29.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"ICC seeks Congo's 'Terminator'"

According to ICC, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda is being sought for recruiting child soldiers in Ituri region between July 2002 and December 2003; as senior member of the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo (FPLC), Ntaganda was responsible for 7 camps where child soldiers were trained [ID 96016]

29.04.2008 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Process by which Congolese nationals of Rwandan origin can obtain Rwandan nationality, including: what family ties are sufficient for entitlement to Rwandan nationality; documentary proof that is required of applicants and whether it is difficult to obtain; duration and costs of the process [ZZZ102740.E]"

Query response on the process by which Congolese nationals of Rwandan origin can obtain Rwandan nationality, including: what family ties are sufficient for entitlement to Rwandan nationality; documentary proof that is required of applicants and whether it is difficult to obtain; duration and costs of the process [ID 96109]

25.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"New fighting stops DR Congo aid"

Eastern DR Congo: Fighting forces the UN refugee agency to suspend aid to displaced people [ID 95830]

22.04.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch

"End the Horrific Suffering in Eastern Congo"

63 leading NGOs call on the armed groups, international parties and the government of the DRC to immediately implement the Goma Peace Agreement; since the signing, scores of civilians have been killed, hundreds of women and girls raped and many more children recruited into armed service [ID 95855]

21.04.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"In DRC, journalist alleges beating by Angolan diplomat"

Broadcast journalist pressed charges against an Angolan diplomat, alleging he was beaten unconscious [ID 95624]

21.04.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Concern about death threats against those observing appeal hearings in Serge Maheshe murder case"

Reporters Without Borders concerned about death threats sent to 4 independent observers who are monitoring appeal hearings of 4 people convicted of June 2007 murder of journalist Serge Maheshe [ID 95798]

17.04.2008 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Militias Fears Rwandan Return"

Eastern Congo: Many of the estimated 6,000 Hutu militia fighters are afraid to return to Rwanda; they fear they will be accused of participating in the genocide [ID 95491]

17.04.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Ugandan rebels abduct more than 250 people in bush hideouts" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have abducted over 250 people in the past month in the jungles of the north-eastern DRC and southern Sudan, officials said [ID 95670]

17.04.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Ugandan rebels abduct more than 250 people in bush hideouts" , Author: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels from Uganda have abducted over 250 people in the past month in North-Eastern DRC and Southern Sudan, where they are based [ID 95779]

14.04.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"DRK Monatsbericht März 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (March 2008) [ID 95903]

11.04.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Interior minister asked to intervene in case of newspaper editor and assistant held incommunicado"

Newspaper editor and his assistant held incommunicado [ID 95043]

11.04.2008 - Source:Institute for War and Peace Reporting 

"Goma: Army Cracks Down on Crime"

Eastern DRC: Military police brought in to put stop to spate of crime blamed on local law enforcement officers [ID 95094]

11.04.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Mass graves found in Bas-Congo, rights group claims"

Bas-Congo Province: Human rights group has said mass graves with human remains have been found; security forces recently clashed with followers of a religious sect [ID 95213]

10.04.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Attacks force aid agencies to suspend work in Eastern DR Congo" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Eastern DRC: International aid agencies working in strife-torn East of country suspend activities after increased armed attacks against their staff, UN says [ID 95093]

09.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Nouvelles menaces contre Mme Julienne Lusenge [COD 001 / 0408 / OBS 048.1]"

Women's rights activist Julienne Lusenge faces threats and acts of intimidation [ID 95040]

09.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Actes d'intimidation et menaces de mort à l'encontre de M. Georges Kapiamba [COD 002 / 0408 / OBS 050]"

Human rights activist Georges Kapiamba faces death threats and acts of intimidation [ID 95041]

04.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Menaces de mort à l'encontre de Mme Julienne Lusenge [COD 001 / 0408 / OBS 048]"

Death threats against the coordinator of Solidarité féminine pour la paix et le développement intégral (SOFEPADI) Julienne Lusenge on 31 March 2008 [ID 94924]

02.04.2008 - Source:UN Security Council

"Twenty-fifth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [S/2008/218]"

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (major developments; security environment; humanitarian situation; support for security and stabilisation in the east; support for the armed forces of the DRC and joint operations; protection of civilians; human rights; sexual and gender-based violence; rule of law and security sector reform; disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration; children in armed groups; local elections; observations) [ID 94951]

31.03.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"UNICEF says DR Congo rebels are recruiting more child soldiers" , Author: Agence France-Presse (AFP)

UNICEF says rebels are recruiting child soldiers again [ID 94465]

28.03.2008 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

"Registrierung in Gefängnissen der Geheim-, Informations- und Sicherheitsdienste sowie Militärgerichte im Jahr 2000"

Query response on registration of persons who were detained by intelligence services or military courts in 2000 [ID 95059]

28.03.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Update, 22 - 28 Mar 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

North Kivu: Update on security and humanitarian situation as well as population displacements [ID 95092]

26.03.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"DR Congo: OCHA North Kivu Humanitarian Situation Update, 15 - 21 Mar 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

North Kivu: Update on humanitarian situation (15 - 21 March 2008) [ID 94164]

26.03.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Fear, uncertainty deter North Kivu IDPs from going home"

North Kivu Province: Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are reluctant to go back to their villages for fear of attacks [ID 94201]

25.03.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Rise in TB cases linked to co-infection with HIV"

According to local health officials, efforts to combat the spread of tuberculosis have been slowed down by the problem of tuberculosis patients also infected with HIV [ID 94119]

25.03.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network

"Victims of Bas-Congo violence in urgent need of medical care"

Bas-Congo: MSF is concerned that people wounded during clashes between police and supporters of the Bundu Dia Kongo group are not receiving any medical help; most of the wounded are members of the Bundu Dia Kongo group, who don't go to health facilities through fear of being found by police [ID 94123]