Demokratische Republik Kongo
Aktuelle Einsätze
EUSEC RD Congo
EU Mission to Provide Advice and Assistance for Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EU)
Beginn: 05/05
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EUPOL RD Congo
European Union Police Mission in the DRC (EU)
Beginn: 07/07
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MONUC
UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 11/99
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UN plans to end peacekeeping mission (04.03.2010)
(Quelle: BBC)
The UN has said it is has begun discussions with the Democratic Republic of Congo government on withdrawing peacekeeping troops. … Its current mandate is due to expire at the end of May and the new one will include an exit strategy.
MONUC to support Government's efforts for the regulation of the mineral trade (17.02.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The DRC Government and the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) launched a pilot project on the building of five mineral trading centres in North and South Kivu provinces, to facilitate the control and regulation of mineral trading and traceability.
Militias causing increased havoc in northeast (12.02.2010)
(Quelle: Irinnews)
Eight months after the end of joint military operations by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, many parts of Orientale Province, in northeastern DRC, are still in turmoil, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Congo forces suspected of new attack on civilians (10.02.2010)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Congolese forces are suspected of looting a village in the east of the country, U.N. and army officials said on Wednesday, describing the latest incident in the controversial U.N.-backed operations against Rwandan rebels.
Ugandan rebels kill 100 civilians in north-eastern DR Congo, UN reports (01.02.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
Some 100 people were slaughtered by a notorious Uganda rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month, the United Nations humanitarian arm has said.
UN official visits new military operation to ensure civilian protection (19.01.2010)
(Quelle: UN News)
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been visiting the war-torn east of the vast country for talks on reinforcing the protection of civilians within the context of a new anti-rebel operation launched by the national army with UN support.
UN peacekeepers to use “all necessary means” to protect civilians (23.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
In a unanimous resolution adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter authorizing the use of force, the 15-member body stressed that ensuring effective protection of civilians is the first priority of the UN mission in the DRC (MONUC), which has been aiding the national army (known as FARDC) with logistics and firepower to keep rebels from reclaiming areas previously under their control.
UN set to boost DR Congo troop numbers: diplomat (21.12.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The United Nations said Monday it will step its peacekeeping presence in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo over fears that a Ugandan rebel group could carry out further attacks on local people.
UN forces, army adopt new directives with civilian protection at core (16.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the national army adopted new directives today for operations against rebels with the protection of civilians as the core focus following reports of massacres and other serious human rights violations by Congolese soldiers.
UNDP and Japan to train 2,000 police officers (16.12.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
UNDP and the Japanese aid agency JICA have signed an agreement to train the national police force in North Kivu and the Oriental Province of DRC as soon as January 2010. … This three-month project will reinforce the capacities of police officers to effectively fulfill their mission according to international human rights standards.
UN ends criticised Congo campaign (16.12.2009)
(Quelle: BBC)
The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo says a joint military operation against rebels will be concluded at the end of this month.
U.N. told not to join Congo army in operation (09.12.2009)
(Quelle: New York Times)
United Nations peacekeeping officials were explicitly warned months ago by their legal advisers not to participate in combat operations with the Congolese Army if there were a risk that Congolese soldiers might abuse human rights, internal documents show. But the mission went forward — and the abuses took place as feared.
Efforts to thwart rebels in eastern DR Congo a mixed bag, says Ban (08.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
Progress in bringing stability to the war-wracked east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mixed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report, noting the heavy humanitarian toll wrought by a military operation to flush out a notorious ethnic Hutu militia.
Global minerals, arms smuggling networks fuel DR Congo conflict – UN report (07.12.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
Minerals and arms smuggling worth millions of dollars persists in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) despite international sanctions, fuelling rebel strength despite national army operations, and army and rebel soldiers continue to kill civilians, according to a new United Nations report that calls on the Security Council to take action to plug the gaps.
Security Council renews arms embargo and sanctions (30.11.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
The Security Council today extended and expanded the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been in place since 2003, for another year.
MONUC and Congolese government launch strategy against gender based violence (25.11.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
In coordination with the Congolese authorities, Leila Zerrougui, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, today launched the new national strategy against gender based violence, in a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kinshasa.
UN-backed forces 'failing' in rebel fight (25.11.2009)
(Quelle: BBC)
UN-backed operations against rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have failed, a leaked report says. The document, seen by the BBC, says mineral resources are being plundered with impunity and there has been a new surge of rapes and killings. … The report, written by UN-mandated experts, will be discussed by the UN Security Council later.
ICC opens second trial for Ituri violence (24.11.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) this morning opened the second trial for atrocities committed in the Ituri district, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In opening statements, the ICC accused the two former rebel leaders active in Ituri, Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
UN mulls exit strategy for Congo troops – diplomats (16.11.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, diplomats and officials said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, diplomats and U.N. officials said President Joseph Kabila was putting pressure on the U.N. and Security Council ahead of the country's 50th anniversary next year to come up with a plan for ending the peacekeeping mission, known as MONUC.
Number of civilians escaping tribal violence in DR Congo on the rise – UN (10.11.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
The number of civilians fleeing tribal violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Republic of Congo since last week has topped 21,800, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
DR Congo and UN launch stabilization and recovery fund (09.11.2009)
(Quelle: UN News)
The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have launched a fund to help the vast country recover from years of devastating civil war that ended earlier this decade, and continuing strife in its eastern provinces that has displaced more than a million people.
U.N. defends Congo role despite army killings (03.11.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
The United Nations is committed to supporting Congo's army and has only withdrawn assistance from certain units it believes killed more than 60 civilians in recent fighting, top U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
UK unveils 70 mln USD in aid to DR Congo's police reforms (27.10.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb)
Britain unveiled a package of 40 million sterling pounds (close to 70 million U. S. dollars) on Monday in aid to the police reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
UN criticised on Congo offensive (13.10.2009)
(Quelle: BBC / UK)
United Nations peacekeepers have been criticised for supporting a government military offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A joint report by several international aid agencies said the mission had had "disastrous" humanitarian consequences.
UN restarts stalled reintegration of ethnic fighters (08.10.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
A United Nations assessment team has succeeded in restarting the disarmament and integration of some ethnic fighters into the national army in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after they rejected the process or set preconditions.
Uneven progress in DR Congo, UN reports (30.09.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
Progress critical to stabilization in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been uneven, with some rebels being reintegrated into the national army while others continued to attack civilians, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a new report.
Strategy paper on military operations in Congo – Enough Project (29.09.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
The human cost of Operation Kimia II the ongoing joint military offensive by the Congolese army and United Nations peacekeepers against Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo out weighs its benefits, argues a new strategy paper from Enough, the anti-genocide project at the Center for American Progress.
UN helps reintegrate former rebels into national army, police (23.09.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday began transferring detained former rebels who will be joining the Government army under a recent amnesty programme.
Peace campaigners turn up heat on apple, Intel over conflict minerals (18.09.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
The Enough Project, a leading Washington, DC-based advocacy group focusing on genocide and crimes against humanity, is stepping up efforts to end conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fueled by minerals used in electronic devices. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to the troubled eastern region last month has put a spotlight on the humanitarian crisis in the area and inevitably raises questions about what the U.S. government can and will do. In an interview, Enough co-founder John Prendergast talks about changing the economic equation for conflict minerals and the role that Uganda and Rwanda can play in ending the crisis.
Relief workers in eastern DR Congo face increased attacks, UN reports (15.09.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
The number of incidents against humanitarian workers operating in the volatile North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surged by 26 per cent in the first six months this year, and the attacks are becoming increasingly violent, according to a United Nations report released today.
African leaders call for peace in Great Lakes region (11.09.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
African leaders attending a regional conference in Lusaka, Zambia have called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rest of the Great Lakes region. The 3rd Ordinary International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has tasked the DRC to urgently convene an extraordinary summit on the situation in the country, according to the final communique of the conference held in early August.
U.N. rights chief sees possible war crimes in Congo (09.09.2009)
(Quelle: Reuters / International)
A top United Nations official on Tuesday decried possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where U.N. investigators cited both government and rebel fighters for abuses. Navi Pillay, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised particular concern about transgressions by the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) militia, whose former leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested in January in Rwanda.
La libération de Bemba suspendue en appel (04.09.2009)
(Quelle: Jeune Afrique / France)
La remise en liberté provisoire de l'ancien vice-président de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) Jean-Pierre Bemba a été suspendue jeudi par la chambre d'appel de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) dans l'attente d'une décision sur le fond, a annoncé la CPI.
Regional defence chiefs meet over Kimia II (02.09.2009)
(Quelle: The New Times / Rwanda)
Army chiefs from Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi met on Monday in the Congolese border town of Goma to evaluate the ongoing joint DRC-UN military operations against FDLR.
DRC child recruitment a "tragic consequence" of war (01.09.2009)
(Quelle: Irinnews / International)
More children have been used and recruited by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) than anywhere else in the world, according to the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF. Describing the use and recruitment of children as another tragic consequence of conflict, the agency said an estimated 33,000 boys and girls had been involved since 1998. … Since the beginning of the year, UNICEF has facilitated the release of 2,813 children, including 360 girls, from groups that use them as soldiers, sexual slaves or labourers.
Thousands still fleeing Ugandan rebel attacks in eastern DR Congo (28.08.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to suffer at the hands of a notorious Ugandan rebel group, whose attacks have forced at least 125,000 people in Orientale province to flee their homes in the last three weeks alone, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. … The attacks by the LRA have also forced an estimated 8,000 Congolese to flee to neighbouring South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).
ICTR complains over delayed transfer of genocide-accused from DRC (27.08.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) threatened on Thursday to file an official complaint before the United Nations against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which still has not transferred a genocide accused arrested two weeks ago on Congolese territory.
UN chief upbeat about anti-rebel ops in DR Congo (26.08.2009)
(Quelle: Reliefweb / International)
The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), Alan Doss, on Wednesday said that the outcome of five months of operations against Rwandan rebels had been "largely positive." The operation, named "Kimia 2" ("peace" in the Lingala language), launched at the end of March has enabled DR Congo troops logistically backed by MONUC forces to drive the rebels away from all urban centres in the east, Doss said.
US to send military experts to country (18.08.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
The United States military will be sending experts to war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo this week in a new test to break a cycle of violence that has been ongoing since the mid 1990s. America's Africa Command, better known as AFRICOM, will be sending down a "small group" to examine the potential for a greater role for the superpower in one of Africa's most devastated regions, according to a military spokesperson.
China and Congo change tack on deal (18.08.2009)
(Quelle: Financial Times / USA)
China and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to amend the terms of the biggest Chinese investment deal in Africa, which had been blocking Congo’s access to much-needed debt relief, the International Monetary Fund has said. The changes to a minerals-for-infrastructure deal initially valued at $9bn should allow Congo to push ahead with a request for debt relief from western donors, said Brian Ames, the IMF’s country chief, at a press conference in Kinshasa, the capital.
ICC grants temporary release for former Congolese leader facing trial (15.08.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today decided to grant the request of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for a conditional release until the start of the former Congolese leader’s trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Mr. Bemba, the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), faces charges for alleged crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) between October 2002 and March 2003, including rape, murder and pillaging.
UN blue helmets provide help in wake of deadly attack in east of DR Congo (15.08.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is providing medical assistance to the victims of a deadly attack by armed militiamen in a mine-rich area in the strife-torn east of the country. Media reports say at least 16 people were killed during Wednesday's attack, which took place in the remote village of Mpama in North Kivu province, close to the mines at Biseye.
Protect DR Congo civilians (12.08.2009)
(Quelle: Al Jazeera / Qatar)
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations must do more to ensure the safety of civilians living in the war-torn east of the country, the US secretary of state has said. Hillary Clinton was speaking in Goma, one of the cities where Congolese government forces are engaged in a battle with fighters from the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR).
Congo's rape epidemic worsens during U.S.-backed military operation (10.08.2009)
(Quelle: Washington Post / USA)
For the women of eastern Congo, a U.S.-backed Congolese military operation meant to save them from abusive rebels has turned into a nightmare of its own. An already staggering epidemic of rape has become markedly worse since the January deployment of tens of thousands of poorly trained, poorly paid Congolese soldiers, with people in front-line villages such as this one saying the soldiers are not so much hunting rebels as hunting women.
Thousands of Congolese displaced by Ugandan rebels - UN (07.08.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
Some 12,500 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been uprooted from their homes in the past month by attacks by the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the United Nations refugee agency reported today. “The humanitarian situation in this remote part of the DRC remains dramatic,” Andrej Mahecic, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters in Geneva.
Kagame, Kabila agree to tackle FDLR menace (07.08.2009)
(Quelle: allAfrica / International)
President Paul Kagame yesterday paid a historic visit across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he held discussions with his counterpart Joseph Kabila regarding the security in the region as well as economic cooperation between the two countries. … The two Heads of State vowed to maintain pressure on the FDLR with the Congolese leader categorically noting that the days of the former Ex-FAR forces currently holed up in Eastern DRC 'are numbered'.
UN sends protection teams to east amid widespread reports of rape (05.08.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
With reports of widespread rape and other atrocities pouring in from the eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission there has sent some 40 teams to the region over the past six months to bolster the protection of civilians. By identifying early warning signs of potential threats to civilians the joint UN teams, which include child protection, civil affairs and public information officers, allow peacekeepers to react rapidly to counter them, the mission known as MONUC said today.
FDLR loses more bases (03.08.2009)
(Quelle: The News Times / Rwanda)
In what seems to be another sign of the declining grip of the FDLR on parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese national army (FARDC) has yet again over run other rebel force bases. FARDC says it has captured a major FDLR stronghold of Kashindaba located in South Kivu after two days of heavy fighting that started on Monday.
Latest wave of violence in DR Congo uproots 56,000 people – UN agency (31.07.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
The United Nations refugee agency said today that an estimated 56,000 people have been uprooted by the latest wave of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “Thousands have fled their homes to escape the on-going government military campaign against the Hutu rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and their local allies in the South Kivu province,” Andrej Mahecic, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters in Geneva.
“Inhumane” Congolese prisons need urgent overhaul, UN official says (27.07.2009)
(Quelle: UN News / International)
Long-term international support is needed to overhaul the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where inmates routinely have to sleep in disease-ridden hallways and men, women and children incarcerated together, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official says.