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Topic: Laurent Nkunda

Laurent Nkunda is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:

Security Council urges adherence to deal

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council is urging the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and opposition rebel forces to adhere to the announced cease-fire.

Congo peace initiative extended

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The U.N.-backed peace initiative in the war-ravaged region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that was scheduled to expire has been extended.

DR Congo mulls cease-fire agreement

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo government and rebel forces were poised Tuesday to sign a cease-fire agreement in the northern city of Goma.

Violence in Congo invokes Rwandan memories

MUSHAKE, Republic of the Congo, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The renewed conflict in eastern Congo involving the state army and troops loyal to a rebel general evokes memories of Rwanda as thousands flee the region.

U.N. demands end to DRC child recruitment

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council is demanding that rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo lay down their arms and stop recruiting children.

U.N, aid organizations failing Congo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are growing frustrated with aid organizations and international peacekeepers in the face of new violence.

Violence erupts in Congo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The United Nations says there is a massive displacement of people under way as a result of an upsurge of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC descends into violent conflict

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- An escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened to plunge the war-torn area and newly democratic state into turmoil.

Nkunda forces targeted by DRC army

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo's army has begun advancing into territory filled with troops loyal to rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda.

Hundreds flee violence in DRC

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Escalating conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo government troops and those loyal to former DRC General Laurent Nkunda has forced hundreds to flee.
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