Congolese used excessive force in Kinshasa battle: U.N.
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Congolese forces used excessive force in  fierce street battles in Kinshasa last March during which  around 300 people were killed, including civilians, a United  Nations human rights investigation concluded on Friday.
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Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Congolese government forces clashed  with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third  day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations  over who was involved in the fighting.
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Renegade soldiers have gained ground in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said on Monday.
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U.N. and European Union peacekeepers  patrolled Congo's capital Kinshasa on Wednesday as a truce that  ended three days of gun battles between rival political  factions appeared to be holding.
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Nepal's army and police used  excessive force to crack down on April's protests against King  Gyanendra, causing deaths and injuries to demonstrators and  civilians, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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KINSHASA, Congo  - The United Nations said Friday foreign troops have crossed into Congo and called on outside forces to stop giving weapons and reinforcements to renegade soldiers battling army loyalists in Congo's eastern borderlands.
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Fighters loyal to a dissident general have attacked army positions in eastern Congo with small arms and heavy weapons, the government and the U.N. said on Saturday.
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A DR Congo rebel commander   breaks a fragile truce by attacking troops, the United Nations report.
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KINSHASA, Congo - UN peacekeepers deployed an additional brigade in eastern Congo amid reports that Rwanda was threatening rebels based in its huge neighbor, UN officials said yesterday.
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Bukavu/Nairobi - United Nations peacekeepers have fired on troops trying to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Rwanda, the UN-funded radio station Radio Okapi reported on Wednesday.
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Fighting resumed on Sunday between troops loyal to the Congolese government and dissident units around the eastern town of Kanyabayonga, the United Nations mission in the central African country said.
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France introduced a Security Council resolution Thursday that would increase the U.N. force in Congo by 5,900 troops, less than half the amount requested by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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KILALO, Congo  - United Nations troops deployed  amid lush hills in eastern Congo on Wednesday to set up a  buffer zone to stop clashes between rival army factions that  have uprooted thousands and raised tensions with Rwanda.
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Clashes broke out between Congo&#39;s army  and fighters loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda on  Monday, threatening to shatter a fragile three-week ceasefire  in the troubled east, U.N. and army officials said.
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The army and U.N. peacekeepers sent reinforcements to eastern Congo on Friday after clashes involving gunmen loyal to a renegade general forced civilians to flee.
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Many Congolese want the U.N. to intervene more forcefully and fight beside the Congolese Army against rebel forces.