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    May 18, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Journalist found dead in eastern Congo as threats to media increase

    Associated Press
    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...

    Tags: Rebellions, Radio, Journalism, Wars and Interventions, Politics

    2. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda denies war crimes in court

    Standing before the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for the first time, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda denied he was guilty of a long list of wartime crimes.
    Standing before the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for the first time, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda denied he was guilty of a long list of wartime crimes. Ntaganda faces charges of forcing children to fight as soldiers and indirectly...

    Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Human Rights Watch, International Criminal Court, International Law, Politics

    3. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Rights groups hail surrender of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- In his seven years on the run from international justice, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda became a symbol of the International Criminal Court's impotence.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- In his seven years on the run from international justice, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda became a symbol of the International Criminal Court's impotence. Now the court, which lacks a police force to arrest those it has...

    Tags: Rwanda, International Court or Tribunal, Prosecution, International Criminal Court, International Law

    4. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Central African Republic peace talks lead to coalition government

    JOHANNESBURG – Opposition forces in the Central African Republic who took control of a large swath of the country in recent weeks have succeeded in forcing President Francois Bozize’s government to share power, officials said Friday.
    JOHANNESBURG – Opposition forces in the Central African Republic who took control of a large swath of the country in recent weeks have succeeded in forcing President Francois Bozize’s government to share power, officials said Friday. In a...

    Tags: Francois Bozize, International Law, Italy, Central African Republic, Wars and Interventions

    5. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on Congo rebels

    In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings.
    In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings. The decision came just before Rwanda, which has been...

    Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Economic Sanctions, Politics, Justice and Rights

    6. Dec 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Ending the cycle of abuse in Congo

    KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Nov. 19, armed men from a rebel group called the M23 were looking for a prominent civil society leader in a village outside Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He'd been in hiding for several weeks after receiving text messages threatening him for his public denunciations of M23 abuses. When the rebels didn't find him, they shot his colleague, killing him.
    KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Nov. 19, armed men from a rebel group called the M23 were looking for a prominent civil society leader in a village outside Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He'd been...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, International Law, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Politics

    7. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Congo rebel leader acquitted on war crimes charges

    A rebel leader accused of leading a brutal attack on a Congolese village nearly a decade ago was acquitted Tuesday by the International Criminal Court, which said prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mathieu Ngudjolo was responsible for the mass rapes and murders that devastated the town.
    A rebel leader accused of leading a brutal attack on a Congolese village nearly a decade ago was acquitted Tuesday by the International Criminal Court, which said prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mathieu Ngudjolo was...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, International Law, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Trials

    8. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Rebels in eastern Congo pull back from key city of Goma

    GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Two weeks after seizing Goma, the M23 rebels withdrew Saturday with a warning that they still could retake the key eastern Congo city.
    GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Two weeks after seizing Goma, the M23 rebels withdrew Saturday with a warning that they still could retake the key eastern Congo city. M23, backed by neighboring Rwanda, caused a geopolitical crisis with its...

    Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Congo, Mexico

    9. Nov 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. A chance for calm in Congo

    The Democratic Republic of Congo has been repeatedly ravaged by war, rebellion and attacks on civilians in the last two decades. Though the country is rarely without some skirmish going on somewhere — a result of a complicated history of rivalries among ethnic groups and constant conflicts over land ownership and resources — the government made a strategic move toward peace several years ago. It signed a treaty on March 23, 2009, with a rebel group called the National Congress for the Defense of the People, which had taken a fair amount of control over the mineral-rich eastern part of Congo and was backed by Rwanda, Congo's much smaller yet more powerful neighbor to the east.
    The Democratic Republic of Congo has been repeatedly ravaged by war, rebellion and attacks on civilians in the last two decades. Though the country is rarely without some skirmish going on somewhere — a result of a complicated history of rivalries...

    Tags: Human Rights Watch, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Congo

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