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Jun 22 2012
Call for International mobilization to free Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza and all other political prisoners in Rwanda
SIGN THE CALL! On Monday 16 April 2012, Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza, leader of UDF-Inkingi, held in Kigali (Rwanda) since October 2010, decided to withdraw, with immediate effect, from the kangaroo trial opened for more than six months before the High Court of Kigali. This decision followed the refusal by the prosecution and the court to …
Jun 14 2012
DR Congo: Arms supplies fuelling unlawful killings and rape
Amnesty International rapport – 12 june 2012 Political leaders must act immediately and halt arms supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they continue to fuel unlawful killings, rape, looting and abductions, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report, ‘If you resist, we’ll shoot you’, highlights how Congolese …
Jun 10 2012
Congo News n. 151
Summary EDITORIAL: Daring in the name of the people 1. THE MARCH 23 (M23) REBEL MOVEMENT 2. RWANDAN SUPPORT OF THE M23 REBELS a. The Congolese government initiates its investigations b. The Human Rights Watch communiqué c. The Congolese government declaration 3. MESSAGE ON THE SITUATION IN NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU FROM PRIESTS OF THE …
Jun 07 2012
Malnutrition and violence the innocent children and the population of Goma are having to face
Agenzia Fides – 4 june 2012 Today, June 4, is the “International Day of Innocent Children Victims of aggression” sponsored by the United Nations. The young ones and the entire population of North Kivu suffer the climate of tension caused by armed groups in the country that, without distinction, become responsible for violence to women …
May 23 2012
Congo News n. 149
EDITORIAL: A Rwandan Mediation? A New Joint Congolese-Rwandan Military Operation? NO THANKS! KIVU 1. Military Operations Against Bosco Ntaganda’s Troops and M23 2. Rwanda Offers to Help Solve Conflict in North Kivu 3. Bosco Ntaganda Cornered by ICC and HRW 4. FDLR Intensifying Attacks in Villages 5. The Mai-Mai Too
May 15 2012
Congo News n. 148
SUMMARY: EDITORIAL: The “active non-violent resistance” as a response to the « electoral coup d’Etat ». 1. INTERNAL POLITICS a. National Assembly b. Appointing new government c. The first doubts d. Investiture of the new government in the National Assembly 2. ELECTORAL PROCESS 3. HUMAN RIGHTS 4. THE R.D.CONGO CRISIS IS PRESENTED IN THE ITALIAN …
May 10 2012
Congo News n. 147
SUMMARY: EDITORIAL: General Bosco Ntaganda must be arrested and transferred to the ICC 1. CONFLICTS WITHIN THE ARMY a. Desertion of CNDP troops b. Transfer of the 811th regiment c. Confrontations between the FARDC and military deserters 2. A SERIES OF DECLARATIONS a. The statement of CNDP b. The statements of Bosco Ntaganda c. The …
May 08 2012
In three months 241,000 other displaced from North Kivu: the complaint of a missionary
Agenzia Fides – 3 may 2012 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “In the first quarter of 2012, in North Kivu alone, displaced people increased by 241,000 units” this is the complaint made to Fides by Fr. Loris Cattani, a Xaverian missionary animator of “Peace Network for Congo.” The population of North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of …
Apr 25 2012
Congo News n. 146
SUMMARY: MAIN ARTICLE: So what do we do now? 1. INTERNAL POLICY a. The National Assembly has elected a definitive cabinet b. Matata Ponyo, the newly appointed Prime Minister c. The Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) 2. TWO EVALUATION WORKSHOPS FROM THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS a. The Independent National Electoral …
Apr 17 2012
Congo News n. 145
SUMMARY EDITORIAL: the price of peace 1. KIVU a. The desertion of CNDP troops within the FARDC b. The subsequent statements made c. The deserters turn themselves in d. Joseph Kabila announces his intentions to arrest Bosco Ntaganda e. Bosco Ntaganda: the link between Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame f. Kivu: occupied and without peace …
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