Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

U.N. chief: Rebels 'poisonous' for Congo

Nov. 7, 2008
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday rebels who are fighting government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo pose "poisonous consequences" for the country amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.
Related Stories from UPI.com

EU divided on sending troops to Congo

BRUSSELS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- European Union officials are divided over sending peacekeepers to the eastern Congo to help back U.N. peacekeepers.

Brown calls for long-term security efforts

LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday called for establishing long-term security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Brown supports increase of troops in Congo

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown supports a measure to increase the U.N. troop presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

U.N. won't send more troops to Congo

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The United Nations won't send any more peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the near term, officials said.

Ban warns against war crimes in Congo

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed Tuesday those killing and raping civilians and looting villages in the Congo will be brought to justice.

Congolese government overthrow threatened

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Military rebel Laurent Nkunda repeated his threat to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Congo government unless talks are conducted.

U.N. official: War crimes in DRC

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The top U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Saturday militias had committed war crimes by killing civilians.
U.N. accused of allowing Congo killings

U.N. accused of allowing Congo killings

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo blames U.N. peacekeepers for doing "nothing" to stop rebels from killing civilians in eastern Congo, a spokesman said.

Kivu cease-fire frays on eve of summit

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Clashes between rebel forces and government soldiers flared Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a cease-fire appeared to be failing.

Fresh violence in DR Congo prompts concern

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations is calling for an end to violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after violence flared in the country on Thursday.
Ban Ki-moon calls for cease-fire in Congo

Ban Ki-moon calls for cease-fire in Congo

NEW DELHI, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he is hopeful two U.N. envoys can help bring about a cease-fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Fighting in DR Congo prompts warnings

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- An escalation of violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has prompted calls for a cease-fire and immediate disengagement.

DR Congo pushed to speed up security

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations is urging Democratic Republic of the Congo leaders to accelerate steps toward peace to end violence plaguing the country's eastern region.

United Nations condemns violence in Chad

UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (UPI) -- The United Nations is warning against the escalating violence recently renewed by rebel groups in eastern Chad.

Ban calls for end of violence in Kenya

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for an end to the political crisis following the Kenyan elections that have resulted in hundreds of deaths.
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler