MJPC Urges the ICC to Refer Congo to the UN (Security Council) on Ntaganda
Region: Zaire
MJPC Urges the ICC to Refer Congo to the UN (Security Council) on Ntaganda "There are serious dangers in continuing to allow Congo defy the ICC arrest warrant against Ntaganda; its sends a wrong message and could have disastrous effects in other countries" Citing the importance for the newly-created International Criminal Court (ICC) to remain an impeccably impartial institution, the MJPC reite... more
Views: 1572War Against LRA Looms in Congo
Region: Zaire
Government troops look set to take on Ugandan rebels who terrorise and plunder Congolese villagers. By Peter Eichstaedt in Doruma, Democratic Republic of Congo On the morning of Good Friday, March 21, third-grade schoolteacher Raymond Rpiolebeyo rode his bicycle down the dirt track leading to his home village of Gurba, expecting to spend the Easter weekend with his family and friends. But his trip was cut short when... more
Views: 1365Outcry Over ICC’s Scrapping of Rape Charges
Region: ZaireVictims of sexual violence in DRC angered by court’s controversial move. By Jacques Kahorha in Goma (AR No. 173, 3-Jun-08) Congolese women who’ve fallen victim to rape and related crimes say they feel badly let down by the decision of the International Criminal Court, ICC, to drop all sexual violence charges relating to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. The ICC decision followed an... more
Views: 15215 Million Lives Claimed In Congo Within Last 10 Years
Region: ZaireThe IRC carried out the report with Australia’s Burnet Institute. 45,000 lives are claimed every month according to the survey. This conflict has had the most deaths ever since World War II. The loss of lives is attributed by war, disease, and malnutrition. Both groups say that the war and it’s aftermath has caused more deaths than any other conflict since World War II. “Congo’s loss is ... more
Views: 1452Rebels Walk Out of Talks In DR Congo
Region: ZaireAccording to a spokesman for the dissident general Laurent Nkunda, they had left the talks at Goma after there was an attempted arrest of one of the group’s members. The meeting had begun this week with neither General Nkunda nor President Joseph Kabila taking part of the meeting in person. These talks came to be after the failure of last year’s governments to oust the rebels from their strongholds. Acc... more
Views: 1420General Nkunda Invited To Peace Talks
Region: ZaireThe DR Congo’s government also added that all parties involved in the conflict are invited to attend the peace conference. This includes the rebel faction and its leader General Laurent Nkunda. This is after most of the territory that had been regained by government forces were recaptured by the rebel forces led by General Nkunda. Last week, General Nkunda had said that he is ready for the political solu... more
Views: 1271General Nkunda Ready For 'Peaceful' Solution
Region: ZaireSpeaking to BBC, General Nkunda has said that he is ready for a political solution to the conflict under the condition that the DR Congo’s government must disarm the Hutu rebels from Rwanda first. He has claimed that the Rwandan Hutu rebels have been attacking ethnic Tutsis. “We said for a long time that the war cannot finish a political problem,” Nkunda said to Arnaud Zajtman of BBC. He added: &... more
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