenced 12 rights activists to 20 years in prison each for planning a march to protest high water and electricity bills and mismanagement of their province.

M23 tells Tanzania: Don't send troops

2013-04-13 15:35

The rebel M23 movement has asked Tanzania to scrap plans to contribute troops to the future UN intervention brigade which is designed to fight armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC suspends 12 army officers over rapes

2013-04-12 10:08

The DRC army has suspended 12 senior officers over mass rapes in the strife-torn east of the country, a UN spokesperson says.

DRC peace talks resume in Uganda

2013-04-08 15:03

A spokesperson for the Congolese rebels group M23 says peace talks with the Congolese government have resumed in the Ugandan capital.

DRC wants own currency back

2013-04-07 21:40

With the economy on the mend, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun a campaign to rebuild the national currency and wean the country off the US dollar.

SANDF denies CAR troop build-up

2013-04-03 12:44

The SA National Defence Force has denied reports suggesting it is massing troops in central Africa, saying it is waiting for direction from government on whether to withdraw its forces.

DRC rebels in Rwanda moved

2013-04-02 21:48

Rwanda has moved hundreds of Congolese rebels who took refuge in the country to a camp further from its border.

SA troops moved for new DRC mission

2013-04-01 21:55

South African troops have been moved to the DRC's restive east, as part of a move by the UN to deploy a peacekeeping brigade in the area.

DRC hails UN approval of peacekeepers

2013-03-29 11:02

The Democratic Republic of Congo has hailed the UN move to create the first-ever "offensive" peacekeeping brigade to fight rebel groups in the country's restive east.

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