News about Central Africa from the Committee on Conscience

DRC: Fear, uncertainty deter North Kivu IDPs from going home

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:36 GMT

DRC: Fear, uncertainty deter North Kivu IDPs from going home
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 1 hour ago
A Hutu-dominated armed group many of whose members fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), ...

Seven killed in DR Congo village raid

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:30 GMT

Seven killed in DR Congo village raid
AFP - 40 minutes ago
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — Seven villagers were killed and six wounded in a night raid at Kibabi in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Nord-Kivu ...

Rwandan Priest Gets Life for 1500 Dead

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:27 GMT

Rwandan Priest Gets Life for 1500 Dead
The Associated Press - 26 minutes ago
The tribunal is trying the alleged masterminds of the 100-day Rwandan genocide in which more than 500000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by ...

UGANDA: LRA LAWYERS TO MEET ICC OFFICIALS

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:18 GMT

UGANDA: LRA LAWYERS TO MEET ICC OFFICIALS
SomaliNet - 49 minutes ago
But it was unclear if he would be prepared to leave his hiding place in remote eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) before he receives guarantees on ...

International Women's Day Q&A: Serving the cause of Congolese women

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:30 GMT

International Women's Day Q&A: Serving the cause of Congolese women
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 6 minutes ago
I was living there during the massive influx of refugees from Rwanda and when the fighting broke out and the atrocities began. I got out after six years, ...

Rwanda: Gacaca Courts to Get More Powers

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:29:24 GMT

Rwanda: Gacaca Courts to Get More Powers
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 48 minutes ago
An amendment bill seeking to transfer genocide cases from civil courts to traditional courts commonly known as Gacaca, has been adopted by Rwandan lawmakers ...