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Army arrests suspected killers of Indian peacekeepers
Two men thought to have killed three Indian peacekeepers during a rebel attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday have been arrested. The army says that one of…
Three Indian UN peacekeepers killed in rebel attack
Three Indian UN peacekeepers stationed in Kirumba (pictured), in eastern Democratic of Republic of Congo, were killed when some 50 unidentified attackers overran their base,…
Nearly fifty killed by landslide on eastern volcano's slopes
At least 46 people have been killed and hundreds more have been displaced by a landslide on the slopes of Nyrangongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to…
The future of MONUC's mandate
The Democratic Republic of Congo: a country at war for nearly 15 years and home to the largest and most expensive peace-keeping mission in the world: MONUC. UN Security Council…
UN peacekeeping force to get 3,000 extra troops
MONUC, the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is to get another 3,000 soldiers by the end of October. They will be deployed in the volatile…
At least 60 killed in Hutu rebel attacks, says UN
The United Nations mission in DR Congo has revealed that at least 60 people were killed last weekend in a "massacre" in the east of the country blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels.
Ugandan rebels kill 12, kidnap dozens in Congo
Toward the end of a three-month multinational offensive against them, Ugandan LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) rebels in northern Congo hacked 12 people to death and kidnapped around…
UN extends mandate for peacekeepers in Congo
The UN Security Council has unanimously renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo for a year. The mission, known as MONUC, is…