http://www.mail.com/locations/23844-democratic-republic-congo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23844-democratic-republic-congo.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143648-uganda-congos-m23-rebels-eager-to-negotiate.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When they left Uganda more than a month ago, representatives of Congo's M23 rebel movement said peace talks with Congo's government were hopeless amid plans by the United Nations to deploy an offensive brigade of peacekeepers in eastern Congo. On Tuesday, those M23 representatives were back in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, where the... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:00:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143648-uganda-congos-m23-rebels-eager-to-negotiate.html 2013-06-11T13:00:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116470-un-charges-that-congos-m23-rebels-fired-goma.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A United Nations spokesman says that Congo's M23 rebels have fired several rockets on the eastern city of Goma, killing two people. The military spokesman of the United Nations mission in Congo, Lt. Col. Felix Basse, said Wednesday that in the past week the M23 rebels fired five rockets that hit the Mugunga camp for displaced people... Wed, 29 May 2013 16:11:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2116470-un-charges-that-congos-m23-rebels-fired-goma.html 2013-05-29T16:11:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107868-un-chief-challenges-african-leaders-congo.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged African leaders to implement a peace plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo, a region long plagued by violence and which now is back on edge. Ban told a news conference in Uganda that he expects regional leaders to try to find solutions as eastern Congo once... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107868-un-chief-challenges-african-leaders-congo.html 2013-05-24T15:22:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104842-un-chief-visits-goma-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed. The U.N. chief traveled to Congo, and specifically to Goma, for the first time since the Secur... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:49:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104842-un-chief-visits-goma-congo.html 2013-05-23T16:49:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102486-congo-fighting-persists-un-chief-arrives.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city. The attack underscores the heightening tension in Congo and comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's capital far to t... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:58:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102486-congo-fighting-persists-un-chief-arrives.html 2013-05-22T21:58:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097534-m23-rebels-clash-with-soldiers-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year. Fears that the re... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097534-m23-rebels-clash-with-soldiers-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-20T16:43:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday. "We found his body yesterday in an advanced state of decay. It showed signed of strangulation according to the doctor who examined him on the scene. We couldn't move him furth... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:50:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095130-journalist-dead-eastern-congo.html 2013-05-18T16:50:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089932-south-african-army-prepares-congo.html PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African soldiers who are training for a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though the South African army as a whole is overstretched and underfunded, the army chief said Thursday. Lt. Gen. V.R. Masondo also told media at a briefing that the South African units bound for Congo are b... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089932-south-african-army-prepares-congo.html 2013-05-16T13:01:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087526-congo-32-die-clash-army-militia.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese army says that 32 were killed in fighting between soldiers and Mai Mai militiamen. The rebels launched an assault early Wednesday on the town of Beni, 220 miles (350 kilometers) north of Goma. Army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said the assailants targeted a military center there. At least 24 militiamen were killed and... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:56:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087526-congo-32-die-clash-army-militia.html 2013-05-15T15:56:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084774-congo-to-create-city-honor-patrice-lumumba.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese government is naming a town after Patrice Lumumba, the country's first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him a liberation symbol worldwide. The new city in central Congo, named Lumumbaville, will be made of several existing communities in the Kassai-Oriental province and will be more than 1... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:13:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084774-congo-to-create-city-honor-patrice-lumumba.html 2013-05-14T16:13:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078946-correction-congo-tanzanian-troops-story.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — In a story May 11 about the arrival of Tanzanian troops in eastern Congo, The Associated Press erroneously cited United Nations mission spokesman Col. Felix Basse. The information should have been attributed to Alexandre Essome, press information officer for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the eastern province of North Kivu. A correcte... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:53:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078946-correction-congo-tanzanian-troops-story.html 2013-05-14T10:53:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071622-dozens-kidnapped-m23-fief-congo-officials.html RUTSHURU, Congo (AP) — Nearly 30 people have been kidnapped in eastern Congo by the M23 rebels in their fief of Rutshuru since the beginning of April, said a community leader on Wednesday. The kidnappings appear to be for ransom, a new and worrying trend in Congo's lawless east. The latest abduction took place Sunday, when an advisor to the area's Catholi... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:45:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071622-dozens-kidnapped-m23-fief-congo-officials.html 2013-05-08T17:45:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said. The U.S. Africa Command trained one of the units involved, Commando Battalion 391, in 2010 to be "a model for future reforms within the Congolese armed forces," according to the AFRICO... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:28:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html 2013-05-08T17:28:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068768-officers-congo-benefitting-mineral-trade.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Armed groups and high-ranking officers in the Congolese and Burundian armies are continuing to benefit from the illegal mineral trade in eastern Congo, despite international efforts to clean up the supply chain, according to a report published Tuesday by an environmental watchdog group. Although there are signs of improvement in Congo's... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:20:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068768-officers-congo-benefitting-mineral-trade.html 2013-05-07T17:20:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055704-congos-m23-rebels-peace-talks-trouble.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed violence in the country's troubled east. The rebels say it is meaningless to negotiate peace when the United Nations is about to deploy a brigade authorized to attack them in eastern Congo... Wed, 01 May 2013 12:51:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055704-congos-m23-rebels-peace-talks-trouble.html 2013-05-01T12:51:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053290-congos-m23-rebels-threaten-un-brigade.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels in eastern Congo said Tuesday they are getting ready to fight a new United Nations brigade that will be allowed for the first time to pursue armed groups. The U.N. peacekeepers are set to arrive in the coming months, with a mandate that goes beyond merely protecting civilians. The rebels' threat comes as peace talks appear to hav... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:49:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053290-congos-m23-rebels-threaten-un-brigade.html 2013-04-30T16:49:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028334-group-suspends-congo-lack-disclosure.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative says it is suspending Congo's membership for a year over failures to disclose all mineral and oil revenues. A statement Thursday says that despite "significant progress" the country still has not presented reliable figures to the Oslo-based organization working to increase accountabi... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028334-group-suspends-congo-lack-disclosure.html 2013-04-18T14:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017786-congo-12-army-officers-to-charged-with-rapes.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — A dozen senior officers in the Congolese army have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by several army units in eastern Congo in November 2012, Congolese Justice Minister Wivine Mumba told The Associated Press Saturday. The arrests come more than two weeks after the United Nations pressed the Congolese government t... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:10:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017786-congo-12-army-officers-to-charged-with-rapes.html 2013-04-13T18:10:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a formal investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a court staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The war crimes court said Friday it is "profoundly concerned by these grave allegations" and had taken steps to pro... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:44:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html 2013-04-12T21:44:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985014-un-authorizes-intervention-force-congo.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council authorized a new "intervention brigade" for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against rebel groups to help bring peace to the country's conflict-wracked east. The resolution, which the council adopted unanimously, gives the brigade a mandate to carry out offensive operat... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:59:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985014-un-authorizes-intervention-force-congo.html 2013-03-28T22:59:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984260-rebel-group-congo-warlord-wanted-control-m23.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A spokesman for a Congolese rebel group said Thursday that rebel fighters in the M23 group were trying to kill warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who fled Congo and turned himself in to a U.S. Embassy last week before being transferred to the International Criminal Court. Rene Abandi said Ntaganda tried to "influence the chain of command" but ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:16:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1984260-rebel-group-congo-warlord-wanted-control-m23.html 2013-03-28T13:16:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Rwandan-born warlord known as "The Terminator" insisted Tuesday he is innocent of charges including murder, rape, pillaging and using child soldiers in eastern Congo at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court. Bosco Ntaganda had been one of the court's longest-sought fugitives until he unexpectedly beca... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:48:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979454-rwandan-warlord-pleads-guilty-congo-crimes.html 2013-03-26T11:48:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1978206-jolie-meets-women-eastern-congo.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — Angelina Jolie is meeting with women and girls in eastern Congo, where sexual violence is rampant. Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, traveled to the Nzulo camp near Goma on Monday along with British Foreign Secretary William Hague. The International Rescue Committee says it's provided care to more than 2,500 women and ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:41:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1978206-jolie-meets-women-eastern-congo.html 2013-03-25T16:41:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976380-un-35-people-killed-congo-fighters.html KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations mission in Congo says at least 35 people were killed after hundreds of militia fighters attacked the southeast mining center of Lubumbashi, before surrendering. The U.N. says at least 54 people had also been injured and were transferred to hospitals, among them the Mai Mai fighters. The statement by the U.N. on Su... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:47:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976380-un-35-people-killed-congo-fighters.html 2013-03-24T13:47:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and flown to International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces charges including murder, rape and persecution in a rebel group's deadly reign of terror that gripped eastern Congo a decade ago. Ntaganda arrived and was taken to a cell sh... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:30:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html 2013-03-22T23:30:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965612-congo-warlord-bosco-ntaganda-remains-us-embassy.html KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Wanted on an international warrant for alleged war crimes, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda lived openly in Congo for years, playing tennis at exclusive clubs and dining at lakeside restaurants in full view of foreign diplomats and U.N. peacekeepers. That all ended when the 39-year-old known as "The Terminator" suddenly turned himsel... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:22:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1965612-congo-warlord-bosco-ntaganda-remains-us-embassy.html 2013-03-19T20:22:53Z