KINSHASA, 5 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - The Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) announced on Saturday that Rwanda had begun extraditing dissidents associated with a breakaway army general in eastern Congo, Laurent ...

KAMPALA-KIGALI, 28 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Uganda and Rwanda have denied statements contained in a report issued on Wednesday by the UN Security Council that the two countries had delayed to give ...

KINSHASA, 3 October 2007 (IRIN) - Health specialists agree that surveillance and monitoring of an Ebola epidemic have to be maintained, despite falls in the numbers of people affected in the province ...

BUNIA, 12 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The disarmament effort of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUC, has brought almost 3,000 minors into the care of child-protection agencies ...

President Félix Tshisekedi announced the imminent formation of a government of national unity on Saturday. During a meeting with members of political parties in the current ruling coalition, Mr.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, announced on Monday the suspension of defence consultations with Kigali due to the involvement of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a "declaration of principles" on Friday for an agreement aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Great Lakes region, while ...

Canada and Germany have imposed sanctions on Rwanda because of its support for the M23 rebels in eastern Congo. Canada said in a statement on Monday: “As a result of Rwanda’s actions in the eastern ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that Rwandan-backed M23 rebels committed summary executions of children in Bukavu when they entered the eastern Democratic ...

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The 15 ...

A UK Government spokesperson said: The UK is deeply concerned by the situation in eastern DRC. The Foreign Secretary met with President Tshisekedi in Kinshasa and President Kagame in Kigali on 21 and ...

Today, the Council imposed restrictive measures on nine individuals and one entity responsible for acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses in the Democratic Republic of the ...