UN accuses Rwanda of leading DR Congo rebels - Africa. Rwanda's defence minister is commanding a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is being armed by Rwanda and Uganda, both of which sent troops to aid the insurgency in a deadly attack on UN peacekeepers, according to a UN report. The UN Security Council's Group of Experts said in a confidential report that Rwanda and Uganda - despite their strong denials - continued to support M23 rebels in their six-month fight against Congolese government troops in North Kivu province. "Both Rwanda and Uganda have been supporting M23," said the 44-page report, which was seen by the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. "Rwandan officials exercise overall command and strategic planning for M23," the report said. "Rwanda continues to violate the arms embargo through direct military support to M23 rebels, facilitation of recruitment, encouragement and facilitation of FARDC [Congolese army] desertions as well as the provision of arms and ammunition, intelligence, and political advice.
" DR Congo fighters given deadline to exit Goma - Africa. Bishop Jean-Marie Runiga Lugerero, political leader of the M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has said that a pullout from the eastern city of Goma could not be a precondition for talks with the government. Runiga Lugerero's comments come after a decision by a regional summit on Sunday, that said the group had until Monday to withdraw from territories in the eastern DRC. Speaking to the AFP news agency on Sunday, Lugerero said: "withdrawal from Goma should not be a prerequisite for talks but rather should come as the result of talks". Delegates at the regional summit in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, said it was "imperative" that the fighters exit the eastern city of Goma, which they seized on Tuesday, before any talks could be held with the group.
Withdrawal from the regional capital "is an important and unavoidable imperative" for negotiations to begin, Lambert Mende, DRC government spokesman told the AFP news agency. "I think the meeting went very well. " Former fighters. Life & Peace Institute :: Home. To Understand the Congo Conflict, Follow the Money - Room for Debate. Ited Nations News Centre - In Rwanda, UN envoy stresses need to rebuild trust among countries in Great Lakes region. 1 May 2013 – A senior United Nations envoy visiting Rwanda today highlighted the importance of restoring trust among countries in the Great Lakes region to ensure long-term peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond.
“If we can bring about peace, which we must, and stop the armed groups of all kinds from operating in the eastern DRC, this will help Rwanda, it will help the region,” said Mary Robinson, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in remarks to the press. Her stop in the Rwandan capital, Kigali is part of a regional tour to encourage implementation of the accord she has called a “framework for hope,” which was signed by 11 countries in February aimed at ending decades of conflict and suffering in DRC and the wider region. “I believe the real heart of this is to rebuild and strengthen the trust between the countries of the region by each of them implementing, rigorously and transparently, the commitments,” she said.
Mrs. Afrikanische Union: Steht eine Intervention im Kongo bevor? | Politik. Speichern Drucken Twitter Facebook Google + UN-Soldaten in Goma, Kongo | © Phil Moore/AFP/GettyImages Nach dem Nato-Einsatz in Libyen ist die Idee »Militärintervention« tief in den Schubladen westlicher Regierungen verschwunden. Im Ost-Kongo sind derzeit Hunderttausende Zivilisten auf der Flucht, Menschenrechtsgruppen berichten von Massakern in Dörfern, eine Choleraepidemie breitet sich aus.
Anzeige Der Handlungsdrang entspringt weniger der Lust auf militärische Abenteuer als dem afrikanischen Wunsch nach einer eigenen Sicherheitsarchitektur. Im Zweifelsfall können sie allerdings darauf hoffen, dass AU und regionale Staatenverbände ihre Ziele zu hoch stecken. Unmittelbar dürfte eine nichtmilitärische Intervention der Supermacht USA am meisten Wirkung zeigen.
Ostkongo: UN-Sicherheitsrat verhängt Sanktionen gegen M23-Rebellenführer | Politik. Der UN-Sicherheitsrat verurteilt einstimmig den Angriff der Tutsi-Rebellen auf die kongolesische Grenzstadt Goma. Gegen zwei Anführer wurden Sanktionen ausgesprochen. Speichern Drucken Twitter Facebook Google + Rekruten der kongolesischen M23-Bewegung | © James Akena/Reuters Nach der Einnahme der kongolesischen Grenzstadt Goma durch die Rebellenmiliz M23 hat der UN-Sicherheitsrat Sanktionen gegen deren Anführer verhängt. Dem Entwurf zufolge soll gegen die Führung der Miliz ein Reiseverbot verhängt und deren Vermögenswerte eingefroren werden. Anzeige Die M23-Rebellen hatten am gestrigen Dienstag die in der ostkongolesischen Provinz Nord-Kivu an der Grenze zu Ruanda gelegene Stadt Goma eingenommen und die Regierungstruppen vertrieben . Unterstützung der Rebellen durch Nachbarländer Die Resolution verurteilt auch jegliche Unterstützung der Rebellion aus dem Ausland, ohne Ruanda oder Uganda dabei namentlich zu erwähnen.
Introduction to Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations [PTP.2012.36E] How to register for this 2-hour course (Click here for screenshots) 1. Select and confirm course Select the course by clicking on the “Select” button. Click on “confirm your selection” link, or “View your shopping cart” link on the right top corner of the page. Click “Confirm” to proceed to login screen. 2.
If you have already used the UNITAR Online Catalogue before, enter your account username (email address) and password. 3. You will receive a welcome e-mail within 2 working days of your registration, which will contain the link to the course with your login information. Copyright This training module was developed by UNEP’s Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch in collaboration with UNITAR and IISD. For administrative queries, contact ptp@unitar.org Certificates of completion will be sent to participants, upon the successful completion of the end-of-course quiz and after participants have filled out the course evaluation form.
Technical requirements. North Kivu: How to end a war. The disarmament deal signed by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on 9 November is a landmark step in the peace process between both countries. But to finally cool tensions in Africa's turbulent Great Lakes region, all parties are going to have to now tackle the collapsing eastern Congolese province of North Kivu. Even in the context of the incredible scope of the conflict in central Africa, the North Kivu situation seems intractable. Its immediate origins lie in Rwanda's invasion of its larger neighbor in 1996 as part of the effort to hunt down some of the perpetrators of the genocide in Rwanda two years earlier. This campaign against the Hutu interahamwe militias sparked what came to be known as the "first Congo war. " Rwandan troops then repeated their move into Congo in 1998 - igniting the "second Congo war," in which nine other African countries joined the fray.
North Kivu has been the epicenter of this violence through most of the past decade. The last chapter. Democratic Republic of Congo country profile - Overview. 11 March 2014Last updated at 08:34 ET A vast country with immense economic resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been at the centre of what some observers call "Africa's world war". This has left it in the grip of a humanitarian crisis. The five-year conflict pitted government forces, supported by Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe, against rebels backed by Uganda and Rwanda. Despite a peace deal and the formation of a transitional government in 2003, people in the east of the country remain in terror of marauding militias and the army.
The war claimed an estimated three million lives, either as a direct result of fighting or because of disease and malnutrition. The war had an economic as well as a political side. Continue reading the main story At a glance Country profiles compiled by BBC Monitoring The history of DR Congo has been one of civil war and corruption. In 1965 Mobutu seized power, later renaming the country Zaire and himself Mobutu Sese Seko. DR Congo's conflicts. Start - SCHÖNEBERGER ART | Galerierundgang und offene Ateliers. SchönebergerARTwalk. TrendMafia - Der Designermarkt | Berlin. MAGDAlena - ehemals Maria / ADS Club - Berlin - Programm. Festsaal Kreuzberg.