U.N. Reports Suspicious Activity in Congo
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U.N. air and ground patrols have photographed freshly made encampments and unidentified well-equipped troops in east Congo, U.N. officials said Thursday, bolstering suspicions &#151; still unconfirmed &#151; that Rwanda is making good on its threat to send troops into its larger, weaker neighbor.
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The United Nations is sending extra peacekeepers to Congo's North Kivu province, which will improve security in the area after Rwanda threatened to carry out a strike against rebels operating on Congolese soil, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Congo&#39;s decision to send thousands of soldiers into its volatile North Kivu province is a high-risk tactic that could exacerbate a simmering regional conflict, analysts say.
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8 December 2004 - Following helicopter and foot patrols in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations mission in the country has found evidence of hostilities by &quot;an armed, organized but unknown military presence,&quot; but has not
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afrol News, 13 December - There are &quot;very alarming reports&quot; from Congo Kinshasa&#39;s North Kivu province of fights between different fractions of the Congolese armed forces, according to UN peacekeepers here.
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The investigative arm of the U.N. mission in Congo has opened an inquiry into allegations that Indian peacekeepers serving in this central African nation are illicitly trafficking in gold, a spokesman said Friday.
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The United Nations is investigating  reports that Rwandan soldiers carried out human rights abuses  against civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo last month, a  spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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The UN Security Council has met to discuss the alleged incursion of Rwandan troops into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (24/11/04) - The UN is investigating some 150 allegations of sexual abuse by its civilian staff and soldiers serving as peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some offenses allegedly recorded on videotape.
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The United Nations is  investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N.  civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded  on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
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U.N. peacekeepers in Congo used a  helicopter gunship on Monday to block an advance against the  eastern city of Goma by forces loyal to a renegade general, a  U.N. officer said.
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KINSHASA, Congo, Nov. 30 -- A senior Congolese official said Tuesday that troops from neighboring Rwanda had crossed into eastern Congo, and UN officials said they were investigating reports of Rwandan forces
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United Nations officials say new fighting has been reported between Congolese troops and dissident soldiers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Members of the UN Security Council Monday visited the Congo, one of the conflict-ridden countries the world body is seeking to bring peace and stability.
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The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was investigating "an outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality rate" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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NAIROBI, 24 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The UN has sent two teams to investigate 150 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by civilian and military personnel serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior UN official in New York City told
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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.