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Group of IDPs flee to escape fighting between Congolese army and rebel troops in North Kivu

Top UN officials appeal for safety of civilians caught up in DR Congo fighting

31 October 2008
Top United Nations officials today voiced deep concern over the plight of the hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the deadly fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and appealed to all sides to ensure their safety.
George Clooney, UN Messenger of Peace, meets peacekeepers in DR Congo in January 2008

UN advocate George Clooney calls for greater efforts to end DR Congo conflict

30 October 2008
United Nations Messenger of Peace and award-winning actor George Clooney has called on the international community to step up its efforts to resolve the worsening conflict currently engulfing the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Tens of thousands of displaced Congolese have fled to the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma

Secretary-General sounds alarm on intensifying conflict in eastern DR Congo

29 October 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his alarm at the escalating violence over the past 24 hours in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lamenting the “catastrophic” humanitarian toll the conflict is taking in the region.
Group of IDPs flee to escape fighting between Congolese army and rebel troops in North Kivu

Force not the solution in violence-ridden eastern DR Congo, top UN envoy says

28 October 2008
The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stressed that diplomacy – and not military action – is the only solution to the fighting that has engulfed the volatile far east of the country, as the UN humanitarian wing voiced concern over the impact of the latest violence on civilians.

Government troops will respect ceasefire in eastern DR Congo, UN told

8 October 2008
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has assured the United Nations of its commitment to abide by the ceasefire in the eastern part of the vast African country, which has recently been the scene of some of the worst fighting in over a year between the Government and rebel groups.
Alan Doss, Special Representative for the DR of Congo

UN envoy calls for 'surge' of peacekeepers in DR Congo in face of new violence

3 October 2008
The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today asked for additional peacekeepers beyond the nearly 19,000 uniformed personnel already there to prevent the vast country from slipping back into “horrendous” conflict.