JOMBA, DR Congo, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - Mutinous troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday they had repulsed attacks by government forces in heavy fighting in the eastern Nord-Kivu province.
Lieutenant Colonel Vianney Kazarama, spokesman of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23), said government troops using both light and heavy weapons were trying to capture Mbuzi, a hilltop base of the deserters.
"But they failed this morning, we beat them back," he added.
25 MAI 2012 Les violents affrontements militaires qui opposent depuis avril l’armée congolaise (FARDC) et différentes factions du Nord-Kivu déstabilisent toute la province.
Tandis que 40 000 personnes se sont réfugiées en Ouganda & au Rwanda, impossible pour le moment de porter assistance aux milliers de familles en fuite identifiées par nos équipes dans les zones de combats.
If confirmed, the latest toll of clashes underway for weeks in North Kivu released by the civil society of the strife-torn East province, on the border with Uganda and Rwanda, is high: around a hundred people, mainly civilians, were killed in Kitchanga, in the Masisi territory, some fifty wounded and several women were raped. In a reconstruction by local MISNA sources, who requested to remain anonymous, FARDC regular troops were responsible for the violence.
République démocratique du Congo : la situation humanitaire se dégrade dans les Kivus
La violence se poursuit dans les deux provinces du Kivu et s’étend à des zones plus reculées et difficiles d'accès, entraînant des conséquences humanitaires dramatiques. Le CICR s'inquiète de l’augmentation du nombre de victimes civiles et rappelle à toutes les parties aux conflits leur obligation d’épargner les populations.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: humanitarian situation deteriorates in the Kivus
Violence is continuing in the Kivus, where it is spreading to the most remote and difficult-to-reach areas, with tragic consequences. The ICRC is concerned about the rising number of civilian victims. It is calling on all parties to the conflict to spare the civilian population.
BANGKOK, 25 May 2012 - Early next week in Bangkok, Asian and Pacfic media and 10 UN agencies will participate in a special pre-session of a media summit organized by the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (APIBD), to review regional progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
At this pre-session, media and the UN agencies, including the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Office (UNISDR), will look at how they can work more closely to contribute towards the MDGs and its outcomes beyond 2015.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the African Ambassadors’ Group on “Building on Africa’s Recent Progress”, in Washington, D.C., 23 May:
I am honoured to address this distinguished group. I feel very much at home. Every year on Africa Day, we recognize the people and promise of Africa.
De récentes opérations militaires lancées par l’armée régulière contre les mutins au Kivu ont occasionné le déplacement des milliers de personnes vers des pays voisins de la RDC. Plus de 39 000 réfugiés congolais sont installés actuellement au Rwanda et en Ouganda.
The Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow today handed over, in compliance with the Tribunal’s Referral Chamber’s order, the material supporting the Indictment against Ladislas Ntagazwa and other relevant evidence in his case file to Mr. Alphonse Hitiyaremye, the Deputy Prosecutor General of Rwanda’s National Prosecution Authority.
Enough Project Proposes Policy Recommendations to the Great Lakes Contact Group
Posted by Annette LaRocco on May 23, 2012
This Thursday and Friday in The Hague, the International Contact Group on the Great Lakes Region will meet again. Since the early 2000s, the contact group, a body that consists of representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the European Union, and the United Nations, has met on a quarterly basis to focus on political, diplomatic, security, and development issues in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Plus de 39 000 Congolais réfugiés au Rwanda et en Ouganda suite aux récentes opérations militaires au Nord-Kivu. L’assistance est en cours pour les milliers de personnes déplacées internes.
Rapatriement des réfugiés congolais en République du Congo : près de 1 300 personnes rapatriées à ce jour.
Plus de 900 000 caprins et ovins touchés par la peste des petits ruminants en Equateur
Choléra : 14 644 cas dont 245 décès enregistrés depuis le début de l’année
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“My name is Donatille. I’m 45. I have a visual disability and I’m HIV positive.” This is how Donatille, who works as an educator for Handicap International, introduces herself. Rejected by her own family, Donatille uses her work to change the way people see disabled people with HIV.
Sept rebelles des Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR) assiègent depuis la semaine dernière la localité de Fungolamatcho dans le territoire de Lubero en Province Orientale. Dans un communiqué de presse rendu public mardi 22 mai, la société civile de cette cité indique que ces combattants recrutent de force, sous la conduite d’un capitaine, des jeunes gens comme orpailleurs, afin d’extraire de l’or dans la rivière Lubero.
The security situation in North and South Kivu remained generally volatile and with several armed groups operating in the region, continued fighting had resulted in significant displacement of civilians, both within Congo and across the border into Rwanda and Uganda, Roger Meece, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said.
Des rebelles de la Force démocratique pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR) et des miliciens Maï-Maï ont assassiné, la semaine dernière, à l’arme blanche plus de cent civile dans les groupements Ufamandu I et II, en territoire de Masisi (Nord-Kivu).
Des sources locales affirment que ces hommes en armes n’épargnent personne sur leur passage et certains habitants ont fui leur milieu d’origine pour se réfugier dans la localité de Busurungi.
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The political climate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been volatile since the highly disputed presidential elections of November 2011. Since then, Congolese refugees have been seeking shelter in Rwanda, escaping clashes between DRC government forces and armed militia. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is working in Rwanda's Nkamira transit camp, improving the condition of the camp's sanitation in efforts to reduce the spread of disease.
