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available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic MJPC Urges the ICC to Refer Congo to the UN (Security Council) on Ntaganda
"There are serious dangers in continuing to allow Congo defy the ICC arrest warrant against Ntaganda; its sends a wrong message and could have disastrous effects in other countries"
Sacramento, California, April 14, 2009: Citing the importance for the newly-created International Criminal Court (ICC) to remain an impeccably impartial institution, the MJPC reiterated its call on the ICC to refer the DR Congo to the Security Council for possible sanctions.
The MJPC (Mobilization for Justice and Peace in the Congo) warned that in the Congo as elsewhere, the ICC as a new international instrument to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished could quickly lose its moral value if it does not take concrete steps to start enforcing its own issued arrest warrants.
"Frankly the ICC cannot put off forever bringing the DR Congo before the Security Council for its continuing refusal to execute the outstanding ICC arrest warrant against Ntaganda," said Makuba Sekombo, Director of Community Affairs of the MJPC, an organization that strongly denounces defying ICC arrest warrants in Congo. "There are serious dangers in continuing to allow Congo defy this arrest warrant, its sends a wrong message and could have disastrous effects in other countries," added Sekombo.
Ntaganda is accused of several war crimes and crimes against humanity including: the massacres of 150 people in the town of Kiwanja in 2008 in his duties as military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), torturing and killing of hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003 when he was chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), slaughtering of at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga, killing of a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year, and recruiting child soldiers in the eastern region of Ituri. The MJPC is strongly urging the Congolese Government and MONUC to execute the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Ntaganda.
According to Mr. Sekombo, the failure in the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda to date highlights the lack of seriousness in enforcing arrest warrants issued by the ICC and strongly urges the ICC to refer the case of Ntaganda to the UN Security Council to find solutions in accordance with Article 87, paragraph 7 of the Treaty of Rome.
The MJPC is calling for Congo to be taken to the Security Council, as it claims Kinshasa is in clear violation of the ICC treaty which Congo ratified in 2002. The ICC cannot afford to ignore its statutory responsibility to report this matter" to the Security Council," he said, adding that the Security Council would have the authority to require Congo to take all necessary corrective measures to enforce all ICC arrest warrants immediately.
An online petition has been set up asking concerned citizens around the world to demand the UN Mission in Congo known as MONUC and the Congolese Government to act decisively to enforce the ICC outstanding arrest warrants against Ntaganda. The petition can be signed at http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html
About MJPC
MJPC is a non-profit organization working to add a voice in advocating for justice and peace in the DRC particulary in the east of DRC where thousands innocent civilian including children and women continue to suffer massive human rights violations while armed groups responsible for these crimes go unpunished.
Click here to read a full article on referring Congo to the UN Security Council if it continues to defy the execution of the Arrest Warrant of the ICC Against Ntaganda by Makuba Sekombo
For more information about the MJPC and its activities, visit http://www.mjpcongo.org . or call Makuba Sekembo @ 1 408 806 3644 or e-mail: info@mjpcongo.org . The online petition calling on the Congolese Government and MONUC to act decisively in enforcing the outstanding ICC arrest warrant against Bosco Ntaganda can be signed at http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html
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To submit the RD Congo with the Security Council of UNO if It Continues To defy the Execution of the Warrant for arrest of CPI Against Ntaganda
Automatically translated into English thanks to WorldLingo
The failure in the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda until now highlight lack of serious in the reinforcement of warrants for arrest delivered by CPI. If CPI finds that the case of Ntaganda reached the dead end in the co-operation with the Congolese State, that it submits this case with the Security Council of UNO to find solution there, in agreement with article 87, paragraph 7 of the Treaty of Rome
the Congolese State does handle CPI for a political motivation?
After the creation of CPI in 2002, much of people had the hope which CPI will inaugurate a new period of the international responsibility for the serious violations for the human rights, by taking care so that the culprits are translated into justice. It is for the same reason that certain founders of CPI anticipated that while putting an end to impunity, CPI will dissuade the future attrocities. This promise created the hope for many people, including our organization, the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in Congo which fights for the promotion of justice and peace in DRC, by combatant impunity rigorously.
With any despair with the Congolese people, the Congolese government preferred not to stop Bosco Ntaganda but rather to integrate it in the Congolese forces Armed on pretext of preserve national safety and the process of national peace. According to the expression of the Congolese Minister for justice, Luzolo Emmanuel-January: “In practice legal of a State, it ya of the moments when the requirements of peace carry on the traditional needs for justice”. Of course here, the Congolese government chose to play the policy, to choke justice, to inhibit the democratic development which will allow Congo to become a State of Droits. This decision is not for the interest of the Congolese people. It borrowed the assumption formerly used by the critic of the arrest of Thomas Lubanga and that the Congolese government itself had rejected. The assumption according to which, the arrest and the extradition of this last in CPI créérait more conflicts and would handicap the process of peace and national reconciliation. The obviousness speaks for oneself, the case of Thomas Lubanga became a traditional example which proves that the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda will not have any effect on the process of peace like the Congolese government raised. Moreover the current moment is more favourable for such a request that the time of the arrest of Thomas Lubanga; a time which was conflict and more dangerous. Despite everything, the prediction of criticism never materialized.
If the Congolese government continues to maintain this position, isn't it time for the International Penal Court or the Security Council of the United Nations, to take of another precaution finally to allow justice to complete its course? Does CPI, still make effort stop Bosco Ntganda or uses it other provisions in its provision finally to honour its decision?
It is important for CPI to very make to preserve its credibility
the Canadian nongovernmental organization “The International Centers for Human Rights and Democratic Development” once informed that so certain States are able to use CPI for their political motivations, or so certain people are beyond the range of CPI because of their position within a State, the Court will lose credibility, the human rights will continue to be violated, and the democratic development will be choked. (1)
It is deplorable which aujourdhui the Case of alleged the crimenel of war and criminal against humanity, Bosco Ntaganda, does not become a case which raised that this prediction of this organization of human rights is carried out under the eyes of the whole world and highlights the cridibility of majestic CPI is aujourdhui tested; and that itself, to defend its credibility, its founded good and its gasoline.
On April 29, 2008, the preliminary Room of CPI raised the seals of a warrant for arrest against Mr. Bosco Ntaganda, the former assistant of the chief of the Staff general of the patriotic Forces for the release of Congo (FPLC) in Ituri, and the current chief of Staff of the national Congress for the defense of people (CNDP), group armed in North-Kivu in DRC. The warrant for arrest enumerates three war crimes: 1) enrôlement of children of less than fifteen years; 2) the conscription of children of less than fifteen years, and 3) the use of children of less than fifteen years to be actively taken part in hostilities. But also, the new crimes committed in Kivu North are not recorded yet and it is time that the Prosecutor of the Court makes the setting at the day of the horrible acts perpetrated under its commendement in Kiwanja, for example, where 150 civil was massacred.
In fact, it simple that after the lifting of seals of warrant for arrest against Bosco Ntaganda, On April 29, 2008, the Court Penal International as an institution which takes care of impunity, did not do anything like following stage to give the value to its warrant for arrest and to prove with the Congolese government and to the implied criminal that its decision is not a fact of an incoherent judgement. Is there no mechanism to recourrir if it ran up in front of the lack of co-operation of the Congolese State?
The implication of the Security Council of L " UNO seems to be inevitable if the warrant for arrest must against Ntaganda were delivered to be carried out.
It is extremely inconceivable that CPI forgot that in the event of dead end article 17, subparagraph 3 of the Negotiated Agreement governing the relations between CPI and UNO, can be evoked by the Clerk of CPI in order to imply the Security Council of UNO, by the intremise of its Secretary General, in the search for resolutions. Here what says Art 17 of this same agreement:
“When having been seized by the Security Council, the Court notes, in accordance with article 87, paragraph 5 (b) and paragraph 7, of the statute, that a State refuses to cooperate with it, it informs of it the Security Council or the question submits to him, according to case's, and the Clerk communicates the Security Council, by the mediation of the Secretary general, the decision of the Court and information relevant on the business. The Security Council, via the Secretary general, makes available of the Court, via his Clerk, any measurement which it takes in the species " (2)
If CPI finds that this case Ntaganda reached the dead end in the co-operation with the Congolese State, that it submits this case with the Security Council of UNO to find solution there, in agreement with article 87, paragraph 7 of the Treaty of Rome:
“If a State Partie does not reach a request for co-operation as opposed to what envisages this Statute and thus prevents it from exerting the functions and powers which this Statute confers to him, the Court can take note of it and refer about it to the Parliament of the States Parties or to the Security Council when it is that which seized it. ” (3)
the failure of MONUC to take measures against a war criminal accused is in contradiction with their mission in Congo because peace and justice go hand in the hand.
The silence of UNO seems to imply its complicity in this perpetuity of impunity in Congo! If that is not true, why the Security Council does not authorize CPI to use the 17000 troops of MONUC to adopt Bosco Ntaganda?
Above all, it is advisable to recall that Article 8 of the Agreement Negotiates governing the relations between CPI and UNO provides that the two institutions must consult each other, cooperate and to even exchange itself of the personnel and services. Article 8.2 (b) says clearly that UNO and CPI agree to cooperate for the temporary exchange of personnel when it is appropriate, without this one not losing its rights of seniority nor its rights to pension. That wants to say that it is legal and acceptable that the personnel of UNO can work to reinforce the warrant for arrest of CPI.
The role of the United Nations as a guarantor of international safety seems to be transformed into obliging criminals, transgressors of human rights.
It is deplorable to notice that the Mission of the United Nations in Congo, largest in the world, MONUC, which counts among its personnel: 16,601 soldiers, 737 observers militaries, 1093 policians and 965 civil specialists as regards human rights and humane businesses without counting its local and voluntary personnel; with an annual budget of 1.243 million American Dollars; remain unfertile in the dissuasion from the attrocities perpetrated on the civil population and its incapacity to stop supposed war criminal, Bosco Ntaganda. The role of the United Nations as a guarantor of international safety seems to be transformed into obliging criminals, transgressors of human rights.
On January 30, 2009, MONUC expressed openly, during a press conference, at the time of the joint military operation RDC-Rwanda, which it will not participara in an operation in which Bosco Ntaganda, supposed war criminal and criminal against humanity, plays an unspecified role. (4). Disappointing aujourdhui, credible source Al that same MONUC takes part in a joint operation (MONUC-FARDC), with Ndaganda like a Co-coordinator, according to BBC. (5)
In Congo, like elsewhere, CPI like international instrument in the fight against impunity and to prevent atrocities could quickly lose its value if it not does not take concrete measures to start to make apply its own warrants for arrest.
No the doubts today, certain people see the failure in the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda like a lack of political good-will of the Security Council of UNO, pure and simple obliging complicity and a guilty refusal of UNO to play its impartial part in the defense of justice and L '' irradication of impunity, the plague which devastates the human life and which perennializes the violations of the human rights to Congo in particular and in Africa in general. It is also the test to which is subjected the International Penal Court to prove in the world its founded good, its effectiveness, its consistency like its impartiality in the exercise of its prerogatives. The world waits patiently and attentively the actions of these two institutions so that justice is made in Congo, the war criminals Bosco Ntaganda, Laurent Nkundabatware and others are stopped and tranferrés in abominable The Hague to answer their acts.
It is imperative for the first permanent international court to keep a certain impeccable impartiality to prevent or reduce at least the risk to let itself take with the trap by the same authors of violations of the human rights as it was created for holding responsible. Why Bosco Ntaganda, the notorious war criminal and crime against humanity remains aujourdhui free while his/her three collaborators, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Germain Katanga and Thomas Lubanga are aujourdhui behind the bars? Its state of freedom, is not it a sign of lack of serious in the reinforcement of the decisions of the Penal Court Internatinale and the lack of commitment of the Security Council of the United Nations to take care on the decisions of a expensive institution which it swore his creation and swore to contribute to the realization of his mission. Is an irony when these states founders, the Security Council of UNO, say that the commitment entered into in Rome to put a term àl' impunity is not negotiable!
Makuba T. SEKOMBO is the Director of the Community Businesses of the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in RD Congo (MJPC), an organization which strongly denounces the decision of President KABILA to defy the warrant for arrest of Court Penal International against the war criminal and criminal against humanity. The MPJC has a petition on line calling with the immediate arrest of NTAGANDA which can be signed with
http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html
For further information on the MJPC and of its activities, visit the wbsite http://www.mjpcongo.org; or call Makuba T. SEKOMBO
to the 1 408.806 3644 or e-mail
msekombo@mjpcongo.org
Automatically translated into English thanks to WorldLingo
The failure in the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda until now highlight lack of serious in the reinforcement of warrants for arrest delivered by CPI. If CPI finds that the case of Ntaganda reached the dead end in the co-operation with the Congolese State, that it submits this case with the Security Council of UNO to find solution there, in agreement with article 87, paragraph 7 of the Treaty of Rome
the Congolese State does handle CPI for a political motivation?
After the creation of CPI in 2002, much of people had the hope which CPI will inaugurate a new period of the international responsibility for the serious violations for the human rights, by taking care so that the culprits are translated into justice. It is for the same reason that certain founders of CPI anticipated that while putting an end to impunity, CPI will dissuade the future attrocities. This promise created the hope for many people, including our organization, the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in Congo which fights for the promotion of justice and peace in DRC, by combatant impunity rigorously.
With any despair with the Congolese people, the Congolese government preferred not to stop Bosco Ntaganda but rather to integrate it in the Congolese forces Armed on pretext of preserve national safety and the process of national peace. According to the expression of the Congolese Minister for justice, Luzolo Emmanuel-January: “In practice legal of a State, it ya of the moments when the requirements of peace carry on the traditional needs for justice”. Of course here, the Congolese government chose to play the policy, to choke justice, to inhibit the democratic development which will allow Congo to become a State of Droits. This decision is not for the interest of the Congolese people. It borrowed the assumption formerly used by the critic of the arrest of Thomas Lubanga and that the Congolese government itself had rejected. The assumption according to which, the arrest and the extradition of this last in CPI créérait more conflicts and would handicap the process of peace and national reconciliation. The obviousness speaks for oneself, the case of Thomas Lubanga became a traditional example which proves that the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda will not have any effect on the process of peace like the Congolese government raised. Moreover the current moment is more favourable for such a request that the time of the arrest of Thomas Lubanga; a time which was conflict and more dangerous. Despite everything, the prediction of criticism never materialized.
If the Congolese government continues to maintain this position, isn't it time for the International Penal Court or the Security Council of the United Nations, to take of another precaution finally to allow justice to complete its course? Does CPI, still make effort stop Bosco Ntganda or uses it other provisions in its provision finally to honour its decision?
It is important for CPI to very make to preserve its credibility
the Canadian nongovernmental organization “The International Centers for Human Rights and Democratic Development” once informed that so certain States are able to use CPI for their political motivations, or so certain people are beyond the range of CPI because of their position within a State, the Court will lose credibility, the human rights will continue to be violated, and the democratic development will be choked. (1)
It is deplorable which aujourdhui the Case of alleged the crimenel of war and criminal against humanity, Bosco Ntaganda, does not become a case which raised that this prediction of this organization of human rights is carried out under the eyes of the whole world and highlights the cridibility of majestic CPI is aujourdhui tested; and that itself, to defend its credibility, its founded good and its gasoline.
On April 29, 2008, the preliminary Room of CPI raised the seals of a warrant for arrest against Mr. Bosco Ntaganda, the former assistant of the chief of the Staff general of the patriotic Forces for the release of Congo (FPLC) in Ituri, and the current chief of Staff of the national Congress for the defense of people (CNDP), group armed in North-Kivu in DRC. The warrant for arrest enumerates three war crimes: 1) enrôlement of children of less than fifteen years; 2) the conscription of children of less than fifteen years, and 3) the use of children of less than fifteen years to be actively taken part in hostilities. But also, the new crimes committed in Kivu North are not recorded yet and it is time that the Prosecutor of the Court makes the setting at the day of the horrible acts perpetrated under its commendement in Kiwanja, for example, where 150 civil was massacred.
In fact, it simple that after the lifting of seals of warrant for arrest against Bosco Ntaganda, On April 29, 2008, the Court Penal International as an institution which takes care of impunity, did not do anything like following stage to give the value to its warrant for arrest and to prove with the Congolese government and to the implied criminal that its decision is not a fact of an incoherent judgement. Is there no mechanism to recourrir if it ran up in front of the lack of co-operation of the Congolese State?
The implication of the Security Council of L " UNO seems to be inevitable if the warrant for arrest must against Ntaganda were delivered to be carried out.
It is extremely inconceivable that CPI forgot that in the event of dead end article 17, subparagraph 3 of the Negotiated Agreement governing the relations between CPI and UNO, can be evoked by the Clerk of CPI in order to imply the Security Council of UNO, by the intremise of its Secretary General, in the search for resolutions. Here what says Art 17 of this same agreement:
“When having been seized by the Security Council, the Court notes, in accordance with article 87, paragraph 5 (b) and paragraph 7, of the statute, that a State refuses to cooperate with it, it informs of it the Security Council or the question submits to him, according to case's, and the Clerk communicates the Security Council, by the mediation of the Secretary general, the decision of the Court and information relevant on the business. The Security Council, via the Secretary general, makes available of the Court, via his Clerk, any measurement which it takes in the species " (2)
If CPI finds that this case Ntaganda reached the dead end in the co-operation with the Congolese State, that it submits this case with the Security Council of UNO to find solution there, in agreement with article 87, paragraph 7 of the Treaty of Rome:
“If a State Partie does not reach a request for co-operation as opposed to what envisages this Statute and thus prevents it from exerting the functions and powers which this Statute confers to him, the Court can take note of it and refer about it to the Parliament of the States Parties or to the Security Council when it is that which seized it. ” (3)
the failure of MONUC to take measures against a war criminal accused is in contradiction with their mission in Congo because peace and justice go hand in the hand.
The silence of UNO seems to imply its complicity in this perpetuity of impunity in Congo! If that is not true, why the Security Council does not authorize CPI to use the 17000 troops of MONUC to adopt Bosco Ntaganda?
Above all, it is advisable to recall that Article 8 of the Agreement Negotiates governing the relations between CPI and UNO provides that the two institutions must consult each other, cooperate and to even exchange itself of the personnel and services. Article 8.2 (b) says clearly that UNO and CPI agree to cooperate for the temporary exchange of personnel when it is appropriate, without this one not losing its rights of seniority nor its rights to pension. That wants to say that it is legal and acceptable that the personnel of UNO can work to reinforce the warrant for arrest of CPI.
The role of the United Nations as a guarantor of international safety seems to be transformed into obliging criminals, transgressors of human rights.
It is deplorable to notice that the Mission of the United Nations in Congo, largest in the world, MONUC, which counts among its personnel: 16,601 soldiers, 737 observers militaries, 1093 policians and 965 civil specialists as regards human rights and humane businesses without counting its local and voluntary personnel; with an annual budget of 1.243 million American Dollars; remain unfertile in the dissuasion from the attrocities perpetrated on the civil population and its incapacity to stop supposed war criminal, Bosco Ntaganda. The role of the United Nations as a guarantor of international safety seems to be transformed into obliging criminals, transgressors of human rights.
On January 30, 2009, MONUC expressed openly, during a press conference, at the time of the joint military operation RDC-Rwanda, which it will not participara in an operation in which Bosco Ntaganda, supposed war criminal and criminal against humanity, plays an unspecified role. (4). Disappointing aujourdhui, credible source Al that same MONUC takes part in a joint operation (MONUC-FARDC), with Ndaganda like a Co-coordinator, according to BBC. (5)
In Congo, like elsewhere, CPI like international instrument in the fight against impunity and to prevent atrocities could quickly lose its value if it not does not take concrete measures to start to make apply its own warrants for arrest.
No the doubts today, certain people see the failure in the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda like a lack of political good-will of the Security Council of UNO, pure and simple obliging complicity and a guilty refusal of UNO to play its impartial part in the defense of justice and L '' irradication of impunity, the plague which devastates the human life and which perennializes the violations of the human rights to Congo in particular and in Africa in general. It is also the test to which is subjected the International Penal Court to prove in the world its founded good, its effectiveness, its consistency like its impartiality in the exercise of its prerogatives. The world waits patiently and attentively the actions of these two institutions so that justice is made in Congo, the war criminals Bosco Ntaganda, Laurent Nkundabatware and others are stopped and tranferrés in abominable The Hague to answer their acts.
It is imperative for the first permanent international court to keep a certain impeccable impartiality to prevent or reduce at least the risk to let itself take with the trap by the same authors of violations of the human rights as it was created for holding responsible. Why Bosco Ntaganda, the notorious war criminal and crime against humanity remains aujourdhui free while his/her three collaborators, Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Germain Katanga and Thomas Lubanga are aujourdhui behind the bars? Its state of freedom, is not it a sign of lack of serious in the reinforcement of the decisions of the Penal Court Internatinale and the lack of commitment of the Security Council of the United Nations to take care on the decisions of a expensive institution which it swore his creation and swore to contribute to the realization of his mission. Is an irony when these states founders, the Security Council of UNO, say that the commitment entered into in Rome to put a term àl' impunity is not negotiable!
Makuba T. SEKOMBO is the Director of the Community Businesses of the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in RD Congo (MJPC), an organization which strongly denounces the decision of President KABILA to defy the warrant for arrest of Court Penal International against the war criminal and criminal against humanity. The MPJC has a petition on line calling with the immediate arrest of NTAGANDA which can be signed with
http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html
For further information on the MJPC and of its activities, visit the wbsite http://www.mjpcongo.org; or call Makuba T. SEKOMBO
to the 1 408.806 3644 or e-mail
msekombo@mjpcongo.org
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EU, rights groups call for Congo warlord's arrest
By: Reuters
Published: 30 Jan 09
A Congolese rebel leader who is wanted for war crimes but is helping lead a United Nations-backed military campaign should be arrested, a top European diplomat and rights campaigners said on Friday.General Bosco Ntaganda is accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court of crimes including recruiting children to fight an ethnic conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern district of Ituri.Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", is now deputy commander of a joint military offensive by Congo and Rwanda aimed at rooting out Rwandan Hutu rebels, who are blamed for more than a decade of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region."Given that he is indicted by the ICC, the European Union's position is that he should be brought to The Hague as soon as possible," Roland Van Der Geer, EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region, told journalists in the eastern city of Goma."That would hardly be compatible for his new role."After the conflict in Ituri, Ntaganda led a Tutsi rebel group in North Kivu province. Now, the rebels and the army have agreed to join forces and attack the Hutu rebels.Diplomats from the EU, Britain and France walked out of a ceremony attended by Ntaganda on Thursday to mark the start of the process meant to integrate over 6,000 of his fighters."We had informed the authorities that we could not remain there if Bosco came," Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU's special representative in Goma, told Reuters.A Congolese military spokesman confirmed Ntaganda had been named deputy commander for the operations, which get logistical support from Congo's U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUC.LACK OF ACTIONIn an abrupt turnaround in diplomatic relations between the two Great Lakes neighbours, former foes during a 1998-2003 war, Rwanda sent more than 3,500 soldiers across the border last week at the invitation of the Congolese government.The pact to root out the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has been touted by both as an effort to end a lingering conflict and humanitarian disaster that has killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998.Congo signed the Rome Statute creating the ICC, which obliges it to execute arrest warrants issued by the court. But Congo says government's first priority was to pacify its eastern borderlands."For us, there is no great difference between today and tomorrow. It's a question of time. We know that the problem exists," said Information Minister Lambert Mende.New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch has criticised a lack of action by the international community to pressure Congo to arrest Ntaganda, who has appeared in public with government ministers and army commanders in recent weeks."MONUC has a mandate to promote justice. This is simply not something the United Nations should be part of," Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher with HRW, said of MONUC's role of giving logistical support.The ICC's first ever trial against another Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, began on Monday.
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By: Reuters
Published: 30 Jan 09
A Congolese rebel leader who is wanted for war crimes but is helping lead a United Nations-backed military campaign should be arrested, a top European diplomat and rights campaigners said on Friday.General Bosco Ntaganda is accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court of crimes including recruiting children to fight an ethnic conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern district of Ituri.Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", is now deputy commander of a joint military offensive by Congo and Rwanda aimed at rooting out Rwandan Hutu rebels, who are blamed for more than a decade of conflict in Africa's Great Lakes region."Given that he is indicted by the ICC, the European Union's position is that he should be brought to The Hague as soon as possible," Roland Van Der Geer, EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region, told journalists in the eastern city of Goma."That would hardly be compatible for his new role."After the conflict in Ituri, Ntaganda led a Tutsi rebel group in North Kivu province. Now, the rebels and the army have agreed to join forces and attack the Hutu rebels.Diplomats from the EU, Britain and France walked out of a ceremony attended by Ntaganda on Thursday to mark the start of the process meant to integrate over 6,000 of his fighters."We had informed the authorities that we could not remain there if Bosco came," Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU's special representative in Goma, told Reuters.A Congolese military spokesman confirmed Ntaganda had been named deputy commander for the operations, which get logistical support from Congo's U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUC.LACK OF ACTIONIn an abrupt turnaround in diplomatic relations between the two Great Lakes neighbours, former foes during a 1998-2003 war, Rwanda sent more than 3,500 soldiers across the border last week at the invitation of the Congolese government.The pact to root out the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has been touted by both as an effort to end a lingering conflict and humanitarian disaster that has killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998.Congo signed the Rome Statute creating the ICC, which obliges it to execute arrest warrants issued by the court. But Congo says government's first priority was to pacify its eastern borderlands."For us, there is no great difference between today and tomorrow. It's a question of time. We know that the problem exists," said Information Minister Lambert Mende.New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch has criticised a lack of action by the international community to pressure Congo to arrest Ntaganda, who has appeared in public with government ministers and army commanders in recent weeks."MONUC has a mandate to promote justice. This is simply not something the United Nations should be part of," Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher with HRW, said of MONUC's role of giving logistical support.The ICC's first ever trial against another Congolese warlord, Thomas Lubanga, began on Monday.
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Letter to all EU Foreign Ministers
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Dear Foreign Minister,
We are writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep disappointment that the European Union (EU) has not publicly called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002-2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, the Congolese government has a legal obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued, such as Ntaganda. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
As you know, in early January 2009, Ntaganda claimed he was taking over leadership of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) from its former head Laurent Nkunda, and on January 16 he declared that instead of waging war on the Congolese national army, he would join its troops in fighting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan armed group some of whose leaders participated in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Despite having an international legal obligation to arrest Ntaganda, the Congolese authorities to date have made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. Indeed, the Congolese government has given Ntaganda a senior position in the integration process of CNDP troops into the Congolese army and is considering appointing him to a top position in the joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations in eastern Congo.
The silence thus far of the European Union on the open Congolese collaboration with Ntaganda contrasts glaringly with the declaration on January 28 by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union following the start of the ICC's trial of Ntaganda's co-defendant, Thomas Lubanga. In the EU's declaration, the presidency underscored its commitment to work towards the prevention of crimes of international concern and the ending of impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes. The EU also encouraged the Congolese authorities to continue their "good cooperation" with the International Criminal Court. We strongly urge the EU - and its 27 member states - to make clear to the Congolese authorities that "good cooperation" with the ICC also includes the arrest and surrender of Ntaganda to the ICC to face justice.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, such as the recent killings in Kiwanja, North Kivu, underscores why the European Union must make it clear to Congolese authorities that Ntaganda's arrest is both urgent and essential.
Efforts by the Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather than punished. Such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
The EU has publicly stated its commitment to work towards ending impunity for the perpetrators of crimes of international concern. Consistent with that commitment, Human Rights Watch urges the EU to use all possible means to influence the Congolese authorities to ensure Ntaganda's arrest. The countless victims in Congo deserve nothing less.
Yours sincerely,
Lotte Leicht Georgette GagnonEU Director Africa DirectorHuman Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
CC. PSC Ambassador Political Director
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Dear Foreign Minister,
We are writing to express Human Rights Watch's deep disappointment that the European Union (EU) has not publicly called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002-2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, the Congolese government has a legal obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued, such as Ntaganda. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
As you know, in early January 2009, Ntaganda claimed he was taking over leadership of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) from its former head Laurent Nkunda, and on January 16 he declared that instead of waging war on the Congolese national army, he would join its troops in fighting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan armed group some of whose leaders participated in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Despite having an international legal obligation to arrest Ntaganda, the Congolese authorities to date have made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. Indeed, the Congolese government has given Ntaganda a senior position in the integration process of CNDP troops into the Congolese army and is considering appointing him to a top position in the joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations in eastern Congo.
The silence thus far of the European Union on the open Congolese collaboration with Ntaganda contrasts glaringly with the declaration on January 28 by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union following the start of the ICC's trial of Ntaganda's co-defendant, Thomas Lubanga. In the EU's declaration, the presidency underscored its commitment to work towards the prevention of crimes of international concern and the ending of impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes. The EU also encouraged the Congolese authorities to continue their "good cooperation" with the International Criminal Court. We strongly urge the EU - and its 27 member states - to make clear to the Congolese authorities that "good cooperation" with the ICC also includes the arrest and surrender of Ntaganda to the ICC to face justice.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, such as the recent killings in Kiwanja, North Kivu, underscores why the European Union must make it clear to Congolese authorities that Ntaganda's arrest is both urgent and essential.
Efforts by the Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather than punished. Such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
The EU has publicly stated its commitment to work towards ending impunity for the perpetrators of crimes of international concern. Consistent with that commitment, Human Rights Watch urges the EU to use all possible means to influence the Congolese authorities to ensure Ntaganda's arrest. The countless victims in Congo deserve nothing less.
Yours sincerely,
Lotte Leicht Georgette GagnonEU Director Africa DirectorHuman Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
CC. PSC Ambassador Political Director
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Monsieur le Ministre, Madame la Ministre
Nous vous écrivons pour vous faire part de la profonde déception de Human Rights Watch du fait que l'Union européenne (UE) n'a pas publiquement appelé les autorités congolaises à arrêter Bosco Ntaganda, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans les hostilités en 2002-2003 dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation, comme M. Ntaganda. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter M. Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Comme vous le savez, début janvier 2009, Ntaganda a affirmé qu'il s'emparait de la direction du Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) en remplacement de Laurent Nkunda. Le 16 janvier, il a déclaré qu'au lieu de faire la guerre à l'armée nationale congolaise, il joindrait ses forces au combat contre les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), un groupe armé rwandais dont certains leaders ont participé au génocide au Rwanda en 1994.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter M. Ntaganda, les autorités congolaises n'ont fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, M. Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, M. Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le gouvernement congolais a accorde à M. Ntaganda un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les forces armées congolaises et envisage de nommer M. Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
Le silence de l'Union européenne jusqu'ici sur la collaboration ouverte du gouvernement congolais avec M. Ntaganda contraste étonnamment avec la déclaration faite cette semaine par la présidence au nom de l'Union européenne, après l'ouverture du procès à la CPI du co-accusé de M. Ntaganda, Thomas Lubanga (déclaration de l'UE du 28 janvier 09). Dans la déclaration de l'UE, la présidence a souligné son engagement à œuvrer pour la prévention des crimes de portée internationale et pour mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de ces crimes. L'UE a aussi encouragé les autorités congolaises à continuer leur « bonne coopération » avec la Cour pénale internationale. Nous incitons fortement l'UE - et ses 27 Etats membres - à expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que la « bonne coopération » avec la CPI comprend aussi l'arrestation de Bosco Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI pour qu'il affronte la justice.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commis Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance que revêt son arrestation. En plus des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre M. Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires des Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), M. Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, M. Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu. En novembre 2005, M. Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Ces forces se trouvant sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves et démontrent les raisons pour lesquelles l'Union européenne devrait expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda est à la fois urgente et essentielle.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer M. Ntaganda comme un « partenaire pour la paix » renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes haineux contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
L'UE a publiquement déclaré son engagement pour œuvrer en vue de mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de crimes de portée internationale. Conformément à cet engagement, Human Rights Watch presse l'UE d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour influencer les autorités congolaises afin qu'elles garantissent l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI. Les innombrables victimes au Congo méritent au moins cela.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Ministre, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués.
Lotte Leicht Georgette Gagnon
Directrice Directrice
Bureau auprès de l'Union européenne Division de l'Afrique
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
Cc : Ambassadeurs auprès du COPS
Directeur politique
Il faut pousser le gouvernement congolais à exécuter le mandat d’arrêt de la CPI pour crimes de guerre
February 2, 2009
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Bruxelles, le 2 février 2009
Monsieur le Ministre, Madame la Ministre
Nous vous écrivons pour vous faire part de la profonde déception de Human Rights Watch du fait que l'Union européenne (UE) n'a pas publiquement appelé les autorités congolaises à arrêter Bosco Ntaganda, recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans les hostilités en 2002-2003 dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation, comme M. Ntaganda. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter M. Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Comme vous le savez, début janvier 2009, Ntaganda a affirmé qu'il s'emparait de la direction du Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) en remplacement de Laurent Nkunda. Le 16 janvier, il a déclaré qu'au lieu de faire la guerre à l'armée nationale congolaise, il joindrait ses forces au combat contre les Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), un groupe armé rwandais dont certains leaders ont participé au génocide au Rwanda en 1994.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter M. Ntaganda, les autorités congolaises n'ont fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, M. Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, M. Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le gouvernement congolais a accorde à M. Ntaganda un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les forces armées congolaises et envisage de nommer M. Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
Le silence de l'Union européenne jusqu'ici sur la collaboration ouverte du gouvernement congolais avec M. Ntaganda contraste étonnamment avec la déclaration faite cette semaine par la présidence au nom de l'Union européenne, après l'ouverture du procès à la CPI du co-accusé de M. Ntaganda, Thomas Lubanga (déclaration de l'UE du 28 janvier 09). Dans la déclaration de l'UE, la présidence a souligné son engagement à œuvrer pour la prévention des crimes de portée internationale et pour mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de ces crimes. L'UE a aussi encouragé les autorités congolaises à continuer leur « bonne coopération » avec la Cour pénale internationale. Nous incitons fortement l'UE - et ses 27 Etats membres - à expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que la « bonne coopération » avec la CPI comprend aussi l'arrestation de Bosco Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI pour qu'il affronte la justice.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commis Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance que revêt son arrestation. En plus des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre M. Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires des Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), M. Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, M. Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu. En novembre 2005, M. Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Ces forces se trouvant sous le commandement de M. Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves et démontrent les raisons pour lesquelles l'Union européenne devrait expliquer clairement aux autorités congolaises que l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda est à la fois urgente et essentielle.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer M. Ntaganda comme un « partenaire pour la paix » renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes haineux contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
L'UE a publiquement déclaré son engagement pour œuvrer en vue de mettre fin à l'impunité pour les auteurs de crimes de portée internationale. Conformément à cet engagement, Human Rights Watch presse l'UE d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour influencer les autorités congolaises afin qu'elles garantissent l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda et sa remise à la CPI. Les innombrables victimes au Congo méritent au moins cela.
Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Ministre, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués.
Lotte Leicht Georgette Gagnon
Directrice Directrice
Bureau auprès de l'Union européenne Division de l'Afrique
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
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Lettre au Président Kabila: Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
February 2, 2009
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Son Excellence le Président Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaRépublique démocratique du Congo
New York, le 1 février 2009
Votre Excellence,
Human Rights Watch a l'honneur de s'adresser à vous pour exprimer sa profonde préoccupation quant au fait que votre gouvernement envisage de nommer Bosco Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Ntaganda, anciennement chef d'état major militaire pour le Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP), joue actuellement un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les FARDC. Il avait reçu le grade de général dans les forces armées congolaises en janvier 2005, bien qu'il n'ait pas assumé ces fonctions à ce moment là.
Comme vous le savez, Ntaganda est recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans le cadre des hostilités en 2002-2003, dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter Ntaganda, votre gouvernement n'a fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major de la Défense du Rwanda, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le 29 janvier, le ministre de la Défense, Charles Mwando Simba, et d'autres hauts représentants du gouvernement, se trouvaient à une cérémonie à Rumangabo aux côtés de Ntaganda.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer Ntaganda comme un «partenaire pour la paix» renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes abjects contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
Lors d'une conférence de presse le 31 janvier à Kinshasa, vous avez déclaré que le choix était difficile entre la justice et la paix, la stabilité et la sécurité dans l'est du Congo, et que votre choix était de privilégier la paix. Nous voulons aussi voir la paix régner dans l'est du Congo ainsi que la fin des atteintes terribles aux droits humains qu'y subissent les gens depuis trop longtemps. Mais une paix durable est rarement possible sans la justice. La paix et la justice devraient être considérées comme complémentaires, et non comme contradictoires. Favoriser le respect de l'Etat de droit est la seule solution pour garantir la protection des citoyens congolais qui supportent le fardeau des violations des droits humains.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commises Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance de son arrestation. Au-delà des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires de l'Union des patriotes congolais (UPC), Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu, notamment le premier prêtre tué dans le conflit de l'Ituri, l'Abbé Boniface Bwanalonga.
En novembre 2005, Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes. Il figure toujours sur cette liste.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Le fait que les forces se trouvant sous le commandement de Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves, comme l'a démontré le récent massacre à Kiwanja, souligne l'urgente nécessité de l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda par les autorités congolaises.
Monsieur le Président, vous avez été un solide partisan de la fin de la culture de l'impunité au Congo.
Votre gouvernement a été au premier rang de la coopération avec la CPI avec le transfert de trois ressortissants congolais à la Haye, pour y être jugés pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanité.
Vous avez réitéré votre engagement à établir l'Etat de droit dans de nombreux discours, tels ceux adressés au parlement congolais et à l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Pour que ces engagements soient réalisés, nous vous exhortons à donner des instructions à vos autorités judiciaires pour que M. Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à la juridiction de la CPI.
Nous pensons aussi que Laurent Nkunda devrait être tenu pour responsable des crimes que les troupes sous son commandement ont commis à Kisangani en mai 2002, à Bukavu en juin 2004 et dans le Nord Kivu entre 2006 et 2008. Nous notons que votre gouvernement demande son extradition au Congo pour y être jugé. Nous vous exhortons à mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire spécial au sein du système judiciaire congolais pour mener des enquêtes et exiger des comptes aux individus, tels que Nkunda, qui ont commis de graves violations du droit international humanitaire. Ce mécanisme devrait être conforme aux normes internationales de procès équitable et exiger des comptes non seulement à Nkunda, mais aussi aux individus d'autres groupes armés et de l'armée congolaise qui ont perpétré des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre l'humanité.
Votre gouvernement s'est opposé fermement à l'amnistie pour les crimes graves. Une paix durable dans l'est du Congo exige la traduction en justice des personnes qui ont commis des atrocités contre le peuple congolais. Nous espérons que vous agirez afin que Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à La Haye, et pour mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire qui puisse rendre la justice pour les victimes et mettre fin à la culture d'impunité.
Veuillez agréer, Votre Excellence, l'expression de notre haute considération.
Kenneth Roth
Directeur Exécutif
Cc : Son Excellence, Adolphe Muzito, Premier Ministre
Son Excellence, Charles Mwando Simba, Ministre de la défense
Son Excellence, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Ministre de la Justice
Son Excellence, Upio Kakura, Ministre des Droits Humains
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale
Hon. Kengo Wa Dondo, Président du Sénat
Général John Numbi, Inspecteur général de la police
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February 2, 2009
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Lettre au Président Kabila: Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda (PDF)
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RD Congo : Il faut arrêter Bosco Ntaganda
Lettre aux Ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Massacres à Kiwanja
Son Excellence le Président Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaRépublique démocratique du Congo
New York, le 1 février 2009
Votre Excellence,
Human Rights Watch a l'honneur de s'adresser à vous pour exprimer sa profonde préoccupation quant au fait que votre gouvernement envisage de nommer Bosco Ntaganda à une haute fonction relative aux opérations militaires dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Ntaganda, anciennement chef d'état major militaire pour le Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP), joue actuellement un rôle crucial dans le processus d'intégration des troupes du CNDP dans les FARDC. Il avait reçu le grade de général dans les forces armées congolaises en janvier 2005, bien qu'il n'ait pas assumé ces fonctions à ce moment là.
Comme vous le savez, Ntaganda est recherché par la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) pour crime de guerre, pour avoir enrôlé et recruté des enfants de moins de 15 ans comme soldats et les avoir utilisés dans le cadre des hostilités en 2002-2003, dans le district d'Ituri de l'est du Congo.
En tant qu'Etat partie au Statut de Rome qui a établi la CPI, le Congo a l'obligation d'aider la cour à arrêter les personnes faisant l'objet d'un mandat d'arrestation. En mai 2007, le Congo a reconnu cette responsabilité en sollicitant l'assistance de la Mission des Nations unies au Congo (MONUC) pour arrêter Ntaganda, demande qui a exigé beaucoup de courage et que nous avons alors applaudie.
Malgré son obligation internationale d'arrêter Ntaganda, votre gouvernement n'a fait jusqu'ici aucune tentative à cet égard. Le 16 janvier, Ntaganda se trouvait à Goma pour une conférence de presse commune aux côtés du ministre congolais de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, de l'Inspecteur général de la police, le Général John Numbi, du Chef d'état-major de la Défense du Rwanda, le Général James Kabarebe, et d'autres hauts gradés de l'armée congolaise. Le 29 janvier, le ministre de la Défense, Charles Mwando Simba, et d'autres hauts représentants du gouvernement, se trouvaient à une cérémonie à Rumangabo aux côtés de Ntaganda.
Les efforts des autorités congolaises pour légitimer Ntaganda comme un «partenaire pour la paix» renforcent l'impression dominante que ceux qui commettent des crimes abjects contre les civils au Congo seront récompensés au lieu d'être punis. Au lieu d'encourager le respect pour l'Etat de droit, de telles pratiques nourrissent la culture cruelle de l'impunité qui ravage le Congo depuis longtemps.
Lors d'une conférence de presse le 31 janvier à Kinshasa, vous avez déclaré que le choix était difficile entre la justice et la paix, la stabilité et la sécurité dans l'est du Congo, et que votre choix était de privilégier la paix. Nous voulons aussi voir la paix régner dans l'est du Congo ainsi que la fin des atteintes terribles aux droits humains qu'y subissent les gens depuis trop longtemps. Mais une paix durable est rarement possible sans la justice. La paix et la justice devraient être considérées comme complémentaires, et non comme contradictoires. Favoriser le respect de l'Etat de droit est la seule solution pour garantir la protection des citoyens congolais qui supportent le fardeau des violations des droits humains.
La fréquence des exactions terribles qu'aurait commises Ntaganda contre les civils au Congo souligne l'importance de son arrestation. Au-delà des crimes de guerre qui constituent le fondement du mandat d'arrêt de la CPI à son encontre, les chefs d'accusation contre Ntaganda sont les suivants :
Les 4 et 5 novembre 2008, les troupes du CNDP sous le commandement de Ntaganda ont tué environ 150 personnes dans la ville de Kiwanja, l'un des pires massacres au Nord Kivu des deux dernières années.
En tant que chef des opérations militaires de l'Union des patriotes congolais (UPC), Ntaganda commandait les forces qui ont arrêté, torturé ou tué des centaines de civils appartenant aux ethnies Lendu et Ngiti, entre août 2002 et mars 2003.
En novembre 2002, Ntaganda commandait les troupes qui ont massacré au moins 800 civils pour des motifs ethniques à Mongbwalu, notamment le premier prêtre tué dans le conflit de l'Ituri, l'Abbé Boniface Bwanalonga.
En novembre 2005, Ntaganda a été placé sur une liste de sanctions de l'ONU pour avoir violé l'embargo sur les armes. Il figure toujours sur cette liste.
Selon les soldats de maintien de la paix de l'ONU, les soldats placés sous le commandement de Ntaganda se sont rendus coupables du meurtre d'un soldat kényan de maintien de la paix en janvier 2004 et de l'enlèvement d'un soldat marocain de maintien de la paix plus tard la même année.
Le fait que les forces se trouvant sous le commandement de Ntaganda continuent à commettre des crimes graves, comme l'a démontré le récent massacre à Kiwanja, souligne l'urgente nécessité de l'arrestation de M. Ntaganda par les autorités congolaises.
Monsieur le Président, vous avez été un solide partisan de la fin de la culture de l'impunité au Congo.
Votre gouvernement a été au premier rang de la coopération avec la CPI avec le transfert de trois ressortissants congolais à la Haye, pour y être jugés pour crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanité.
Vous avez réitéré votre engagement à établir l'Etat de droit dans de nombreux discours, tels ceux adressés au parlement congolais et à l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies. Pour que ces engagements soient réalisés, nous vous exhortons à donner des instructions à vos autorités judiciaires pour que M. Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à la juridiction de la CPI.
Nous pensons aussi que Laurent Nkunda devrait être tenu pour responsable des crimes que les troupes sous son commandement ont commis à Kisangani en mai 2002, à Bukavu en juin 2004 et dans le Nord Kivu entre 2006 et 2008. Nous notons que votre gouvernement demande son extradition au Congo pour y être jugé. Nous vous exhortons à mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire spécial au sein du système judiciaire congolais pour mener des enquêtes et exiger des comptes aux individus, tels que Nkunda, qui ont commis de graves violations du droit international humanitaire. Ce mécanisme devrait être conforme aux normes internationales de procès équitable et exiger des comptes non seulement à Nkunda, mais aussi aux individus d'autres groupes armés et de l'armée congolaise qui ont perpétré des crimes de guerre et des crimes contre l'humanité.
Votre gouvernement s'est opposé fermement à l'amnistie pour les crimes graves. Une paix durable dans l'est du Congo exige la traduction en justice des personnes qui ont commis des atrocités contre le peuple congolais. Nous espérons que vous agirez afin que Ntaganda soit arrêté et transféré à La Haye, et pour mettre en place un mécanisme judiciaire qui puisse rendre la justice pour les victimes et mettre fin à la culture d'impunité.
Veuillez agréer, Votre Excellence, l'expression de notre haute considération.
Kenneth Roth
Directeur Exécutif
Cc : Son Excellence, Adolphe Muzito, Premier Ministre
Son Excellence, Charles Mwando Simba, Ministre de la défense
Son Excellence, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, Ministre de la Justice
Son Excellence, Upio Kakura, Ministre des Droits Humains
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, Président de l'Assemblée Nationale
Hon. Kengo Wa Dondo, Président du Sénat
Général John Numbi, Inspecteur général de la police
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Letter to President Kabila: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda
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H.E. President Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo
New York, February 1, 2009
Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch writes to express its deep concern that your government is considering appointing Bosco Ntaganda to a senior position in the military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rather than arresting him. Ntaganda, formerly military chief of staff for the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), is currently playing a key role in the integration process of CNDP troops into the FARDC. He was granted the rank of general in the Congolese armed forces in January 2005, though he did not take up the position at the time.
You certainly know that Ntaganda is being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, Congo has an obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
Despite having an international obligation to arrest Ntaganda, your government has to date made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. On January 29, the Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Simba, and other senior officials were at a ceremony in Rumangabo alongside Ntaganda.
Efforts by Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather punished. Rather than promote respect for the rule of law, such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
In your press conference on January 31 in Kinshasa, you said that there was a difficult choice between justice and peace, stability and security in eastern Congo, and that your choice was to prioritize peace. We too want to see peace in eastern Congo and an end to the horrific human rights abuses that the people there have suffered for too long. But sustainable peace rarely comes without justice. Peace and justice should be seen as complementary, not contradictory. Fostering respect for the rule of law is the only solution for ensuring protection for Congolese citizens who suffer the brunt of the human rights violations.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, as demonstrated by the recent massacre in Kiwanja, underscores why it is urgent and essential that Congolese authorities arrest Ntaganda.
Mr. President, you have been a strong advocate for ending the culture of impunity in Congo. Your government has been at the forefront of cooperation with the ICC with the transfer of three Congolese individuals to The Hague to stand trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. You have repeated your commitment to establishing the rule of law in numerous speeches such as those to the Congolese parliament and to the United Nations General Assembly. For these commitments to be realized, we urge you to instruct your judicial authorities to arrest Ntaganda and to transfer him to the jurisdiction of the ICC.
We also believe that Laurent Nkunda should be held responsible for crimes troops under his command committed in Kisangani in May 2002, in Bukavu in June 2004 and in North Kivu between 2006 and 2008. We note that your government is calling for his extradition to Congo to stand trial. We urge you to establish a special judicial mechanism within the Congolese justice system to investigate and hold to account individuals, such as Nkunda, who committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. Such a mechanism should meet international fair trial standards and hold to account not just Nkunda but also individuals from other armed groups and the Congolese army who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Your government has been strong on denying amnesty for serious crimes. Lasting peace in eastern Congo requires justice for those who have committed atrocities against Congolese people. We hope you will act to arrest Ntaganda and surrender him to The Hague, and to put in place a judicial mechanism that can realize justice for the victims and an end to the culture of impunity.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Roth
Executive Director
Cc: His Excellency, Adolphe Muzito, Prime Minister
His Excellency, Charles Mwando Simba, Minister of Defence
His Excellency, Luzolo Bambi Lesa, Minister of Justice
His Excellency, Upio Kakura, Minister of Human Rights
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, President of the National Assembly
Hon. Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, President of the Senate
General John Numbi, Inspector General of the Police
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H.E. President Joseph Kabila KabangeGombe, KinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo
New York, February 1, 2009
Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch writes to express its deep concern that your government is considering appointing Bosco Ntaganda to a senior position in the military operations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rather than arresting him. Ntaganda, formerly military chief of staff for the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), is currently playing a key role in the integration process of CNDP troops into the FARDC. He was granted the rank of general in the Congolese armed forces in January 2005, though he did not take up the position at the time.
You certainly know that Ntaganda is being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 as soldiers and of using them in hostilities between 2002 and 2003 in the Ituri district of eastern Congo.
As a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, Congo has an obligation to assist the court in arresting persons for whom arrest warrants have been issued. In May 2007, Congo recognized that responsibility by asking the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC) for assistance in arresting Ntaganda, a request that took great courage and which we applauded at the time.
Despite having an international obligation to arrest Ntaganda, your government has to date made no attempt to do so. On January 16, Ntaganda was in Goma for a joint press conference alongside the Congolese Minister of the Interior and Security, Célestin Mbuyu Kabangu, the Inspector General of the Police, General John Numbi, Rwanda's Chief of Defence Staff, General James Kabarebe, and other senior Congolese military officers. On January 29, the Minister of Defense, Charles Mwando Simba, and other senior officials were at a ceremony in Rumangabo alongside Ntaganda.
Efforts by Congolese authorities to legitimize Ntaganda as a "partner for peace" reinforces the perception that those who commit heinous crimes against civilians in Congo will be rewarded rather punished. Rather than promote respect for the rule of law, such practices feed the vicious culture of impunity that has ravaged Congo to date.
In your press conference on January 31 in Kinshasa, you said that there was a difficult choice between justice and peace, stability and security in eastern Congo, and that your choice was to prioritize peace. We too want to see peace in eastern Congo and an end to the horrific human rights abuses that the people there have suffered for too long. But sustainable peace rarely comes without justice. Peace and justice should be seen as complementary, not contradictory. Fostering respect for the rule of law is the only solution for ensuring protection for Congolese citizens who suffer the brunt of the human rights violations.
The frequency with which Ntaganda has been accused of terrible abuses against Congolese civilians underlines the importance of his arrest. In addition to the war crimes that form the basis for the ICC arrest warrant against him, charges against Ntaganda include the following:
On November 4 and 5, 2008, CNDP troops under Ntaganda's command killed an estimated 150 people in the town of Kiwanja, one of the worst massacres in North Kivu in the past two years.
As chief of military operations of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), Ntaganda was in command of combatants who arrested, tortured or killed hundreds of civilians of Lendu and Ngiti ethnicity between August 2002 and March 2003.
In November 2002 Ntaganda led troops who slaughtered at least 800 civilians on ethnic grounds at Mongbwalu, including the first priest killed in the Ituri conflict, Abbe Boniface Bwanalonga.
In November 2005 Ntaganda was placed on a UN sanctions list for having violated the arms embargo. He remains on the list.
According to UN peacekeepers, troops under Ntaganda's command were responsible for killing a Kenyan UN peacekeeper in January 2004 and for kidnapping a Moroccan peacekeeper later that year.
That forces under Ntaganda's command continue to commit serious crimes, as demonstrated by the recent massacre in Kiwanja, underscores why it is urgent and essential that Congolese authorities arrest Ntaganda.
Mr. President, you have been a strong advocate for ending the culture of impunity in Congo. Your government has been at the forefront of cooperation with the ICC with the transfer of three Congolese individuals to The Hague to stand trial for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. You have repeated your commitment to establishing the rule of law in numerous speeches such as those to the Congolese parliament and to the United Nations General Assembly. For these commitments to be realized, we urge you to instruct your judicial authorities to arrest Ntaganda and to transfer him to the jurisdiction of the ICC.
We also believe that Laurent Nkunda should be held responsible for crimes troops under his command committed in Kisangani in May 2002, in Bukavu in June 2004 and in North Kivu between 2006 and 2008. We note that your government is calling for his extradition to Congo to stand trial. We urge you to establish a special judicial mechanism within the Congolese justice system to investigate and hold to account individuals, such as Nkunda, who committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. Such a mechanism should meet international fair trial standards and hold to account not just Nkunda but also individuals from other armed groups and the Congolese army who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Your government has been strong on denying amnesty for serious crimes. Lasting peace in eastern Congo requires justice for those who have committed atrocities against Congolese people. We hope you will act to arrest Ntaganda and surrender him to The Hague, and to put in place a judicial mechanism that can realize justice for the victims and an end to the culture of impunity.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Roth
Executive Director
Cc: His Excellency, Adolphe Muzito, Prime Minister
His Excellency, Charles Mwando Simba, Minister of Defence
His Excellency, Luzolo Bambi Lesa, Minister of Justice
His Excellency, Upio Kakura, Minister of Human Rights
Hon. Vital Kamerhe, President of the National Assembly
Hon. Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, President of the Senate
General John Numbi, Inspector General of the Police
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Congo-Kinshasa: Country's Dangerous Crossroads
30 January 2009
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Last week’s arrest of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and the deployment of an estimated 4,000 Rwandan soldiers into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, as part of joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, represent a major, and dangerous, crossroads.
One on hand, this unusual collaboration between Congo and Rwanda could be a catalyst for fundamentally changing the dynamic of the war and ending the deadliest conflict since World War II. On the other hand, it is obvious to all involved that Congolese citizens face grave new dangers ahead. The details of the operation already underway in eastern Congo’s densely forested terrain are murky, but if previous attempts to dislodge the 6,500 strong FDLR are any indication, Congolese civilians are likely to bear the overwhelming brunt of the violence. The international community must take the following urgent actions:
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protect civilians in FDLR areas by immediately enhancing the capacity of the U.N. peacekeeping force, known as MONUC, and by pressuring Congo and Rwanda to minimize collateral damage;
increase the desertion rate of rank-and-file FDLR through more effective and transparent disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement, and repatriation, or DDRRR, programs;
demand international military observation of the operations and a more clearly defined role for MONUC; and,
halt the impunity that fuels rampant atrocities by securing the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda and supporting the swift expansion of the ICC’s investigations into the North and South Kivu Provinces.
If, and only if, those conditions are met, the international community should consider assisting the operations in targeting FDLR commanders by providing intelligence and tactical support.
In September and October 2008, Nkunda’s National Congress for the Defense of People, or CNDP, engaged in weeks of intense fighting with the Congolese army and its allied militias, including the FDLR. The fighting had a devastating effect on eastern Congo’s civilian population, exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. Nkunda’s forces advanced to the doorstep of the strategic city of Goma in late October, but rather than attack, Nkunda declared a ceasefire and demanded political talks with the Congolese government. Efforts by the United Nations and others to negotiate a political solution stalemated by mid-December.
The Enough Project has consistently argued that an effective international strategy to apprehend FDLR leadership and dismantle its various militias is a necessary step to break the political deadlock and nearly 13 years of conflict in eastern Congo. Removing the FDLR would force the Congolese and Rwandan governments—along with scores of armed groups in the region—to seek political solutions to the conflict’s other main drivers—a war economy driven by illegal extraction of minerals, tensions over land-use and citizenship, and the political and economic security of ethnic minorities—and create conditions for local conflict resolution and, eventually, post-conflict reconstruction. However, as Enough has also argued, a poorly planned and executed military operation against the FDLR carries severe consequences for civilians and could propel this crisis in unpredictable and dangerous new directions.
The deal struck between Kinshasa and Kigali to arrest Nkunda and collaborate militarily against the FDLR is a seismic shift in regional relations. The broad strokes of what was agreed upon are clear: Congolese officials sought Rwandan help to get rid of Nkunda and end the CNDP rebellion, and in exchange the Rwandan military would be allowed to re-enter eastern Congo to hunt down the FDLR, whose leadership bears responsibility for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On December 5, following bilateral talks in Goma, North Kivu Province, Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Rosemary Museminali agreed on a plan for joint military operations. However, several aspects of the operation emerging on the ground should alarm policymakers. These include:
1. Collaboration with an indicted war criminal: In a fantastically cynical move, the Congolese and Rwandan governments agreed to replace Nkunda with his Chief of Staff, Bosco Ntaganda. Ntaganda is wanted by the International Criminal Court, or ICC, for war crimes committed in 2002-2003 during the conflict that raged in Ituri province. Human Rights Watch recently documented his direct involvement in CNDP’s massacre of at least 150 civilians in the town of Kiwanja, in North Kivu. His participation in the operation is a clear threat to civilians. As a signatory to the Rome Statue that establishes the ICC, the Congolese government is obligated to arrest Ntaganda, and are thus currently in full violation of international law. His central role in the operation makes it very difficult for the international community to be supportive of much needed action against the FDLR. Using war criminals to pursue war criminals makes little sense – mo matter how expedient it may appear to the operation’s planners in Kigali. 2. Increased vulnerability of civilians: Many FDLR have lived in eastern Congo for nearly 15 years, simultaneously integrating into and terrorizing Congolese communities. Past military operations against the FDLR have proven disastrous for these communities as FDLR fighters have chosen not to stand and fight, but have melted into the forest, and returned later to conduct “reprisal” attacks on civilians. Early reports from the ground confirm that this scenario is playing out again, and political actors in North Kivu have appealed to MONUC to protect civilians during the operation. If the bloody aftermath of recent failed operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, in northeastern Congo is any indication, the international community should be bracing itself for heavy civilian casualties and displacement. 3. Limited international involvement: Although most external actors agree that removing the FDLR is critical to lasting stability in the Great Lakes region and that they could provide intelligence, planning assistance, and technical/logistical support, Congo and Rwanda devised, planned, and began to execute this operation on their own. Though MONUC recently agreed to provide logistical and medical support, it has been kept deliberately in the dark about details and plans for the joint operation. As one MONUC official told Enough, “We aren’t part of anything here. We are just simply in a position of playing ‘catch up’.” The United States, European Union, African Union, and other external actors are in a position to offer support if Rwanda and Congo take practical steps to protect civilians and observe international alw, but none of these actors are playing a visible role or are close enough to the action to help prevent a worst-case scenario from unfolding. 4. Fissures within the Congolese government: Kabila’s decision to allow Rwandan troops to re-enter Congo was made behind closed doors and without the consent of key players in his government. Influential Kabila advisers National Police Inspector John Numbi and Minister of Interior Celestin Mbuyu appear to be the main supporters of the deal. Speaker of the National Assembly Vital Kamerehe, who comes from South Kivu, publicly voiced concern over the presence of Rwandan troops, saying he was not informed about this plan and that there appeared to be no diplomatic or political oversight for the current operations. After having lived through Rwanda’s bloody hunt for genocidaires in eastern Congo in 1996 and its de facto occupation of the Kivus from 1998-2002, Congolese resentment toward Rwandan intervention remains a palpable threat to Kabila’s popular support, especially in the East. 5. Unspoken motivations and simmering tensions: Rwanda’s stated objective for sending troops into Congo is to wipe out the FDLR. However, considering Rwanda’s strong economic interests in eastern Congo and their history of intervention and occupation, the international community should be asking questions about other unspoken reasons for this sudden military incursion. Many analysts are speculating that Rwanda’s swift intervention may also be about securing direct access to mines held by the FDLR and protecting the political and economic interests of the Tutsi community in North and South Kivu. Reportedly, Rwanda became increasingly irritated with Nkunda throughout recent months, particularly with his vocal shift from a political agenda of local empowerment to one of national liberation. With Nkunda now out of the picture and with plans for CNDP fighters to integrate into the Congolese army, the Rwandan government will seek other avenues to protect its interests. The demise of CNDP does not alleviate dangerous communal tensions. Disconcerting rumors have resurfaced regarding a plan to divide North Kivu into two provinces—the districts of Masisi and Rutshuru then becoming a predominantly Kinyarwanda (the language spoken by Congolese and Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu) speaking province. Tutsi are not currently represented in the provincial assembly in North Kivu, and as the date for local elections approach, many local politicians have expressed concern over unfair Rwandan influence—compounded by the numbers of displaced people in the province—and are calling for elections to be postponed. In its present form, the joint military operation is far more likely to lead to atrocities against civilians than to successfully dismantle the FDLR. Immediate action is required to increase the transparency and efficacy of the operation, ensure accountability, and more effectively focus the international community on a shared core objective: the elimination of the FDLR as a security threat to the region. Non-military measures, particularly robust support for defections and voluntary disarmament and repatriation to Rwanda of the FDLR’s rank-and-file forces, are vital.
Full recommendations:
The Obama administration should immediately appoint a special envoy to lead U.S. engagement in a sustained multilateral effort to achieve stability in the Great Lakes region, paying immediate attention to the threat posed by the FDLR and the LRA. (For Enough’s policy recommendations on the LRA, please see our January 16 statement.) The U.S. envoy should be based in the region, have appropriate staff and logistical support, and work to accomplish the following goals in North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces:
1. Protect civilians from atrocitiesa. While MONUC will now provide logistical and medical support to the joint operations, for the sake of civilian safety the Congolese and Rwandan governments must involve MONUC more directly in military planning to enable U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians. Despite MONUC’s poor track record on civilian protection, it is the only force on the ground explicitly charged with protecting civilians, and it must be able to fulfill this responsibility.b. The United States and European Union must demand that military observers from U.S. Africa Command, NATO, and/or the EU deploy with Rwandan and Congolese forces on the ground to help temper combatants’ worst tendencies and be allowed to deploy to areas where civilians are most vulnerable.c. If the above conditions are met, and Bosco Ntaganda is handed over to The Hague, U.S. Africa Command, NATO, and/or the EU should offer technical assistance and intelligence/logistical support in apprehending key FDLR leaders.
2. Incentivize defection from armed groupsa. MONUC is reporting an increase in the number of FDLR rank-and-file seeking to come out of the bush, but the numbers remain relatively low. The Rwandan and Congolese governments must work with and through MONUC to offer assurances to non-genocidaire FDLR that they can safely return to Rwanda or re-settle in Congo without fear of prosecution for war crimes.b. The Congolese and Rwandan governments must also enhance livelihoods packages for defectors, and donors should urgently contribute funds to demobilization, reintegration, and repatriation programs.
3. End impunity for crimes against humanitya. Bosco Ntaganda poses a serious threat to civilians and the Congolese government or Rwandan forces should apprehend him immediately. The international community cannot condone his participation under any circumstances and must deny any suspension of the ICC arrest warrant, such as that which was recently requested by the Congolese Minister of Justice. b. The international community must aggressively enforce U.N. authorized sanctions targeted at FDLR leadership. These include asset freezes and travel bans on FDLR leadership living abroad. A small group of Rwandan exiles living in countries such as France, Germany, and the U.S., still exert enormous influence over militias in eastern Congo. Expanded sanctions against individuals with ties to the violence in eastern Congo will isolate military leadership from their political masters and will encourage more FDLR deserters.c. If Laurent Nkunda is extradited from Rwanda to Congo, the international community must demand the Congolese government hold Nkunda accountable for crimes his troops have committed in the Kivus in a trial that meets international judicial standards. However, given the government’s understandable hostility toward Nkunda and Congo’s highly politicized judiciary, a fair trial would most likely only be possible at the International Criminal Court.
4. Address other root causes of conflicta. Dismantling the FDLR is only a first step in securing peace and stability for eastern Congo and the Great Lakes region. The international community should work with U.N. special envoy Olesegun Obasanjo and Great Lakes mediator Benjamin Mkapa to mount an inclusive political process to find lasting solutions to other major drivers of the conflict in eastern Congo: land tenure issues, minority representation and security concerns, the culture of impunity in the region, and the fight for control over Congo’s mineral wealth.b. The United States should lead international efforts to develop a comprehensive approach to the exploitation of Congo’s mineral wealth by armed groups. This must include efforts to reduce international demand for minerals that benefit armed groups, as well as accompanying efforts to strengthen security and governance, and to create legitimate channels for economic activity in eastern Congo.
Copyright © 2009 ENOUGH Project. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com).
30 January 2009
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Last week’s arrest of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and the deployment of an estimated 4,000 Rwandan soldiers into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, as part of joint Rwandan-Congolese military operations against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR, represent a major, and dangerous, crossroads.
One on hand, this unusual collaboration between Congo and Rwanda could be a catalyst for fundamentally changing the dynamic of the war and ending the deadliest conflict since World War II. On the other hand, it is obvious to all involved that Congolese citizens face grave new dangers ahead. The details of the operation already underway in eastern Congo’s densely forested terrain are murky, but if previous attempts to dislodge the 6,500 strong FDLR are any indication, Congolese civilians are likely to bear the overwhelming brunt of the violence. The international community must take the following urgent actions:
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protect civilians in FDLR areas by immediately enhancing the capacity of the U.N. peacekeeping force, known as MONUC, and by pressuring Congo and Rwanda to minimize collateral damage;
increase the desertion rate of rank-and-file FDLR through more effective and transparent disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement, and repatriation, or DDRRR, programs;
demand international military observation of the operations and a more clearly defined role for MONUC; and,
halt the impunity that fuels rampant atrocities by securing the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda and supporting the swift expansion of the ICC’s investigations into the North and South Kivu Provinces.
If, and only if, those conditions are met, the international community should consider assisting the operations in targeting FDLR commanders by providing intelligence and tactical support.
In September and October 2008, Nkunda’s National Congress for the Defense of People, or CNDP, engaged in weeks of intense fighting with the Congolese army and its allied militias, including the FDLR. The fighting had a devastating effect on eastern Congo’s civilian population, exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. Nkunda’s forces advanced to the doorstep of the strategic city of Goma in late October, but rather than attack, Nkunda declared a ceasefire and demanded political talks with the Congolese government. Efforts by the United Nations and others to negotiate a political solution stalemated by mid-December.
The Enough Project has consistently argued that an effective international strategy to apprehend FDLR leadership and dismantle its various militias is a necessary step to break the political deadlock and nearly 13 years of conflict in eastern Congo. Removing the FDLR would force the Congolese and Rwandan governments—along with scores of armed groups in the region—to seek political solutions to the conflict’s other main drivers—a war economy driven by illegal extraction of minerals, tensions over land-use and citizenship, and the political and economic security of ethnic minorities—and create conditions for local conflict resolution and, eventually, post-conflict reconstruction. However, as Enough has also argued, a poorly planned and executed military operation against the FDLR carries severe consequences for civilians and could propel this crisis in unpredictable and dangerous new directions.
The deal struck between Kinshasa and Kigali to arrest Nkunda and collaborate militarily against the FDLR is a seismic shift in regional relations. The broad strokes of what was agreed upon are clear: Congolese officials sought Rwandan help to get rid of Nkunda and end the CNDP rebellion, and in exchange the Rwandan military would be allowed to re-enter eastern Congo to hunt down the FDLR, whose leadership bears responsibility for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On December 5, following bilateral talks in Goma, North Kivu Province, Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Rosemary Museminali agreed on a plan for joint military operations. However, several aspects of the operation emerging on the ground should alarm policymakers. These include:
1. Collaboration with an indicted war criminal: In a fantastically cynical move, the Congolese and Rwandan governments agreed to replace Nkunda with his Chief of Staff, Bosco Ntaganda. Ntaganda is wanted by the International Criminal Court, or ICC, for war crimes committed in 2002-2003 during the conflict that raged in Ituri province. Human Rights Watch recently documented his direct involvement in CNDP’s massacre of at least 150 civilians in the town of Kiwanja, in North Kivu. His participation in the operation is a clear threat to civilians. As a signatory to the Rome Statue that establishes the ICC, the Congolese government is obligated to arrest Ntaganda, and are thus currently in full violation of international law. His central role in the operation makes it very difficult for the international community to be supportive of much needed action against the FDLR. Using war criminals to pursue war criminals makes little sense – mo matter how expedient it may appear to the operation’s planners in Kigali. 2. Increased vulnerability of civilians: Many FDLR have lived in eastern Congo for nearly 15 years, simultaneously integrating into and terrorizing Congolese communities. Past military operations against the FDLR have proven disastrous for these communities as FDLR fighters have chosen not to stand and fight, but have melted into the forest, and returned later to conduct “reprisal” attacks on civilians. Early reports from the ground confirm that this scenario is playing out again, and political actors in North Kivu have appealed to MONUC to protect civilians during the operation. If the bloody aftermath of recent failed operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, in northeastern Congo is any indication, the international community should be bracing itself for heavy civilian casualties and displacement. 3. Limited international involvement: Although most external actors agree that removing the FDLR is critical to lasting stability in the Great Lakes region and that they could provide intelligence, planning assistance, and technical/logistical support, Congo and Rwanda devised, planned, and began to execute this operation on their own. Though MONUC recently agreed to provide logistical and medical support, it has been kept deliberately in the dark about details and plans for the joint operation. As one MONUC official told Enough, “We aren’t part of anything here. We are just simply in a position of playing ‘catch up’.” The United States, European Union, African Union, and other external actors are in a position to offer support if Rwanda and Congo take practical steps to protect civilians and observe international alw, but none of these actors are playing a visible role or are close enough to the action to help prevent a worst-case scenario from unfolding. 4. Fissures within the Congolese government: Kabila’s decision to allow Rwandan troops to re-enter Congo was made behind closed doors and without the consent of key players in his government. Influential Kabila advisers National Police Inspector John Numbi and Minister of Interior Celestin Mbuyu appear to be the main supporters of the deal. Speaker of the National Assembly Vital Kamerehe, who comes from South Kivu, publicly voiced concern over the presence of Rwandan troops, saying he was not informed about this plan and that there appeared to be no diplomatic or political oversight for the current operations. After having lived through Rwanda’s bloody hunt for genocidaires in eastern Congo in 1996 and its de facto occupation of the Kivus from 1998-2002, Congolese resentment toward Rwandan intervention remains a palpable threat to Kabila’s popular support, especially in the East. 5. Unspoken motivations and simmering tensions: Rwanda’s stated objective for sending troops into Congo is to wipe out the FDLR. However, considering Rwanda’s strong economic interests in eastern Congo and their history of intervention and occupation, the international community should be asking questions about other unspoken reasons for this sudden military incursion. Many analysts are speculating that Rwanda’s swift intervention may also be about securing direct access to mines held by the FDLR and protecting the political and economic interests of the Tutsi community in North and South Kivu. Reportedly, Rwanda became increasingly irritated with Nkunda throughout recent months, particularly with his vocal shift from a political agenda of local empowerment to one of national liberation. With Nkunda now out of the picture and with plans for CNDP fighters to integrate into the Congolese army, the Rwandan government will seek other avenues to protect its interests. The demise of CNDP does not alleviate dangerous communal tensions. Disconcerting rumors have resurfaced regarding a plan to divide North Kivu into two provinces—the districts of Masisi and Rutshuru then becoming a predominantly Kinyarwanda (the language spoken by Congolese and Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu) speaking province. Tutsi are not currently represented in the provincial assembly in North Kivu, and as the date for local elections approach, many local politicians have expressed concern over unfair Rwandan influence—compounded by the numbers of displaced people in the province—and are calling for elections to be postponed. In its present form, the joint military operation is far more likely to lead to atrocities against civilians than to successfully dismantle the FDLR. Immediate action is required to increase the transparency and efficacy of the operation, ensure accountability, and more effectively focus the international community on a shared core objective: the elimination of the FDLR as a security threat to the region. Non-military measures, particularly robust support for defections and voluntary disarmament and repatriation to Rwanda of the FDLR’s rank-and-file forces, are vital.
Full recommendations:
The Obama administration should immediately appoint a special envoy to lead U.S. engagement in a sustained multilateral effort to achieve stability in the Great Lakes region, paying immediate attention to the threat posed by the FDLR and the LRA. (For Enough’s policy recommendations on the LRA, please see our January 16 statement.) The U.S. envoy should be based in the region, have appropriate staff and logistical support, and work to accomplish the following goals in North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces:
1. Protect civilians from atrocitiesa. While MONUC will now provide logistical and medical support to the joint operations, for the sake of civilian safety the Congolese and Rwandan governments must involve MONUC more directly in military planning to enable U.N. peacekeepers to protect civilians. Despite MONUC’s poor track record on civilian protection, it is the only force on the ground explicitly charged with protecting civilians, and it must be able to fulfill this responsibility.b. The United States and European Union must demand that military observers from U.S. Africa Command, NATO, and/or the EU deploy with Rwandan and Congolese forces on the ground to help temper combatants’ worst tendencies and be allowed to deploy to areas where civilians are most vulnerable.c. If the above conditions are met, and Bosco Ntaganda is handed over to The Hague, U.S. Africa Command, NATO, and/or the EU should offer technical assistance and intelligence/logistical support in apprehending key FDLR leaders.
2. Incentivize defection from armed groupsa. MONUC is reporting an increase in the number of FDLR rank-and-file seeking to come out of the bush, but the numbers remain relatively low. The Rwandan and Congolese governments must work with and through MONUC to offer assurances to non-genocidaire FDLR that they can safely return to Rwanda or re-settle in Congo without fear of prosecution for war crimes.b. The Congolese and Rwandan governments must also enhance livelihoods packages for defectors, and donors should urgently contribute funds to demobilization, reintegration, and repatriation programs.
3. End impunity for crimes against humanitya. Bosco Ntaganda poses a serious threat to civilians and the Congolese government or Rwandan forces should apprehend him immediately. The international community cannot condone his participation under any circumstances and must deny any suspension of the ICC arrest warrant, such as that which was recently requested by the Congolese Minister of Justice. b. The international community must aggressively enforce U.N. authorized sanctions targeted at FDLR leadership. These include asset freezes and travel bans on FDLR leadership living abroad. A small group of Rwandan exiles living in countries such as France, Germany, and the U.S., still exert enormous influence over militias in eastern Congo. Expanded sanctions against individuals with ties to the violence in eastern Congo will isolate military leadership from their political masters and will encourage more FDLR deserters.c. If Laurent Nkunda is extradited from Rwanda to Congo, the international community must demand the Congolese government hold Nkunda accountable for crimes his troops have committed in the Kivus in a trial that meets international judicial standards. However, given the government’s understandable hostility toward Nkunda and Congo’s highly politicized judiciary, a fair trial would most likely only be possible at the International Criminal Court.
4. Address other root causes of conflicta. Dismantling the FDLR is only a first step in securing peace and stability for eastern Congo and the Great Lakes region. The international community should work with U.N. special envoy Olesegun Obasanjo and Great Lakes mediator Benjamin Mkapa to mount an inclusive political process to find lasting solutions to other major drivers of the conflict in eastern Congo: land tenure issues, minority representation and security concerns, the culture of impunity in the region, and the fight for control over Congo’s mineral wealth.b. The United States should lead international efforts to develop a comprehensive approach to the exploitation of Congo’s mineral wealth by armed groups. This must include efforts to reduce international demand for minerals that benefit armed groups, as well as accompanying efforts to strengthen security and governance, and to create legitimate channels for economic activity in eastern Congo.
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DR Congo/North Kivu: Joint operations with Rwanda continueReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009Rwandan and Congolese troops are continuing in the joint operation against the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in east Democratic ...
Rebel major prefers death to ‘slavery’ in RwandaGulf Times, Qatar - Jan 26, 2009MIRIKI, DR Congo: In a reed hut camp he has called home for 10 years, a Rwandan Hutu rebel major waited defiantly to face government troops determined to ...
DR Congo/Goma: immediate impact of Nkunda's arrestReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009The arrest last week of rebel general Laurent Nkunda in eastern Congo has had an immediate impact, says a local Anglican priest who has been in touch with ...
UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ...UN News Centre - Jan 26, 200926 January 2009 – A programme to allow Rwandans who have been fighting with militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to visit their home ...
DRC: Civilians at risk from further fighting after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 26, 2009Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ...
MONUC supports an exploratory mission of ex Rwandan RUD/FDLR ...MONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa, 23 January 2009 – Alan Doss, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, welcomes the departure of the RUD/FDLR ...
Rwanda: Nine FDLR Killed, Weapons SeizedAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Goma — Nine FDLR rebels were killed and rifles seized late last week as the joint Rwanda-DRC military offensive against the rebels intensified in the ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame Hails Rwanda-DRC Joint OperationAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Urugwiro Village — President Paul Kagame has hailed the ongoing Joint Operation by Rwandan and Democratic Republic of Congo forces aimed at uprooting FDLR ...
Armed groups in DR Congo must free child soldiers: UNReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Jan 25, 2009 (AFP) - The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo urged armed groups operating in the east to free ...
DRC wants Nkunda extraditedAfricaNews, Netherlands - Jan 25, 2009The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking the extradition of arrested rebel leader, General Laurent Nkunda. He was arrested recently in neighbouring ...
Nkunda's Rwanda DivorceBlack Star News, NY - Jan 25, 2009The East and Central Africa region deserves relief after decades of genocidal conflicts that's why the recent arrest of Laurent Nkunda by Rwanda's military ...
Fear of Nkunda Lingers in Congo - New York TimesJournal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jan 25, 2009WELT ONLINEFear of Nkunda Lingers in CongoNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN RUMANGABO, Congo - On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters ...
Congo: rebel integration into army beginsThe Associated Press - 6 hours agoKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — About 60 rebels in eastern Congo exchanged their uniforms for official army garb on Thursday, the first step of the promised ...
Rebel Integration Into Congo Army Fails to BeginVoice of America - Jan 28, 2009By VOA News Plans to begin integrating rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo into the army have faltered, highlighting the challenges of bringing ...
Congo moves to quell Hutu rebelsFinancial Times, UK - Jan 27, 2009By Barney Jopson The Congolese army claims to have killed nine Hutu rebels in eastern Congo as it continues a joint operation with Rwanda to flush out ...
Armies of Congo, Rwanda clash with Hutu militiaThe Associated Press - Jan 27, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The armies of Congo and Rwanda, battling together against Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, clashed with fighters trying to ...
Looking for Peace Openings in CongoNew York Times, United States - Jan 26, 2009After helping to fuel the horrific war in eastern Congo, Rwanda has created a potential opening for ending the conflict by arresting Gen. ...
A fragile chance for peace in Central AfricaInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 26, 2009One of Central Africa's most wanted men has been captured in Rwanda. The warlord leader Laurent Nkunda has been threatening the government in the Democratic ...
Rwanda says Congo rebel is 'safe' but not in jailThe Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Congo's most powerful rebel leader, who was captured last week by the Rwandan army in a reversal of alliances, is not in prison but is ...
Rwanda-Congo force pushes deeper into militia zoneThe Associated Press - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rwandan and Congolese troops pushed deeper into zones in Congo held by Rwandan Hutu militiamen Sunday in a joint military operation ...
Fear of Nkunda's return lingers in CongoInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 25, 2009By Jeffrey Gettleman RUMANGABO, Congo: On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters lounged around a hilltop army base, picking avocados and looking ...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Laurent Nkunda and Bosco ...Amnesty International UK, UK - 11 hours agoThe arrest of General Laurent Nkunda - the former leader of an armed militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - should be followed ...
MEDIAWATCH: Cautious optimism after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 28, 2009Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda attends a rally in Rutshuru, 70 km (45 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 22, 2008. ...
Congo DRC: Hutu militiamen killed by Rwandan and Congolese troopsAfika, Norway - Jan 27, 2009Kinshasa (Congo DRC) - Rwandan and Congolese troops have exchanged fire with Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, killing nine in the first fighting ...
Fleeing Congo rebel leader Nkunda arrested in RwandaThe South African Star, South Africa - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa - In a startling turn against its former ally, Rwanda has arrested Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. ...
"Unprecedented" cooperation between Rwanda and Congo immediately ...Examiner.com - Jan 26, 2009by Samuel Knight, DC Foreign Policy Examiner Rwanda's decision to send troops to aid the Democratic Republic of Congo this week appears to have paid off ...
Displaced Congolese return to prospect of more violencePakistan Observer, Pakistan - Jan 25, 2009Kibumba—With the menacing rebels gone and the equally menacing Congolese army again patrolling this muddy market village, people who fled months of fighting ...
Report: Nine Hutu rebels killed in Democratic Republic of CongoTREND Information, Azerbaijan - Jan 25, 2009Nine Hutu rebels have been killed in a joint military drive by Rwandan and Congolese troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Sunday. ...
Civilians Afraid As Hutu Rebels Clash With CongoJavno.hr, Croatia - Jan 25, 2009Congo`s United Nations peacekeeping mission has so far been unable to confirm the army`s statement. Congolese Hutu rebels said on Sunday they had clashed ...
Congo Seeks ProtectionTIME - 5 hours agoBy Alex Perry / Goma Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 Nkunda pictured at his base surrounded by armed soldiers before his Jan. 22 capture by Rwandan authorities. ...
Hutu Rebels in Congo Send Families to Safety, Await AttacksBloomberg - 7 hours agoBy Franz Wild Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Families of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing to safety across the border and ...
Dar lauds Congo-Rwanda joint operationDailyNewsOnline, United Republic of Tanzania - 8 hours agoTanzania has commended a joint military operation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwandan army to flush out rebel groups in DRC, ...
An arresting and hopeful surpriseEconomist, UK - 8 hours agoTHE capture of a Congolese warlord, Laurent Nkunda, surprised almost everyone, not least the preening man himself. As commander of the National Congress for ...
Rebels begin joining DR Congo armyAFP - 12 hours agoRUMANGABO, DR Congo (AFP) — The first of more than 6000 Congolese rebels took part in a ceremony Thursday to integrate their units into the regular army as ...
DR Congo renews demand for extradition of NkundaXinhua, China - 18 hours agoKINSHASA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has renewed its demand for the extradition of Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, ...
Congo: rebel integration into army failsThe Associated Press - Jan 28, 2009RUMANGABO, Congo (AP) — An attempt to integrate hundreds of rebel soldiers into Congo's army failed Wednesday, casting doubt on whether a hasty recent ...
The UN needs to get toughInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 28, 2009By Linda Mason The seemingly endless turmoil in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo took another turn last week. ...
Congo rebel integration plan fails to beginReuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 28, 2009By Joe Bavier RUMANGABO, Congo (Reuters) - Plans to integrate Tutsi rebels into Congo's army faltered before they could begin on Wednesday, underlining the ...
UN, DRC launch task forceNews24, South Africa - Jan 28, 2009Kinshasa - The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo is working alongside the national army to manage the integration of rebels into regular forces, ...
UN to back attack on Congo rebelsBBC News, UK - Jan 28, 2009The UN mission to DR Congo (Monuc) says it will provide support to the joint DR Congo-Rwanda operation against Hutu rebels in the east of the country. ...
UN gives logistical support to Congo-Rwanda operationAFP - Jan 28, 2009RUTSHURU, DR Congo (AFP) — UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo will provide logistical support to the joint Congo-Rwanda operation against ...
United Nations Forces to Back Hunt for Congo MilitiaBloomberg - Jan 28, 2009By Franz Wild Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said it would provide logistical support to a military ...
Hutu group fears being targeted in Rwanda-Congo offensiveAFP - Jan 27, 2009KASIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — After waiting months here to return to their native Rwanda, Hutu militia dissidents -- who claim to have renounced violence -- fear ...
Chris Mahony: Congo rebel capture brings hope for peaceNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Jan 27, 2009Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested last week. Photo / AP New Zealand lawyer Chris Mahony is currently studying African affairs at Oxford University. ...
UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Accountability in CongoVoice of America - Jan 27, 2009By Lisa Schlein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the human-rights situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is alarming. ...
Congo MPs feel sidelined in decisionsDaily Nation, Kenya - Jan 27, 2009By KAMBALE JUAKALI, NATION Correspondent,Posted Tuesday, January 27 2009 at 19:21 For some Congolese parliamentarians, the acceleration of such unexpected ...
Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissentBBC News, UK - Jan 27, 2009Security has been tightened at refugee camps in Rwanda after protests calling for rebel Laurent Nkunda's release. Gen Nkunda, who claimed his fighters were ...
UN fears Congo-Rwanda operation may spark abusesReuters - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A joint Rwandan-Congolese operation to crush Rwandan Hutu rebels hiding in Congo could force large numbers of civilians to flee ...
4 Hutu militia killed by Congolese, Rwandan armieseTaiwan News, Taiwan - Jan 27, 2009AP Military officials say four more Rwandan Hutu militiamen have been killed by the Congolese and Rwandan armies. The fighting took place late Monday in the ...
UN rights chief alarmed at killings blamed on Ugandan rebelsAFP - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The UN human rights chief Tuesday said she was alarmed at "grotesque" abuse by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo after ...
UN rights boss decries abuses in CongoReuters South Africa, South Africa - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (Reuters) - The top UN human rights official on Tuesday decried what she called a continuous stream of gross human rights abuses committed by the ...
Rwanda-Congo move isolates UN missionChristian Science Monitor, MA - Jan 26, 2009Last week's deployment of Rwandan troops to fight rebels in Congo caught the 17000-strong UN mission by surprise. By Jina Moore Correspondent of The ...
Rebels on alert as Congolese, Rwandan troops close inAFP - Jan 26, 2009MIRIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east girded for battle Monday as Rwandan and Congolese troops targeted them ...
Congolese Brace for Violence as Rwandans Hunt HutusBloomberg - Jan 26, 2009By Franz Wild Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province are bracing for renewed violence as troops ...
Rwanda: Congo rebel not in jailThe Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Rwandan army spokesman says Congo's most powerful rebel leader is not imprisoned. Rwandan troops captured Laurent Nkunda last week ...
Agreement may be good for the regionIndependent Online, South Africa - Jan 25, 2009The agreement by the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to set aside their enmity and join forces to pursue each other's enemies is ...
Governments enter secret pact to tackle the horrors of DRC’s warSunday Herald, UK - Jan 24, 2009INTENSIFIED BLOODY warfare now escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an on-off 15-year conflict has consumed 5.5 million lives, ...
Joint Rwanda-Congo forces kill rebel commanderAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - 15 hours agoAPA-Kigali (Rwanda) The deputy commander of the reserve brigade of the Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, Lt Col Anaclet Hitimana aka ...
CONGO: Rwanda To The RescueStrategy Page - 15 hours agoJanuary 29, 2009: The UN will provide logistical support to Congolese and Rwandan troops who are attacking the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda-DRC Joint Operations Seize More FDLR ...AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours agoKigali — The commander of the joint Rwanda -DRC military operations in the Eastern DRC, Lt Gen John Numbi, has said that Rwanda-DRC joint military ...
Rwanda: Give Them a Break, It's Their People!AllAfrica.com, Washington - 17 hours agoKigali — Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have taken the unprecedented move of working together to bring back stability to eastern DRC, ...
New Twists in Congo Conflict – and Just Maybe a Turn for the BetterFamily Security Matters, NJ - 18 hours agoDo you think President Obama will keep your family as safe from terrorists as George W. Bush did? In the list I published three weeks ago of the conflicts ...
Rebels balk at joining Congolese army - FeatureEarthtimes (press release), UK - 18 hours agoRumangabo,DR Congo - After seven days marked by about- faces, a dramatic betrayal and hopeful talks of peace, the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Group says DRC-Rwanda deal comes with dangersLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 19 hours agoNew York, US - A deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda could escalate a humanitarian crisis in the region, according to the ...
Rwanda: Top FDLR Commander Killed in DRC AmbushAllAfrica.com, Washington - 19 hours agoMasisi — One of the senior commanders of the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) was Wednesday morning shot and killed in eastern ...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Laurent Nkunda and Bosco Ntaganda ...Amnesty International USA - Jan 28, 2009The arrest of Laurent Nkunda should be followed by swift steps to prosecute him on charges that he committed war crimes and crimes against humanity ...
UN ready to step into Congo conflictZambia News, Zambia - Jan 28, 2009The United Nations has been invited by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the joint DRC/Rwanda military operation targeting ...
UN to support joint DR Congo/Rwanda military plan targeting rebelsUN News Centre - Jan 28, 200928 January 2009 – The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has formally accepted an invitation by the nation’s Government ...
UN mission will support Congo forces to capture FDLR militiaSmartBrief, DC - Jan 28, 2009The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has approved medical and logistical support for an operation to hunt the Rwanda Hutu Democratic Forces ...
Nkunda capture gives some succour to DRC minersMetalbulletin.com (subscription), UK - Jan 28, 2009The capture of Congolese renegade general Laurent Nkunda last week signifies the “end of the war” in eastern Democratic Repubic of Congo (DRC) and the ...
UN Mission to Support Congo ArmyPrensa Latina, Cuba - Jan 28, 2009Kinshasa, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo will support the Congolese national army with ...
New fighting in DR Congo imminent: rebelsReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 28, 2009NAIROBI, Jan 28, 2009 (AFP) - The leader of Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels on Wednesday predicted that intense fighting would erupt within days in eastern Congo ...
DRC: UN raises concerns over civilians in eastIRINnews.org, NY - Jan 28, 2009KINSHASA, 28 January 2009 (IRIN) - Even before Rwandan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) troops engage Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC, ...
Rwanda-DRC-Military operation Rwanda-DRC joint military operation ...African Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 28, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has accepted to boost the ongoing joint military ...
Calming the CongoToledo Blade, OH - Jan 28, 2009THE latest developments in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo signify progress in that war-torn African land. ...
Democratic Republic of the Congo / Joint Congolese-Rwandan ...Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse), Switzerland - Jan 28, 2009KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) January 28, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the office of the spokesperson for the UN ...
UN to back attack on Congo rebels - BBC NewsJournal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jan 28, 2009AFPUN to back attack on Congo rebelsBBC News - 25 minutes agoThe UN mission to DR Congo (Monuc) says it will provide support to the Congo-Rwanda operation ...
Rwanda: Nkunda Arrest - UN-Panel of Experts Report DiscreditedAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 28, 2009Kigali — As I write this the joint military offensive against the FDLR will be entering the second week. And I hope by the time you finish reading, ...
Rwanda: 200 FDLR Rebels Flee to UgandaAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — More than two hundred rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are reported to have fled into neighboring Uganda after ...
UN Exposes Uganda Rebel Abuses in DRCPrensa Latina, Cuba - Jan 27, 2009United Nations, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pillay called grotesque the violations Uganda rebels have perpetrated at ...
DR Congo Conflict: TSF deploys to support the Humanitarian ...ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 27, 2009In an effort to support the agencies of the United Nations and non governmental organizations, a team of emergency telecommunications specialists was ...
A step in the right direction for eastern Congo?GlobalPost - Jan 27, 2009By Finbarr O'Reilly - GlobalPost There is rarely any real prospect for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than a decade of ...
4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint operationafrol News, Lesotho - Jan 27, 2009afrol News, 27 January - At least four rebels have died during the ongoing Rwanda-Democratic Republic of Congo joint offensive against Forces for Democratic ...
Congo suspends peace talks in Nairobiafrol News, Lesotho - Jan 27, 2009afrol News, 27 January - Congolese talks between government and rebels led by renegade General Laurent Nkunda have been suspended in Kenya, after an arrest ...
Conflict Risk Alert: DR CongoInternational Crisis Group, Belgium - Jan 27, 2009Nairobi/Brussels, 27 January 2009: The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have struck a deal for military cooperation that risks a new escalation of ...
Protestors in Rwanda Call for Release of Gen. Laurent Nkunda ...TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Jan 27, 2009Rwanda has stepped up their security at several refugee camps in the country following a rise in protests against the government’s decision to arrest ...
Red Cross warns DR Congo combatants to spare civiliansMONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jan 27, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The international Red Cross on Monday warned all sides involved in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that they are legally ...
UN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR ...UN News Centre - Jan 27, 200927 January 2009 – The top United Nations human rights official today spoke out against abuses committed by Ugandan rebels in the Democratic Republic of ...
Uganda: Should have right to invade neighbour DR CongoKongoTimes, Ireland - Jan 27, 2009The recent Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) attack on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was certainly ...
Nkunda's Arrest: Initial Success for DRC-Rwanda AllianceWorld Politics Review - Jan 27, 2009JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - It is uncertain what effect last week's arrest of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda will have on ...
Rwanda: Is Country Justified in Its Decision Not to Negotiate With ...AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — For nearly fifteen years, Rwanda has been confronted with the existence of a 'rebel group' in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]. ...
Rwanda: Gen. Gatsinzi Receives UK Defence OfficialsAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 27, 2009Kigali — Defence Minister Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi yesterday afternoon received and held bilateral-military discussions with visiting United Kingdom (UK) ...
Congolese rebel leader arrestedReligious Intelligence Ltd, UK - Jan 27, 2009The arrest of the rebel leader came only days after he broke ranks with his chief of staff who formed a splinter movement. Nkunda studied psychology and has ...
UK official commends Rwanda-Congo joint operations against rebelsAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 27, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) A senior British official has commended the Rwanda-Congo joint operations against FDLR and Interahamwe rebels as a step towards peace in ...
4 killed in Rwanda-Congo joint army operation against rebelsAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - Jan 27, 2009APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo joint forces on Sunday killed four rebels of the Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda, ...
Rwanda: Hundreds of Rebels Surrender, Four KilledAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Kigali — As the ongoing Rwanda-DRC joint offensive against the Ex-FAR Interahamwe intensified yesterday, four other rebels were killed, dozens of weapons ...
DR Congo/North Kivu: Joint operations with Rwanda continueReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009Rwandan and Congolese troops are continuing in the joint operation against the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in east Democratic ...
Rebel major prefers death to ‘slavery’ in RwandaGulf Times, Qatar - Jan 26, 2009MIRIKI, DR Congo: In a reed hut camp he has called home for 10 years, a Rwandan Hutu rebel major waited defiantly to face government troops determined to ...
DR Congo/Goma: immediate impact of Nkunda's arrestReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 26, 2009The arrest last week of rebel general Laurent Nkunda in eastern Congo has had an immediate impact, says a local Anglican priest who has been in touch with ...
UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ...UN News Centre - Jan 26, 200926 January 2009 – A programme to allow Rwandans who have been fighting with militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to visit their home ...
DRC: Civilians at risk from further fighting after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 26, 2009Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ...
MONUC supports an exploratory mission of ex Rwandan RUD/FDLR ...MONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa, 23 January 2009 – Alan Doss, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the DRC, welcomes the departure of the RUD/FDLR ...
Rwanda: Nine FDLR Killed, Weapons SeizedAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Goma — Nine FDLR rebels were killed and rifles seized late last week as the joint Rwanda-DRC military offensive against the rebels intensified in the ...
Congo-Kinshasa: Kagame Hails Rwanda-DRC Joint OperationAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 26, 2009Urugwiro Village — President Paul Kagame has hailed the ongoing Joint Operation by Rwandan and Democratic Republic of Congo forces aimed at uprooting FDLR ...
Armed groups in DR Congo must free child soldiers: UNReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Jan 25, 2009 (AFP) - The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo urged armed groups operating in the east to free ...
DRC wants Nkunda extraditedAfricaNews, Netherlands - Jan 25, 2009The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking the extradition of arrested rebel leader, General Laurent Nkunda. He was arrested recently in neighbouring ...
Nkunda's Rwanda DivorceBlack Star News, NY - Jan 25, 2009The East and Central Africa region deserves relief after decades of genocidal conflicts that's why the recent arrest of Laurent Nkunda by Rwanda's military ...
Fear of Nkunda Lingers in Congo - New York TimesJournal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey - Jan 25, 2009WELT ONLINEFear of Nkunda Lingers in CongoNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy JEFFREY GETTLEMAN RUMANGABO, Congo - On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters ...
Congo: rebel integration into army beginsThe Associated Press - 6 hours agoKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — About 60 rebels in eastern Congo exchanged their uniforms for official army garb on Thursday, the first step of the promised ...
Rebel Integration Into Congo Army Fails to BeginVoice of America - Jan 28, 2009By VOA News Plans to begin integrating rebels from the Democratic Republic of Congo into the army have faltered, highlighting the challenges of bringing ...
Congo moves to quell Hutu rebelsFinancial Times, UK - Jan 27, 2009By Barney Jopson The Congolese army claims to have killed nine Hutu rebels in eastern Congo as it continues a joint operation with Rwanda to flush out ...
Armies of Congo, Rwanda clash with Hutu militiaThe Associated Press - Jan 27, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The armies of Congo and Rwanda, battling together against Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, clashed with fighters trying to ...
Looking for Peace Openings in CongoNew York Times, United States - Jan 26, 2009After helping to fuel the horrific war in eastern Congo, Rwanda has created a potential opening for ending the conflict by arresting Gen. ...
A fragile chance for peace in Central AfricaInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 26, 2009One of Central Africa's most wanted men has been captured in Rwanda. The warlord leader Laurent Nkunda has been threatening the government in the Democratic ...
Rwanda says Congo rebel is 'safe' but not in jailThe Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Congo's most powerful rebel leader, who was captured last week by the Rwandan army in a reversal of alliances, is not in prison but is ...
Rwanda-Congo force pushes deeper into militia zoneThe Associated Press - Jan 25, 2009KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rwandan and Congolese troops pushed deeper into zones in Congo held by Rwandan Hutu militiamen Sunday in a joint military operation ...
Fear of Nkunda's return lingers in CongoInternational Herald Tribune, France - Jan 25, 2009By Jeffrey Gettleman RUMANGABO, Congo: On Sunday, a bunch of former guerilla fighters lounged around a hilltop army base, picking avocados and looking ...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Laurent Nkunda and Bosco ...Amnesty International UK, UK - 11 hours agoThe arrest of General Laurent Nkunda - the former leader of an armed militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - should be followed ...
MEDIAWATCH: Cautious optimism after Nkunda arrestReuters AlertNet, UK - Jan 28, 2009Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda attends a rally in Rutshuru, 70 km (45 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 22, 2008. ...
Congo DRC: Hutu militiamen killed by Rwandan and Congolese troopsAfika, Norway - Jan 27, 2009Kinshasa (Congo DRC) - Rwandan and Congolese troops have exchanged fire with Rwandan Hutu militiamen in eastern Congo, killing nine in the first fighting ...
Fleeing Congo rebel leader Nkunda arrested in RwandaThe South African Star, South Africa - Jan 26, 2009Kinshasa - In a startling turn against its former ally, Rwanda has arrested Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. ...
"Unprecedented" cooperation between Rwanda and Congo immediately ...Examiner.com - Jan 26, 2009by Samuel Knight, DC Foreign Policy Examiner Rwanda's decision to send troops to aid the Democratic Republic of Congo this week appears to have paid off ...
Displaced Congolese return to prospect of more violencePakistan Observer, Pakistan - Jan 25, 2009Kibumba—With the menacing rebels gone and the equally menacing Congolese army again patrolling this muddy market village, people who fled months of fighting ...
Report: Nine Hutu rebels killed in Democratic Republic of CongoTREND Information, Azerbaijan - Jan 25, 2009Nine Hutu rebels have been killed in a joint military drive by Rwandan and Congolese troops in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reports said Sunday. ...
Civilians Afraid As Hutu Rebels Clash With CongoJavno.hr, Croatia - Jan 25, 2009Congo`s United Nations peacekeeping mission has so far been unable to confirm the army`s statement. Congolese Hutu rebels said on Sunday they had clashed ...
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Uganda: How Will Economy Grow Without Gen. Nkunda?AllAfrica.com, Washington - 3 hours agoFinally my namesake General Nkunda was picked up. I wrote way back in this column that whenever this so-called general sneezed, I caught flu. ...
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Uganda's LRA Rebel Chief Peace Negotiator Denies He's ResigningVoice of America - Jan 26, 2009By James Butty With the arrest of renegade Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda by Rwanda and the trial in The Hague of another Congo rebel leader, ...
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Uganda: How Will Economy Grow Without Gen. Nkunda?AllAfrica.com, Washington - 3 hours agoFinally my namesake General Nkunda was picked up. I wrote way back in this column that whenever this so-called general sneezed, I caught flu. ...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Laurent Nkunda and Bosco ...Amnesty International UK, UK - 4 hours agoThe arrest of General Laurent Nkunda - the former leader of an armed militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - should be followed ...
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Rebel Leader Nkunda Arrested in RwandaWashington Post, United States - Jan 22, 2009Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested in Rwandan territory after he tried to resist a joint Rwandan-Congolese military operation in eastern Congo, ...
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Uganda's LRA Rebel Chief Peace Negotiator Denies He's ResigningVoice of America - Jan 26, 2009By James Butty With the arrest of renegade Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda by Rwanda and the trial in The Hague of another Congo rebel leader, ...
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DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%BBC News, UK - 23 hours agoBy Mark Kinver The population of mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park has risen by 12.5%, a census shows. ...DRC: Gorilla population soars despite war AfricaNewsMountain gorilla numbers up despite Congo conflict Earthtimes (press release)Mountain gorilla population in DR Congo increases 12.5% Mongabay.comFrance24 - Global Voices Onlineall 185 news articles »
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Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissentBBC News, UK - 17 hours agoDR Congo has allowed at least 6000 Rwandan soldiers into its eastern region to help Congolese soldiers disarm the Hutu militia. Rwanda, which hosts more ...Conflict Risk Alert: DR Congo International Crisis GroupUN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ... UN News CentreProtestors in Rwanda Call for Release of Gen. Laurent Nkunda ... TransWorldNews (press release)AFP - Middle East Timesall 346 news articles »
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Lord's Resistance Army number two plans to turn himself inAFP - 11 hours agoUgandan forces entered DR Congo on December 14 in a joint operation with DR Congo and South Sudan to flush out the LRA, after Kony repeatedly balked at ...
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Uganda: Should have right to invade neighbour DR Congo KongoTimesUN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR ... UN News CentreReliefWeb (press release) - BBC Newsall 115 news articles »
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DR Congo: Warlord Lubanga's trial live on Congolese TVLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 21 hours ago... the government for enabling the public to follow the trial to discourage other warlords who keep spreading insecurity and death in DR Congo. ...
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Former DR Congo Warlord Pleads Not Guilty At ICC Trail RTT NewsCongo war crimes trial 'unfair' BBC NewsAFP - BBC Newsall 874 news articles »
UNICEF calls for end to LRA abductions in DR CongoXinhua, China - 18 hours agoUNICEF's representative in DR Congo Pierrette Vu Thi who just returned from a mission to Dungu in the Haut-Uele District called on actors to do everything ...
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Hutu group fears being targeted in Rwanda-Congo offensiveAFP - 1 hour agoKASIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — After waiting months here to return to their native Rwanda, Hutu militia dissidents -- who claim to have renounced violence -- fear ...
DR Congo: India donates equipment to DR CongoLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 59 minutes agoIndia has donated tele-teaching and telemedicine equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help researchers, doctors and students. ...
DR Congo: Malteser International prepares to extend its relief ...Reuters AlertNet, UK - 18 hours agoMalteser International currently prepares to extend its relief measures fort he civilians in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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Red Cross warns DR Congo combatants to spare civiliansAFP - Jan 26, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The international Red Cross on Monday warned all sides involved in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that they are legally ...ICRC calls for respect for civilians in DR Congo's North Kivu XinhuaICRC calls for human rights in DR Congo Middle East Timesall 12 news articles »
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Dr Congo warlord Laurent Nkunda seized by Rwandan armyTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jan 23, 2009A rebel leader who inflicted misery on the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, has been arrested after losing ...
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UN special envoy: Nkunda's arrest not to affect mediation in DR Congo XinhuaDR Congo requests extradition of Nkunda from Rwanda AFPBBC News - Worldfocusall 1,978 news articles »
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Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissentBBC News, UK - 17 hours agoDR Congo has allowed at least 6000 Rwandan soldiers into its eastern region to help Congolese soldiers disarm the Hutu militia. Rwanda, which hosts more ...Conflict Risk Alert: DR Congo International Crisis GroupUN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR ... UN News CentreProtestors in Rwanda Call for Release of Gen. Laurent Nkunda ... TransWorldNews (press release)AFP - Middle East Timesall 346 news articles »
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Lord's Resistance Army number two plans to turn himself inAFP - 11 hours agoUgandan forces entered DR Congo on December 14 in a joint operation with DR Congo and South Sudan to flush out the LRA, after Kony repeatedly balked at ...
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Uganda: Should have right to invade neighbour DR Congo KongoTimesUN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR ... UN News CentreReliefWeb (press release) - BBC Newsall 115 news articles »
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DR Congo: Warlord Lubanga's trial live on Congolese TVLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 21 hours ago... the government for enabling the public to follow the trial to discourage other warlords who keep spreading insecurity and death in DR Congo. ...
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Former DR Congo Warlord Pleads Not Guilty At ICC Trail RTT NewsCongo war crimes trial 'unfair' BBC NewsAFP - BBC Newsall 874 news articles »
UNICEF calls for end to LRA abductions in DR CongoXinhua, China - 18 hours agoUNICEF's representative in DR Congo Pierrette Vu Thi who just returned from a mission to Dungu in the Haut-Uele District called on actors to do everything ...
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Hutu group fears being targeted in Rwanda-Congo offensiveAFP - 1 hour agoKASIKI, DR Congo (AFP) — After waiting months here to return to their native Rwanda, Hutu militia dissidents -- who claim to have renounced violence -- fear ...
DR Congo: India donates equipment to DR CongoLe Mali en ligne, Mali - 59 minutes agoIndia has donated tele-teaching and telemedicine equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help researchers, doctors and students. ...
DR Congo: Malteser International prepares to extend its relief ...Reuters AlertNet, UK - 18 hours agoMalteser International currently prepares to extend its relief measures fort he civilians in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
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Red Cross warns DR Congo combatants to spare civiliansAFP - Jan 26, 2009GENEVA (AFP) — The international Red Cross on Monday warned all sides involved in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that they are legally ...ICRC calls for respect for civilians in DR Congo's North Kivu XinhuaICRC calls for human rights in DR Congo Middle East Timesall 12 news articles »
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Dr Congo warlord Laurent Nkunda seized by Rwandan armyTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jan 23, 2009A rebel leader who inflicted misery on the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, has been arrested after losing ...
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