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DR Congo: offensive against Hutu rebels sends thousands fleeing, UN reports

30 January 2009
The military operation by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda against ethnic Rwandan Hutu militias is heightening tensions in South Kivu province, driving at least 5,000 people from their homes and threatening to impede the repatriation of Congolese refugees from neighbouring Tanzania, the United Nations reported today.
Special Representative of the Secretary-General Alan Doss

Top UN envoy appeals to Congolese rebels to seek peace after arrest of leader

23 January 2009
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today appealed to the main rebel group involved in the conflict that has raged in country's east to end its rebellion and engage in the path of peace, following the arrest of its leader, the renegade general Laurent Nkunda.

UN peacekeepers not involved in military offensive against armed group in DR Congo

21 January 2009
The joint military operation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against a Hutu militia fighting in the war-ravaged region does not involve United Nations blue helmets, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country, Alan Doss, stressed today.
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the DRC Alan Doss

Envoy hails progress in UN-backed talks to halt violence in eastern DR Congo

19 January 2009
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed progress toward a key agreement between the Congolese Government, Rwanda and a rebel militia that last year launched a devastating offensive in the eastern region of the vast central African country.
Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for the DRC Ross Mountain

UN official in DRC urges militia group to end deadly fighting in the eastern region

14 January 2009
A senior United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) called on one of the major militia forces engaging in deadly violence in the eastern region of the country to put down its arms and work towards a lasting peace.

Parties at UN-backed DR Congo peace talks focus on joint cessation of hostilities

12 January 2009
The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a mainly Tutsi rebel group have set the stage for substantive dialogue and have turned their attention to a joint cessation of hostilities, the United Nations Special Envoy leading talks aimed at ending the deadly conflict in the vast African nation said today.
Special Envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo

DR Congo: top UN envoy misquoted by rebel leader in media report

10 January 2009
The top United Nations envoy leading peace talks in the war-ravaged eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today denied remarks attributed to him in an article published yesterday by the Reuters news agency.
Benjamin Mkapa

Security arrangements dominate UN-backed talks between DR Congo and rebels

9 January 2009
United Nations-backed talks aimed at bringing an end to the deadly conflict between the Government and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been focusing on security matters, including a possible ceasefire, since resuming earlier this week in Nairobi, a senior official said today.
Benjamin Mkapa

DR Congo: UN-backed Government-rebel talks making progress

8 January 2009
The latest round of United Nations-supported Government-rebel political negotiations seeking to quell the violence engulfing the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the co-chair reporting slow but steady progress.
Benjamin Mkapa

DR Congo: UN-backed Government-rebel talks enter substantive phase

7 January 2009
The latest round of the United Nations-supported dialogue between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a leading rebel group entered into its substantive phase today, in a bid to quell the violence engulfing the vast nation’s east.