DRC must end threat posed by Rwandan Hutu rebels: US envoy

United Nations, Saturday. The United Nations Security Council on Friday issued a fresh warning to Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo to surrender or face possible military action.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo launches an offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the east of the country.

A few weeks after President Kikwete announced to the international community that Tanzania was ready for military offensive to neutralise Hutu rebels in eastern Congo, European Union Foreign Affairs Council on Monday called for immediate action to that end.

A German court has sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding attacks on civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Burundi expels a Rwandan diplomat, whom it accuses of destabilising the country, a Burundian official tells the BBC Great Lakes service.

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Tanzania supports disarmament of Rwandan rebels
Sabahi Online
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said his government is supporting efforts to disarm Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), dismissing accusations he favoured the insurgents as "preposterous", AFP reported Saturday ...
Tanzania: Tanzania set to maintain above 7 per cent GDP growth in 2015African Manager
Tanzania Won't Attack Rwandan FDLR Rebels - Says Foreign...

Efforts to broker a ceasefire in South Sudan continue with a US special envoy and other mediators meeting the rebel leader, Riek Machar.

The Congolese army, with the support of UN troops, launches an offensive against Rwandan rebels blamed for much of the violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Rebels Abduct Six Muslim Clerics in DRC
AllAfrica.com
Unidentified rebels abducted six Tanzanian Muslim clerics and their driver in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, religious authorities said on Wednesday. The imams and their Congolese driver were kidnapped on Sunday between the villages of ...
Muslim preachers from Tanzania kidnapped in DR CongoZee News
Rwandan rebels abduct 6 Tanzanian imams in DRC: SourceAnadolu Agency

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