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KINSHASA, 30 September (IRIN) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Friday its army would resist any invasion by foreign forces.

"If Uganda, Rwanda, or any other country launches an attack on the DRC, we will fight," Henri Mova Sakanyi, the government spokesman, told IRIN in Kinshasa, the nation's capital.

Rwanda has not recently threatened to send its army into the DRC. However, On Thursday Ugandan President Yoweri

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (AFP) - The UN Security Council will embark on a week-long fact-finding mission to Africa's Great Lakes region in November, France's UN ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said Friday.
De La Sabliere said he would lead the mission, which will comprise representatives of each of the council's 15 members.

The council team will hold talks with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania as well as with local UN representatives from November 4 to 11.

The mission will first visit Kinshasa

by Vincent Mayanja
KAMPALA, Sept 30 (AFP) - Uganda's threat to redeploy troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to neutralise anti-Kampala rebels has been met with the same suspicion that greeted its previous adventures in the neighbouring country, even if the UN has confirmed the rebels' presence.

Kampala has long maintained that there were Ugandan groups holed up in eastern DRC that posed a threat to its national security.

It used such claims to justify deployment there and support of DRC rebels during its vast neighbour's 1998-2003 war.

Jean-Tobie Okala/Monuc

Le 27 septembre 2005, le Représentant Spécial Adjoint du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies en RDC, Ross MOUNTAIN a effectué sa 3e visite en quatre mois à Mbuji Mayi, pour s'enquérir de l'évolution du processus d'identification et d'enrôlement des électeurs au Kasaï Oriental, et pour y faire le suivi de la situation humanitaire et sécuritaire. Il était accompagné par le Directeur Pays du PNUD, Babacar Cissé, ainsi que du chef du bureau d'OCHA, Jahal de Meritens.

Un processus électoral qui semble marquer

On September 30 (Friday), the Government of Japan and the United Nations (UN) decided to extend assistance of a total of 1,063,823.81 US dollars (approximately 114.89 million yen) through the Trust Fund for Human Security for the project "Girl's Development and Education" Project to be implemented by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The purpose of the project is to improve school access of children with special emphasis on girls in the provinces of Katanga, Eastern and Western Kasai, the provinces worst hit by the civil

S/RES/1628 (2005)

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolutions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular resolutions 1565 (2004) of 1 October 2004, 1592 (2005) of 30 March 2005, 1596 (2005) of 18 April 2005 and 1621 (2005) of 6 September 2005,

Reaffirming its commitment to respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and its readiness to support the peace and national reconciliation process in that country, in particular through the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic

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KINSHASA, 30 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - A constitutional referendum for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not be held on 27 October as planned because only about half of the voters have registered so far, the head of the country's electoral commission said on Thursday.

"We will do everything to organise it before the end of the year," Apollinaire Malumalu, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, said.

"We are going to publish a definitive date soon," he added

As of Thursday, Malumalu said, at least

1. Introduction
Humanitarian needs in DRC remain high despite long-standing efforts to alleviate and eradicate them. These needs are a legacy of years of political and military turmoil, and are currently aggravated by a number of compounding factors.

A generalized lack of infrastructure constitutes the main obstacle to aid delivery. The country's sparse and rarely maintained transport network is poorly suited to the country's expanse and leads to a difficult and costly relief supply chain.

At the request of the HC (Humanitarian

The Synergie d'Education Communautaire et d'Appui (SE*CA) program promotes improved stability in war-affected areas by facilitating the reintegration of war-affected youths into their communities and increasing local, regional and national understanding of issues that are key to the political transition. To support these objectives, SE*CA uses three tools: 1) a youth education and skills program to train war-affected youths in agriculture, civic education, health, conflict management, reconciliation, personal values, numeracy, and literacy; 2) a media program