Nairobi/Kinshasa - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday called for a new momentum for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a speech to lawmakers in the central African nation.
Sarkozy, who travelled with a delegation of ministers and business representatives, said that there was a need to unite various rebel factions and regional governments in order to avoid further chaos.
Rebel groups have in recent years continued to cause trouble in the east of DR Congo, with last year seeing a flare-up in fighting that displaced over 250,000 people.
Nairobi/Kinshasa - The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) Wednesday dismissed media reports it was working with a former rebel leader facing war crimes charges. The BBC said its correspondent in the DR Congo had seen documents proving General Bosco Ntaganda was taking part in the chain of command in a mission involving MONUC.
Kampala - Uganda has begun to pull its troops out of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a mission targeting rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday.
Kampala - Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and his DR Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila met Wednesday in a western border town to review the on-going joint military operations against Ugandan rebels in the north-east of the Congo, a senior minister has confirmed.
New York - A group trying to stop the rape of women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday launched a campaign to raise awareness in the United States, which it said could be critical in ending violence against women.
