Kinshasa News

The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday said it was extending by another week an operation designed to enhance the protection of civilians in the eastern areas of the country where members of illegal armed groups raped some 240 people recently.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:39:46 -0700

Ambassador Rice: I want to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary General Khare and SRSG Wallstrom for what was both in the chamber and in our consultations a very frank, comprehensive and we think illuminating briefing on the tragic events that transpired over the last several weeks in Eastern DRC. The rapes, the sexual violence are outrageous and the United States and the Council have condemned ...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:39:36 -0700

The United Nations admits its peacekeepers failed to protect victims of mass rape in eastern Congo. In an area where rape has become a weapon of war, the UN's pledge to 'do better' must be more than a promise.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:12 -0700

The U.N. Security Council is considering leveraging sanctions against the perpetrators of the mass rapes that occurred last month in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a meeting held on the recent violence Tuesday.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:54:46 -0700

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- While African warlords and their shady business partners fight over the vast mineral riches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, another battle, over a huge copper mine, is escalating between a Canadian company and the government. Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - Canada - Business - Business and Economy
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:46:29 -0700

NEW YORK — In 2007 News of the Weird highlighted the clothes cults of impoverished Congo: “In (the country that) has lost an estimated 4 million people in the civil wars of the last decade and where many must get by on about 30 cents a day, ’gangs’ of designer-clothes-wearing men� have fashion smackdowns in the streets of Kinshasa to prove that Versace and Gucci styles look better on them than ...
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:53:49 -0700

In what is likely to be the final submission before appeals judges decide on the way forward in the appeal against the release of Mr. Thomas Lubanga, defense attorneys have insisted that the stay of proceedings imposed by trial judges was "irreversible".
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:40:17 -0700

Two top UN officials urged the Security Council last night to consider sanctions against rebel leaders behind what they said appeared to be organised mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:15:43 -0700

The United Nations reports more than 500 rapes have been committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously reported.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:08:10 -0700

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken several measures to improve the protection of civilians in the east of the country following the recent incidents of mass rape, but establishing State authority in conflict-affected areas would be the most effective way to end lawlessness and violence, a senior UN official said today.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:40:06 -0700

Source: Human Rights Watch (Goma) - Congolese authorities should open a prompt, impartial, and thorough investigation of the abduction and ill-treatment of a human rights defender in North Kivu province in late August 2010, a ...
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:33:54 -0700

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Kigali, where he plans to meet with Rwandan leaders to discuss the soon-to-be-released United Nations report on serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:25:17 -0700

United Nations, Sep 8 (PTI) UN peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo have "failed" to prevent mass rapes -- 242 cases in just three days -- in the eastern part of the African nation, a senior official said.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:13:46 -0700

KINSHASA, 8 SEPTEMBER, 2010 : U.N. officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500, more than double the previous estimate, CNN reported and published on it's website.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:56:28 -0700

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Two top U.N. officials urged the Security Council on Tuesday to consider sanctions against the rebel masterminds of what they said appeared to be organized mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:57:24 -0700