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Rwanda says U.N. ultimatum threatened Congo peace talks

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NAIROBI - Rwanda said on Wednesday the decision by a U.N. intervention brigade to forcibly disarm people in a strategic zone of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had surprised African leaders and risked jeopardizing peace talks.

Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels

NAIROBI - Rwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and said leveling accusations would not help pacify the region.

World, United Nations, Africa 30 Jul 2013

Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels

NAIROBI - Rwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and said leveling accusations would not help pacify the region.

World, United Nations, Africa 30 Jul 2013

Congo army helicopter strikes hit civilians: park official

GOMA - At least 10 civilians were injured, some of them seriously, in an attack by Congolese army helicopters on a rebel-held military base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an official said on Wednesday.

World, United Nations, Africa 24 Jul 2013

U.S. tells Rwanda to stop support for M23 rebels in Congo

WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan military officials were involved.

World, Africa 23 Jul 2013

Rights group admits Congo report error, says conclusions stand

UNITED NATIONS - Human Rights Watch on Tuesday acknowledged including erroneous testimony in a report alleging that rebels in Congo carried out summary executions, raped women and recruited children while receiving support from Rwanda, but said it stands by the report's conclusions.

World, United Nations, Africa 23 Jul 2013

U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Rwanda's government for evidence to support its allegation that U.N. peacekeepers in Congo discussed collaboration with Hutu rebels linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

World, Africa, United Nations, 19 Jul 2013

Protests against Kabila erupt in eastern Congo, U.N. worried

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Hundreds of people protested in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Thursday against President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of incompetence in efforts to neutralize rebels who have long plagued the region.

World, Africa, United Nations, 18 Jul 2013

Hundreds protest against Kabila in eastern Congo city Goma

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Hundreds of people protested in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Thursday against President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of incompetence in efforts to neutralize rebels who have long plagued the region.

World, Africa, United Nations, 18 Jul 2013

U.N. reviewing Congo army support over M23 abuse allegations

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is reviewing support to Democratic Republic of Congo army units accused of desecrating the corpses of rebels and mistreating detainees, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday during renewed fighting in the country's east.

World, United Nations, Africa 17 Jul 2013
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Italy's top court upholds Berlusconi prison sentence

ROME - Italy's supreme court on Thursday upheld a jail sentence against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud in a devastating blow to the former prime minister that could throw the country's fragile coalition government into crisis.

Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.