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Eastern DRC: UNHCR Calls For The Protection Of Civilians Amid Renewed Fighting
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is deeply concerned about renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between government troops and fighters of the M23 rebel movement. ... Full story
Ban In Congo As Guns Roar Near Goma
In the first visit of its kind, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support a recent peace deal and promote economic development in the long-troubled region. ... Full story
Fighting Rages On As Kabila Deploys Tanks In Goma
The DRC security crisis continued to deepen on Tuesday, with Congolese national army, FARDC, stepping up attacks on rebel M23 Movement positions, Chimp Corps report. ... Full story
Obama Skips Uganda, Rwanda In Africa Tour
President Barack Obama has skipped Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda in his second tour of Africa. ... Full story
Ban To Visit Uganda As DRC Crisis Deepens
World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make an historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region including Uganda, Chimp Corps report. ... Full story
Tanzania Combat Troops Arrive In Congo As M23 Oil Guns
A contingent of Tanzanian soldiers arrived in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday as part of the intervention brigade authorized by the United Nations to help neutralize armed groups in this volatile part of the country. ... Full story
RPP President Urges UN To Pull MONUSCO Out Of DRC
Through their president, John V Karuranga, Rwanda People’s Party has urged the United Nations to take full responsibility for the catalogue of failure by MONUSCO and pull it out of Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Full story
KIVU CRISIS: Congolese Legislators Meet Kagame
A delegation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Senate led by Senate President Hon. Léon Kengo wa Dondo has today (April 8) concluded a three-day working visit in Kigali. ... Full story
DR Congo: UN Warns Of ‘Triangle Of Death’
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the security situation remains volatile in the so-called “Triangle of Death” area in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ... Full story
UN Envoy Roots For “Stopping All Kinds” Of Militias In DRC
A senior United Nations envoy visiting Rwanda on Wednesday highlighted the importance of restoring trust among countries in the Great Lakes region to ensure long-term peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond. ... Full story
